JupyterHub brings the power of notebooks to groups of users. It gives users access to computational environments and resources without burdening them with installation and maintenance tasks. Students, researchers, data scientists, and professors teaching classes can get their work done in their own workspaces on shared resources which IT Research Computing manages efficiently by running on its Kubernetes production cluster.

Article written by: Antonio Arena | September 17, 2020

Prof. Ibrahim's Hoteit's team generates petabytes of data running simulations on Shaheen. They need fast access to visualize the data for pre- and post-processing. That is where IT Research Computing's Remote Workstations come into the picture. We do not move the data, we just stream pixels. Article written by: Antonio Arena | September 6, 2020

We would just like to thank you for being part of IPTV service during the past few months. We also hope you all were making the best use of our IPTV services over the past few months during the pandemic situation. We want to share two significant points with you.

KAUST IT is excited to offer free access to Gartner Core IT Research to the KAUST Community! Article written by: Daniel Nader | August 23, 2020

The IT Department would like to inform the Community of an upcoming virtual training being provided by Microsoft on the Power Platform, which is part of KAUST IT’s Microsoft Office 365 offering to the Academic and Business Community.

Date and Time: August 25, 2020 | 10:00 AM until 2:30 PM (KSA Time, GMT +3)

IT have been providing free IPTV television services to community members to encourage the use of home entertainment options during this time. We would like your input on what you like best and what we can do to improve your experience!

Arnaudd Hungler migrates more than 100 unmaintained virtual machines to Docker containers running on IT Research Computing's Kubernetes cluster. Efficiency at its best!

Article written by: Antonio Arena | July 26, 2020

The IT Project Management Office (IT PMO) is pleased to recommend a list of curated courses available on Coursera for all KAUST colleagues who have an active license.

IT Research Computing is proud to announce that their production Kubernetes cluster is readily available for use by the KAUST research community.

Article written by: Antonio Arena | July 20, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis prolongs, it is transforming the way we all work. One of the new norms that has developed over the past several months is working from home (WFH). In order to enable you to WFH securely, the Information Security Office (ISO) at KAUST IT has compiled a list of guidelines for all personnel working remotely; this has been amended to the KAUST IT Work from Home Guide.

How well do you know KAUST Information Security Policies, Standards and Procedures?

We’re pleased to announce another chance at winning an Amazon eGift card up to $250!

The IT Department hosted its first ever virtual townhall over Zoom on July 6, 2020 with over 150 attendees!

Article written by: Daniel Nader | July 15, 2020

The Information Technology Department is excited to announce several upcoming webinars provided to the community.

Dr. Amhed Vargas published his R based Shiny web site that models C. Elegans germline leveraging IT Research Computing GitOps knowledge and expertise.

Article written by: Antonio Arena | July 5, 2020

IT have been providing free IPTV television services to community members to encourage the use of home entertainment options during this time.

As I am sure you are aware, ransomware has been used to extort large sums of money from organizations around the world. There has been a sharp increase in such attacks on organizations conducting COVID-19 research and universities in particular.

Docker Containers (Containers from now on) have taken the technology community by storm.

Article written by: Antonio Arena | July 1, 2020

KAUST IT is pleased to announce the reopening of the IT Store (building 2) and the IT Mobile & TV Store (building 5), effective Sunday, June 28.

SAP Concur is a Travel Management and Expense System; you can watch the short video below for an overview.

The IT Department would like to inform you of two exciting webinars offered by Wolfram Research.