EITS plans to eliminate AppleTalk, IPX
Due in part to minimal vendor support for AppleTalk and IPX communications, Enterprise Information Technology Services at UGA is proposing to eliminate these protocol communications across the campus backbone network.

“Development is occurring predominantly in the area of standard Internet Protocol communications,” says David Matthews-Morgan, associate director for EITS operations and infrastructure. “With the advent of Macintosh OS 9.x and higher and Novell Netware 5.x and higher, AppleTalk and IPX have been supplanted by IP and are no longer required for file, print and other services.”

Eliminating AppleTalk and IPX across the campus backbone network will free up excess bandwidth these protocols produce. It will also simplify implementation of the next-generation UGA network since it will reduce the processing power needed to support these protocols in the core routers. AppleTalk and IPX could continue to operate within a building but they would be unsupported, according to Matthews-Morgan.

“EITS will be conducting a survey of ­Macintosh and NetWare server usage to gauge the impact of eliminating AppleTalk and IPX across the campus backbone network,” says Mathews-Morgan.

Assuming no major impediments are encountered, the target date for the elimination of AppleTalk is June 1 and for IPX is Dec. 31. Documentation will be developed to assist departments migrating from AppleTalk and IPX to IP.

Anyone adversely affected by either of the proposed elimination dates should contact Matthews-Morgan at 542-5359 or dmm@uga.edu.

60 Minutes co-editor will host Peabodys
Veteran CBS News correspondent and 60 Minutes co-editor Morley Safer will host the annual Peabody awards ceremony May 16 in New York.

The winners of the 64th annual Peabody Awards were announced earlier this month by UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

This year 32 programs were chosen as the best in electronic media for 2004.

Winners include Grant Tinker, who received an individual Peabody, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ‘Indecision 2004,’ as well as first-ever awards to CNBC, TRIO, Link TV and Univision. Multiple citations were awarded to HBO, Cinemax, BBC America and New York’s WNYC Radio.

“The winners suggest further developments in a new era for electronic media,” says Horace Newcomb, Peabody Awards director. “What was once a shared broadcast experience now more and more reflects individual use of carefully targeted systems. The work of the Peabody Awards board certainly becomes more difficult in this context—but it also becomes even more significant.”

Applications for summer writing program for Latino youth being accepted
UGA’s Center for Continuing Education is now accepting applications for ¡Vamos a la Universidad! A Summer Experience for Talented Latino ­Writers.

This free, four-week intensive program will offer the state’s young Latino scholars a unique opportunity to experience a learning environment focused on developing their own talents and abilities.

Students will attend four days per week, with seven hours of academic content per day. Eligible students will receive one Carnegie unit toward graduation.

Students will be divided, based on a combination of age, grade level and initial writing samples, into two classes.

For more information, contact Christine Burgoyne at 542-6473 or christine.burgoyne@-gactr.uga.edu.