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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CENTREContinuedthe Webmail interface or confi guring an email clientto use the IMAP and SMTP protocol for access. Withthe introduction of the new email system, the emailaddresses of users at the University were simplifi ed touniswa.sz for staff and university departments or units,and student.uniswa.sz for all students.Training sessions on the use of Excel and some of itsadvanced features were conducted for University staffby the Centre, and more sessions will be scheduled inthe future.The Maintenance Department of the University fi nishedbuilding a new computer lab in the Institute of DistanceEducation building which will accommodate over 40computers and will start operating in the 2011/2012academic year.ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONNew staff memberMr. Neliso M. Dlamini joined the department duringthe 2010/2011 academic year as a Technician and iscurrently based at the Luyengo campus.Training attended by ICT Centre StaffFollowing an invitation that was extended by theMinistry of Agriculture to the University to host anearth observation station, the need for training tomanage the system arose. Mr. Wiseman Nyembe, aTechnologist in the department, went to the SouthAfrican Weather Station headquarters in Pretoria fortraining on installing and managing PUMA and AMESDstations, and also to acquire the capability to transferthis knowledge to local system administrators backin Swaziland. The fi rst part of the training dealt withthe Linux operating system and the EUMETCASTReceiving Station. The second part of the training dealtwith administration of one the systems. The trainingwas held 7-11 February, 2011.Mr. Mduduzi C. Ngubeni, a Technologist in theDepartment, attended the Pan African e-NetworkTraining session in India, which provided training on howto install the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), thetechnology used for the Pan African e-Network project,one of whose aim is to connect African Universitieswith Indian Universities via VSAT for e-Education. Thetraining also included Tele-Education and Tele-MedicineSoftware, with the Tele-Education Software looking atfour main processes:Student registration;Content uploading;Control server uses and Login; andAgent server and Login.Mr. Neliso M. Dlamini ICTC TechnicianREPORT OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR 9606