FB96 SYSTEMS AND NETWORK SERVICES

Boston College Fact Book, 1995-1996

Contact:  factbook@bc.edu 

Last Updated: Jun 26 1995

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SYSTEMS AND NETWORK SERVICES



The Systems and Network Services Department at Boston College

is responsible for the operation and support of the IBM and

Digital mainframe computers, located on the fifth floor of the

O'Neill Library, as well as the support and operations of the

campus backbone network and sub-nets. The Systems and Network

Operations group maintains a twenty-four hour per day,

seven day per week operations schedule in support of academic

and administrative computing and printing and networking

needs.  The Systems Services staff is responsible for the

installation, maintenance, and support of the operating

systems software, and for hardware problem detection and

reporting. The Network Services staff is responsible for the

network management aspects of the campus network, as well as

support for network problem resolution. Support is also

provided for the activities of Management Information Systems

and Information Processing Support, as well as limited support

directly to mainframe computing users.



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