The server provides students and employees connecting to the U.Va. The number of persons using electronic forms to accomplish their University business is growing exponentially. Conference sessions were relayed over the web at various speeds to allow anyone with an internet connection to watch and listen to the dialogue. Technical training offered through ITC has grown 250 percent since it was developed in 1995. Some 93 percent of the participants rated the sessions as very good or excellent.
Pilot programs are underway for various wireless technologies.
Cresap and the ITC parts of the Astronomy Building and Carruthers Hall already have wireless access. The University Committee on Information Technology, ITC's primary independent advisory committee, completed a major comprehensive planning document to help guide the University's IT direction. The report is being circulated for comment among the deans, the Faculty Senate, and others. Finally, it is important to note the resignation of Vice President and CIO Polley McClure, who left the University in May '99 to assume a similar post at Cornell.