Software, hardware, and other personal-computing tools

• CalNet ID: ID and passphrase needed to access many UC Berkeley online services.
• The Scholar's Workstation: On-campus store for departmental purchase of computers, accessories, and software.
• The Scholar's Workstation: Store for individual students, staff, and faculty.
• CalMail: Campuswide e-mail services.
• AirBears: Campus wireless network.
• bSpace: Online collaboration and learning environment.
• CNS Shopping Cart: Telephones and network connections.
• UniBears: Voicemail services.
• Berkeley Internet Link: Portal for e-mail, internet access, and laptop docking.
• CalAgenda: Calendaring application for faculty & staff.
• IT resources for people new to campus: CalNet (personal online ID), CalMail (e-mail account), collaborative workspaces, network access.
• Software Central: Free downloads (with CalNet authentification) of essential campus security and communications applications.
• SETI@home: Scientific experiment using internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Open to public participation.
• BOINC: Software enabling you to volunteer the use of idle time on your computer, for research on global warming, disease cures, and many other subjects. Open to public participation.

---

Campus IT offices

Information Services and Technology (IST)

• IST comprehensive list of services
• Chief Information Officer
• Communication and Network Services: Voice, data, and wireless services.
• Campuswide IT Security: Works with the campus community to protect computer and network infrastructure.
• IST Strategic Technology Acquisition: Software licensing.
• Berkeley Computing & Communications: Campus information-technology newsletter.

Educational Technology Services (ETS): Classroom technology, including course websites, multimedia content, webcasting, and podcasting.

Residential Computing: Provides computer services in residence halls.

Student Information Systems: Develops, maintains, and operates central student systems. Delivers data and records to campus departments that provide student services, including admissions, financial aid, registration, transcripts, scheduling, enrollments, and courses.

Computer Operations & Information Services : Part of Business and Technology Solutions, the technology planning and support arm of the campus's Administration unit.

Departmental On-site Computing Support

Workstation & Microcomputer Facilities

Berkeley Multimedia Research Center: An interdisciplinary group of artists, educators, professionals, and scientists who are experimenting with interactive multimedia technology in professional practice, scholarship, and education.

Letters & Science Computer Resources: Offers expertise in all areas of academic departmental computing, from desktop support, to web and database design, to complex Unix networks.

---

Assistance and training

• Computer help desks on campus
• Campus Computer Repair & Support: Services include in- and out-of-warranty repair and operating-systems support for Apple, Dell, and Lenovo computers. Also provides a range of general PC services.
• UCBackup: Centralized workstation backup service.
• CAL PACT (People and Computer Training): Free computer training for staff.
• Open Computing Facility: All-volunteer, student-run service group, dedicated to free computing for all UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Teaches classes throughout the semester on a wide range of computing topics.

---

Mailing lists, user groups and committees

• MAGNet: Macintosh-support user group.
• WebNet: Support group for campus website administrators and editors.
• Computer Science Undergraduate Association
• Micronet: User group for microcomputer support staff.
• Campus IT planning: Links to Campus Technology Council, IT committees, more.
• Information Technology Architecture Committee: Assesses enterprise architecture roadmaps related to information, business processes, applications, and technology infrastructure.