ISSUE

11


June 2012

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TOUCH BASE

e-Newsletter


Content

1. Migration of Student E-mail to Outlook Live Platform is completed

2. Wi-Fi Upgrade Project

3. IT Product Offering: Samsung Galaxy Products (For Staff Only)

4. IT Tips: Refurbished computer, an economy way to IT product



1. Migration of Student E-mail to Outlook Live Platform is completed

ITU would like to announce that the migration of student e-mail to Outlook Live platform was completed on Jun 2012. When clicking the ‘Webmail’ icon in the CPCE Portal, student will be directed to the Outlook Live platform.

With the Outlook Live platform, more features and functions were available for the students e.g. Office Web Apps, email synchronize with mobile phone, etc. Students would be more easily to access and enjoy the email services than before. In order to let the student to get familiar with Outlook Live, User Guide and FAQ of Outlook Live has been ready in CPCE Portal http://portal.cpce-polyu.edu.hk.

ITU would like to thank all students for your patience with this transition.Should you have any enquiries, please contact our helpdesk at 3746-0818 (HHB) or 3746-0819 (WK) or email to pfitoper@cpce-polyu.edu.hk.

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2. Wi-Fi Upgrade Project

CPCE Campus wide Wi-Fi upgrade project is in full swing on June. While user may encounter short interruption of Wi-Fi service during this month, new system setup is in good progress and initial testing shows significant improvement over old system. There are some highlights of new Wi-Fi system as follows,

  • Support up to 802.11n, 300Mbps
  • Wi-Fi setup program and user guide will be available through a special SSID

Hardware setup is expected to be completed by the end of June and official announcement of new Wi-Fi system will be made once ready. User is welcome to contact ITU helpdesk at 3746-0818 / 3746-0819 for enquiries.

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3. IT Product Offering: Samsung Galaxy Products (For Staff Only)

There is a special discount on Samsung Galaxy Products for CPCE Staff. Interested Staff can access "IT Products Mega Sales" inside CPCE Portal for details.

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4. IT Tips: Refurbished computer, an economy way to IT product

Refurbished computer is used and refurbished by product provider, is an alternative way for IT product if cost is a concern. Refurbished computer is different to second hand product while second hand product provides very short or no warranty at all, refurbished computer carries hardware maintenance and is usually provided by original manufacturer. Refurbished computer is popular in overseas for many years and major computer vendors operates refurbished computer store or website for selling refurbished products.

It is noted some IT vendors introduce refurbished products to Hong Kong recently.

Dell :
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/ap/
segments/dfo/homepage/zhhk?c=hk&cs=hkdfo1&l=zh&s=
dfo&~ck=mn


Apple :
http://store.apple.com/hk-zh/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

Above information is provided as reference only. Users are suggested to understand terms and condition of those products first before making a decision.

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