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In This Issue: (click on the links below to access each article)
Upcoming Scheduled Maintenance
In an effort to continue our proactive approach to security and stability, ECSI
has several upcoming events that will affect the availability of our systems and
services on weekends in October. Our intention is to provide as much notice as
possible. However, due to the nature of these procedures, it is difficult to forecast
specific time frames (other than indicated below) in which a service interruption
may need to occur. To clarify, NO service outages are scheduled to occur during
ECSI's standard operating hours Monday thru Friday. Also, should circumstances
demand rescheduling tasks to a future weekend, we will do our very best to alert
you. Thank you for your understanding and please do not hesitate to contact us
with any questions or concerns regarding this matter.
Upcoming Events:
Firewall Replacement
On Saturday October 7, 2006 ECSI will be performing an upgrade/replacement of
our primary Internet firewall device. This event will begin at 2 PM EST and
WILL affect ALL Internet access to our systems. We expect to have NO Internet
availability for at least a 4 hour period while equipment and configuration
changes are made.
Electrical Wiring/Generator Failover Testing
This event is dependent on the delivery of materials and service availability of
our electrical contractor. To minimize prolonged periods of downtime, services
were separated to take place over two weekends. This is tentatively scheduled
to begin on the weekend of October 14, 2006 and finish on the weekend of
October 21, 2006. Downtime would occur in the afternoon hours on the weekend and
should be limited to 4 hours per weekend.
Phone System Replacement
This event is scheduled to begin on Friday October 27, 2006 after 8:30 PM EST. Voice
lines would be down over the weekend but no other services will be affected.
FTP Server Upgrade
New FTP Server program on a new Server box is currently being staged/tested. We
do not have an exact switchover date as the preceding events may impact
the install date. FTP service will be affected. We will provide an additional
update as this event approaches.
New ECSI Clients
ECSI would like to welcome the following new colleges/universities to the ECSI
family. We look forward to working with each of these new clients for years to come.
Boston College
Brigham Young University
Eastern Michigan University
Evangel University
Falk School
Geneva College
Lasell College
Lincoln Memorial University
Lindsey Wilson College
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh
West Shore Community College
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Latest ECSI News
For those clients that require it, ECSI’s 2006 SAS 70 Audit
Report is currently available on our website. The report can be found by logging
into the Client portion of our website and is located in the "Recent Information"
section of the client homepage.
ECSI has just recently been named one of Pittsburgh’s 100 Fastest
Growing Privately-Held Companies for 2006 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. This
is the 3rd consecutive year that we have received this honor.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars, because we have already
scheduled our 2007 ECSI User’s Conference! Next year’s Conference will be held
June 4-6, 2007 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA. We hope you
will all set aside these dates and make plans to attend.
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