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[Email] ProtectUs: Single Sign-On Changes

September 4, 2025
.ul{ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .li{ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } Email sent to campus on 9/4 OIT is preparing to roll out further enhancements as part of the ProtectUs: Systemwide Cybersecurity Initiative. Beginning September 15th, 2025, you will...

[Email] Updates on ProtectUs: System-Wide Cybersecurity Initiative

September 2, 2025
Email sent on 9/2 to Staff & Faculty Update on ProtectUs: System-Wide Cybersecurity Initiative At the start of the Fall 2024 term, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced the ProtectUs: System-wide Cybersecurity Initiative as our campus’s response to the UC Office of the...

Tech Success

August 27, 2025
Hey Bobcats! OIT’s got your back with technology support to help ensure you can be successful all semester long — here are some quick tops on how to get ahead to stay tech-ready: Don’t get locked out of your account! If you have a spare device like a tablet or second...

Announcing Migration to Zoom Phone

August 25, 2025
The Office of Information Technology is excited to announce our plans to migrate our campus telephone services from Mitel to Zoom Phone. This change will make these services more reliable, easily accessible from multiple devices, and access it will be as simple as pressing a new button in your Zoom...

Phishing Hooks

August 20, 2025
  The Information Security team has seen a bit of an uptick in email phishing attempts in recent weeks. To help you avoid getting caught in one of their nets, the team is sharing a few tips to keep your data and accounts safe.

CatNet Update

August 20, 2025
As previously communicated, OIT had planned to take UCM-CatNet wireless network offline at the beginning of 2025. As we prepared to deploy this change, we discovered a technical snag that we need to address to ensure a smooth transition between networks. This, combined with the efforts to address...

Check out the Knowledge Base

August 20, 2025
  Do you need help finding a time slot when everyone is available for a meeting? Do you want some way to schedule a Zoom link for that meeting? Are you coming up on vacation time and can't figure out how to set up your out-of-office auto-reply? This is only a sample of the...

OIT Spring Cleaning: Diversify Your Duo Devices

August 20, 2025
  To round out our series of OIT Spring Cleaning, let's talk about 2-Factor Authentication and Duo on multiple devices. Did you know you can have multiple devices enrolled in Duo at the same time? For example, if you have a work phone and a work tablet, both can be set up as a method...

Network Changes

June 16, 2025
Starting June 9th, OIT began updating the campus network on a building-by-building basis to support upcoming ProtectUs changes. We are pleased to report that we have successfully migrated 6 buildings so far and are on track to be completed by July 11th. We are and will be using facilities records...

Introducing Zoom AI Companion

April 28, 2025
The UC system continues to advance and increase it's list of Artificial Intelligence tools to assist with research and education. OIT is happy to announce the most recent tool for UC Merced's campus, Zoom AI Companion. With Zoom AI Companion you can received a detailed meeting summary,...

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