History
| August 2025 | Fritz Seltmann, former trainee at the cfaed of TU Dresden, becomes new administrator in the Computing Lab of the Faculty of Business and Economics |
| October 2024 | Stephan Welke ends his employment as administrator at the Business and Economics Computing Lab of the Faculty of Business and Economics |
| December 2023 | Kerstin Petzold, long-time secretary of the computer science laboratory, leaves TU Dresden for her well-deserved retirement. |
| May 2022 |
Tobias Gerlach joins the Informatics Lab as another IT administrator. |
| April 2022 |
The Informatics Lab website moves to the TU Dresden WebCMS. In the course of the changeover, numerous minor and major changes are also made to the backend. Due to the relaxed corona rules, the PC pools are in use again with 100% capacity utilization from 01.04.2022. |
| March 2022 |
Marco Barthel ends his employment as administrator at the Business and Economics Computing Lab after 6 years Marko Ott takes over the management of the IT lab. Stephan Welke begins his duties as IT administrator at the IT lab |
| September 2021 | Dr. Lohse ends his work at the computer science laboratory after 20 years |
| June 2020 | Renewal of the hardware in the SCH A200a and SCH B247 pools |
| March 2020 | Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the pools have to remain closed for several weeks and can then open to a limited extent under special hygiene conditions |
| September 2019 | Relocation of employees to rooms SCH B246 on the other side of the corridor |
| July 2019 | Switch to Windows 10 in most pools |
| May 2019 | On 22.05.2019, the IT lab received the NEXUS award for special commitment to the faculty on behalf of all IT staff at the faculty. This award is both an incentive and an honor. Last but not least, a large number of student employees, i.e. later graduates, have also made a significant contribution to building and maintaining the current state of the IT infrastructure. From the faculty's own intranet, the PC pools and their support, databases and applications under their own responsibility to concepts for software distribution. |
| February 2019 | Realignment of the MS Imagine program to the newly aligned Azure dev tools for teaching, which requires a separate Microsoft account to be set up for use |
| May 2018 | Switching the authentication of the login to the MS-Imagine webshop to Shibboleth technology |
| April 2018 | Reconstruction of the pool domain and connection to the central Active Directory of the ZIH |
| March 2018 | Dr. Lohse also takes on the role of IT Advisor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| November 2016 | English language packs for display, help and correction are available in the pools for Microsoft Office 2013. The settings can be found under 'File > Options > Language'. |
| March 2016 | Hiring of Marco Barthel for IT support of chairs. |
| January 2016 | Pools A200b and B250 are equipped with new PCs and monitors. |
| November 2015 | Dr. Lohse visits several universities in UFA (Russia). |
| October 2015 | Pool B247 was upgraded during the semester break: HP ProDesk 600 G1 Tower Intel Core i5-4590 processors 16 GB RAM 128 GB SSDs and 256 GB HDDs In addition, the PCs in pool B250 were upgraded to 6 GB RAM and 2 monitors. |
| December 2014 | Pool B247 is equipped with new PCs (SAXPC) and monitors. |
| July 2014 | Mr. Florian Weyandt left our university at the end of July. His successor since 23.07.2014 is Mr. Daniel Tobla. |
| November 2013 | Pool A253 was upgraded during the last semester break. Motherboard ASRock H87 Pro 4 8 GB RAM Intel Core i5-4670K processors 250 GB SSD hard disk Windows 7 was also installed in the 64-bit version. Furthermore, Microsoft Office 2013 is now available in all pools. |
| September 2013 | Dr. Lohse also takes on the role of IT Advisor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (until October 2017) |
| September 2013 | Pool A253 was upgraded with new components. |
| May 2013 | The latest version (21) of the SPSS software is now available in the PC pools. The SPSS PC login is required to use it. |
| September 2012 | Due to stricter licensing conditions from Microsoft, from now on only students who attend compulsory courses in Computer Science or Business Information Systems that go beyond the level of "Introduction to Business Information Systems" or "Office Applications" may participate in the DreamSpark Premium program. Specifically, these are all Bachelor's students in the Faculty and all Master's students in the Departments of Business Information Systems and Industrial Engineering and Management. Further information can be found here. |
