New Enterprise Service Bus Product Description
DTS now provides an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). An ESB is an architecture, a set of rules, and principles for integrating numerous applications together over a bus-like infrastructure. ESB products enable users to build this type of architecture, but the products vary in the way that they do this and in the capabilities that they offer. The core concept of the ESB architecture is that different applications can be integrated by putting a communication bus between them and then enabling each application to talk to the bus. This decouples systems from each other, allowing them to communicate without dependency on, or knowledge of, other systems on the bus. The concept of ESB was born out of the need to move away from point-to-point integration, which, over time, becomes brittle and hard to manage.
New Bulk Email Process
There is a new Bulk Email process posted on the DTS site. Google Groups are limited to sending 2,500 messages to non utah.gov recipients within a 10 minute interval. Groups that exceed the limit for non utah.gov members may use the Bulk Mail application as an alternative.
New Approval Process for VPN Access
If the person requesting Remote Access is a Non-State person, then they will have to select the Agency they are asking for Remote Access. This request will then have the IT Director of that agency listed as the approver.
Lyris Listserv Discontinued August 31
The current Lyris listserv product is no longer able to provide desired functionality. The Lyris maintenance has been discontinued and the server will be shut down permanently August 31 at 5:30PM. Other services have been identified for use to fulfill agency email listserv needs: Google Groups, MailChimp, Mailman, and Constant Contact. Please work with your IT Director to identify a replacement for Lyris if you would like to continue using an email listserv product.
Utah Open Data Portal Ranked #1
Utah tied for #1 for Open Data Portal. The report ranks states in a couple dozen different categories to arrive at an overall rating.
New Form to Request Changes to your Google Account
- In ServiceNow expand “Self-Service” in the left menu pane.
- Select “Service Catalog” from the expanded “Self-Service”
- In the right pane click “Help Desk”
- Click “Google Services Request”