To promote TestRail for tracking and managing Applications software testing, new resources and guidance will be produced to promote awareness and usage across ISG. TestRail is an online test case management tool that helps those involvement in software testing to manage, track, and organise their projects. While it is used at the University, a new […]

In response to feedback from EMC members, another brilliant Induction introduced new members to the amazing venues in the Central Campus. Following the success of the first Events Management Community (EMC) Induction earlier this year, a second induction was held on 23 October. In May, the induction introduced members to the venues on offer in […]

Hello readers! It’s not just the end of the month, but also Halloween (Oidhche Shamhna, the night before Samhain), so for this special edition blog post we welcome… Collaboration Services (Service Management), with a very spooky twist!   What does Collaboration Services do? Our team is made up of two Team Leads (yes two…this role […]

The database technology EUCLID relies on is becoming out-of-date and causing growing issues. The project aims to deliver a core standard API for EUCLID, reducing the dependency on the old system and to improve EUCLID data access. EUCLID is a vital portal service for all staff and students at the University. Currently, most systems integrated […]

OCS (Open Computer and Software Inventory) is a free software that allows users to inventory their IT assets. Collecting data about the hardware and software of networked machines, OCS places them in a safe IT environment, accessing them via an OCS Inventory web interface. Technicalities An out-of-date OCS is currently installed and managed by the […]

Hello readers! Here we are with the September edition of the monthly staff series, hearing from Digital Strategy… Digital Strategy! What does Digital Strategy do? We are responsible for developing, implementing, reporting on and updating the University Digital Strategy. We also run the Digital Estate programme which governs the University’s major Digital investments. How does […]

Hello readers! After a break for the Summer, we are back with another blog post on staff teams. This month, we have heard from…   Development Technology (Development Services)! What does Development Technology do? We play an ever more important pivotal role in the project portfolio of the directorate, we still deal with infrastructure (e.g. […]

Hello readers! It’s the end of the month so time for another blog post, all about… BI Team (Enterprise Architecture)! We are a small but international team with members with roots in The Netherlands, Iran, India and Scotland. We have BI (Business Intelligence) Team Lead, Data Architect and ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) developers in […]

Hello readers and welcome to the next blog post in a long line of ones to come! This month, it is all about… Information Services Group Portfolio (Project Services)! What does Information Services Group Portfolio do? Our team deliver IT and business change projects which are mainly aligned with the directorates in ISG and the […]

Hello readers and welcome to this new series! At the end of every month a blog post about teams from different sections of Applications will be released to get to know more about the variety across departments, so expect the next post at the end of April all about a team in Project Management. Running […]