| April 2012 | Ms. Kosbab takes over the secretariat. In personal union with the chair of Prof. Hilbert, the secretariat of the computer science laboratory is now staffed full-time again. |
| February 2012 | Pool A253 receives a whiteboard and a permanently installed data projector. |
| September 2011 | The semester break before the winter semester 2012/13 was used to upgrade the pool in the former Senate Hall (SCH A200a). By analyzing various test positions, particularly quiet components were procured so that it is possible to work comfortably in what is probably the largest single pool at TU Dresden with 51 seats. A projector control system was also installed in this room so that all five faculty pools now have standardized access to the data projectors. |
| April 2011 | Datastream Advance has been installed in all PC pools of the computer science lab for a few days now. Software distribution was previously limited to PC pool A253. |
| January 2011 | In the last few days, the ticket system OTRS (Open source Ticket Request System) has been installed on the servers of the Informatics Lab. This is a type of software that handles the receipt, confirmation, classification and processing of customer inquiries (known as tickets). Inquiries can now be sent to the IT lab via the e-mail address or conveniently via the form mailer. Pool registration is also possible via the ticket system here. |
| October 2010 | Ms. Hergert takes over the secretariat on October 1st. |
| August 2010 | Data projectors (beamers) are now permanently installed in all four large PC pools. The projectors are connected to the respective teacher PCs. The stationary projectors are switched on and off via the control module in the cable duct directly next to the teacher PC (with the exception of SCH A200a, where the projector can be operated directly). After switching on, the projection can be switched on in Windows under Start -> Connection to a projector -> Double. At the end of use, please switch the projector off again using the OFF button on the control module. It is no longer necessary to reserve or borrow the projectors for the SCH A200a, A200b, B247 and B250 pools. |
| August 2010 | All pools are converted to Windows 7. The four student pools receive permanently installed projectors. |
| May 2010 | Ms. Pötzsch is reinstated as secretary. |
| Beginning of 2010 | Commissioning of the air conditioning network. Air conditioning of the 4 large PC pools. |
| November 2009 | Membership of the IT Academy Program makes a range of e-learning courses available to students. A variety of e-learning materials are offered in the following course areas: Microsoft Office Specialist Desktop Support Technician MCSA MCSE Developer CompTIA More information here. |
| October 2009 | PC-Pool A200B was upgraded with new components. |
| October 2009 | At the beginning of the winter semester 2009/10, the workstations in pool A200B were upgraded with the following components: Motherboard P5QL-EM 4 GB RAM Dual Core Intel processors E8500 Straight Power power supplies 350W 1000 GB hard disk |
| December 2008 | The public printers/copiers from RICOH can also be used in the Schumannbau. The locations are - one b/w printer/copier in SCH A200B (can be used outside of lectures) - a color printer/copier in SCH A117F. This room is located one floor below. Printing from the PC pools is also possible. |
| November 2008 | Ms. Pötzsch retires and is succeeded by Ms. Wagner. |
| August 2008 | Due to organizational changes in the computer science lab, the pools regularly open at 08:30 a.m. from 1 August 2008. Lecturers of courses in the first double period should contact the secretary's office in good time. |
| December 2007 | Pool B250 in the Schumann Building is now open. In addition to the installation of the new gigabit-capable network infrastructure, the workstations have been replaced with powerful PCs with 19" TFT displays in the last few weeks. Pool SCH B247 will follow shortly, where the furniture will also be renewed. We wish all students and staff a pleasant working environment in the new pools. |
| December 2007 | Renewal of the PC pools in the B wing, 52 Core2Duo 6850, 2GB RAM and 250GB HD, farewell to the CRT monitor |
| April 2007 | For some time now, internship offers have been published online on the faculty website (in the Studies section). |
