13 IT Communications:
Keeping IU and the public informed
UITS was one of the first university IT organizations to have a dedicated communications office. Embedding communications specialists in our organization helps make sure that faculty, students, and staff make the best use of our world-class infrastructure.
When we roll out a new IT service, retire an old one, or experience an IT outage, our dedicated communications professionals in the IT Communications Office (ITCO) ensure that the IU community has the information they need to continue teaching, learning, or researching. ITCO also helps with IT grant proposals and submissions,
and several ITCO staff member salaries are funded by grants to provide communications and marketing related to those projects.
ITCO also produces the annual, corporate-sponsored Statewide IT Conference for all of IU’s IT professionals on all campuses. The group coordinates other large-scale events, and markets external, fee-for-service groups that are part of the Office of the Vice President for IT such as GlobalNOC, OmniSOC, I-Light, and REN-ISAC.