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CIT Is Losing Two Members of Its Management Team
The NIH Business System Is Entering Phase II
The ADB Is Now Easier to Use, Thanks to the Web
The NIH Data Warehouse—We're Moving On
Interface to Become a Web Journal in March
"Ask TASC" About E-Mail
Disaster Recovery Program—News
Keep Your Macintosh Safe with Virex Antivirus Software
SILK Customized Servers Support Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Firewall Changes May Be Needed to Use VPS on Titan—
OS/390 North System Users—ADABAS News Is on the Web
Reminder—Bell 208B Modem Support Will End on January 30
Reminder—Old Host Name for NBARS Server Retires January 15
Reminder—Dialup Protocol Converter to Be Retired January 28
NIH Computer Center User's Guide Update Will Be Available in December
Documentation Subscription Renewal Period—Update
NIH Computer Center—Holiday Service Schedule
CIT Training Program News
The Deputy Director is leaving for academia, and the Chief Technology Officer is leaving for the private sector.
Status of the ADB's successor—the Web-based NIH Business System.
The NIH business community using the ADB daily will find the new enhancements very helpful. A powerful, new Web-based interface is easy to use from Web browsers. Automatic features of the new Purchase Card Log provide an efficient way to log, reconcile and review NIH Purchase Card charges.
Staff who use the Web-based "Data Town" for many NIH business areas—such as, budget, procurement, travel, property, grants, and human resources—will find an improved Web site. Staff can learn about expanded services and a convenient new reporting tool for the government purchase card.
Interface will be published online as Web Interface, beginning in March 2001. Subscribers will receive e-mail when issues are available on the Web.
Users will learn how to access e-mail via the Web, eliminate duplicate entries in the NIH global address list (GAL), and arrange for automatic replies when they are out of the office.
Critical application owners—with applications running on the OS/390 systems or the Enterprise Open Systems (Unix)—will learn about the new disaster recover y manager and the test schedule for 2001.
Macintosh users now can download Virex—an antivirus software—via the Web. You are given detailed instructions for correctly installing, configuring, and getting regular updates of this software.
Owners who have or are planning a SILK customized server can now ensure security against electronic "eavesdropping"—with a standard security protocol (SSL) that provides data encryption over the Web.
Administrators Can Prepare Now
Network administrators for LANs that have firewalls can learn the proper configuration for a VPS firewall port, in order to be ready for network printing from Titan.
ADABAS users will learn about recent changes in software support and upcoming upgrades, as well as how to get current Web-based news.
You should replace this obsolete modem with a Hayes-compatible V.32 modem—in order to access OS/390 systems after January 30, 2001.
If you use the NIH Backup and Recovery Service (NBARS), learn how you can easily change now to the new host name—nbars.nih.gov.
Users who connect with applications on the OS/390 North and South systems—by dialing (301) 402-2229, for line-by-line dialup—should have another method for accessing 3270 (full-screen) services by January 28, 2001.
OS/390 South system users should get a copy of the November 2000 edition of this publication. Users who have registered a subscription with the Technical Information Office will receive a copy automatically.
Subscribers to Interface should read about a change in renewal procedures.
The ALW, EOS, Helix, and OS/390 systems will have unattended service for certain days during the two holiday weekends in late December.
Users will learn about new CIT Training Program courses and the "Blue Sheet," a new method of circulating a list of courses.
Interface 216 (December 15, 2000)