We just have been informed by EthioTelecom that they will be doing a relocation work on their network due to the construction happening around Megenagna, today after 5 pm. Which means all our fiber links and telephone will not be working until they finish their work. So when this happens we will move all internet … Continue reading
We have plan to upgrade the VSAT modem on Friday, December 4, 2015. Accordingly, the backup VSAT connectivity will not be available from 11:00am – 15:00pm. As of recently, Ethio Telecom link stability has improved and we expect it will not be interrupted. However, we would like you to have this input to incorporate into … Continue reading
Please note that, there will intermittence of the Alcatel Telephone line next week Tuesday, 3rd Nov, 2015 for one hour starting from 5:30Pm. We will be configuring the VoIP server during this time as part of Alcatel telephone network and apparatuses reconfiguration work. Please inform us on extension 2500 if you have scheduled commitment that … Continue reading
ICT unit has planned to reconfigure the Alcatel telephone network and apparatuses in the offices, residence and hostels over next week 26th – 30th Oct, 2015 as per the attached schedule. ICT unit staffs will visit you and reconfigure the apparatus you are using. Please provide them access and the usual cooperation. The unit expects … Continue reading
The ILRI/ICRAF ICT services unit is changing the software that we use for managing incident and service requests. From today onwards you will receive confirmation and update messages that have slightly different content and formatting to what was previously sent. The existing support process and service levels are unchanged. Background: ICRAF and ILRI are changing … Continue reading
Your email client, Outlook, supports having a small picture to emails you send to (your pictures) or receive from (sender’s picture) along with the display name. This helps making a face to a name in your emails. In a geographically dispersed teams or large organizations like ILRI it’s great to be able to put a … Continue reading
Last week We started to go live with the Travel and Procurement modules in Kenya and Ethiopia and so far all goes well; more and more orders are filled in on line in OCS and all seems to be working. Please keep on providing your feedback and questions to our service desk : Servicedesk@CIARG.org Continue reading
//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsFor those who didn’t meet him yet, I like to introduce you to Stephen Dean, our new Head of ICT. He will lead the overall ICT team for ICRAF and ILRI. He is based in ILRI Nairobi campus, but will frequently travel to ILRI Addis and ICRAF. Stephen has over 25years’ experience in ICT, 13 … Continue reading
ICT unit is rolling out a system that does automatic backup of files from your computer to a network storage every time a file is created or is changed. The system is configured to back up a specific folder and email archive files. We advise this folder to be a single folder for all working … Continue reading
This is to introduce Tebibou Solomon who joined ILRI Ethiopia ICT Services as an attachment student as of July 1st, 2015. Please join us in welcoming him to ICT Services team and accord him your assistance as usual. Before joining ILRI, he used to be University of Paul Sabatier student. He is a third year student … Continue reading
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