| March 2007 | Registration for the MSDNAA program is now online (only accessible in the TU internal IP area). The form received there must then be completed in full, signed and handed in to the office of the Computer Science Laboratory (Ms. Pötzsch, SCH B 241, Tel. 463-32359). The student ID and the student's TU e-mail address are required for registration. |
| February 2007 | Commissioning of the university-wide WLAN in the Schumannbau and Hülssebau (start with 14 access points) |
| January 2007 | The TUD-wide WLAN is now available at sixteen faculty locations in the Schumannbau and Hülssebau. Registration is no longer necessary. The login is done via the access which is requested via a website when the browser is called up for the first time. Alternatively, the faculty's internal network is available in the WLAN center until further notice. |
| September/ October 2006 | Dr. Lohse's stay in Yalta (conference) and Ternopil (Ternopil National Economic University) in the Ukraine |
| July 2006 | Commissioning of the faculty server room in Schumann Building A 117h |
| June 2006 | On 21.06.06 the new air conditioning system was put into operation in pool SCH A200. Compared to the old solution, it is sufficiently dimensioned and achieves an even temperature for the entire room. We wish you a pleasant working environment. |
| April 2006 | From May 2006, access to WWW pages outside the campus network is only possible by entering the ZIH (URZ) login. Closing the browser or logging out will close the access, which is otherwise activated for several hours. |
| February 2006 | Dr. Lohse's stay at the CUJAE (Technical University) Havana in Cuba |
| January 2006 | Opening of the PC pool SCH A253 with 10 workstations |
| December 2005 | There are 505 computer workstations at the faculty, 174 of which are under the direct responsibility of the computer science laboratory. |
| December 2005 | A powerful flatbed scanner is once again available to all users. Anyone can use the scanner in room A200b (to the right of the door) under the IL login. |
| December 2005 | From now on, the learning programs Controlling, Financing, Investment Accounting, Marketing, Logistics (test version), Accounting (only in room SCH A200b) and Cost Accounting (only in room SCH A200b) are available to all students in a slightly restricted version (no saving of the learning status possible) without special identifiers. To use the software, you must log on to the computer as a new user: Business Administration, password bwl (lower case!). All products are then available as icons. After starting, the learner: BWL must be entered. The password is: bwlbwl . For bookkeeping and cost accounting the password must remain empty (press Enter). |
| November 2005 | From now on both newly equipped computer pools in the A-wing are open for courses and for free use by students. The pools with a total of 74 workstations are open on weekdays from 7.30 am to 9.30 pm. The pools in the B wing (SCH B247 and SCH B250) will close again at 6.45 pm with immediate effect. The official opening ceremony took place on 28.11. at 2 pm. |
| October 2005 | Provision of 74 new computer workstations with Gigabit LAN connection and TFT displays in the pools of the A wing |
| September 2005 | Dr. Lohse's stay at the State University in Ternopil (Ukraine) |
| August 2005 | The provision of additional funds to improve the working conditions in the student PC pools made it possible to provide a card reader with front USB ports for all computers. This means that, in addition to USB sticks, SM, SD, CF I/II, MircoDrive, MMC, RS-MMS, Memory Stick/ Pro/ Duo (with adapter), SD, SMC, XD and other card formats can now be read and written at all workstations. Audio connections are also provided on the front. Only the Firewire interface is not functional. As a further measure, the A200b pool is equipped with new tables and new data cabling. |
| April 2005 | The faculty's WLAN center has been fully equipped since the 2005 summer semester. Among other things, there are 16 emergency book workstations with power supply available to all students in the area of the Schumann Building B247 / B250. A total of 8 WLAN access points provide Internet access to large areas of the Schumann Building and a number of lecture halls. |
| May 2004 | After a successful test run, TU students and staff can now use the WLAN in the Schumann Building. The access points are located in the A-wing near A200 (reception is also possible in some of the lecture halls) and in the 2nd floor of the B-wing. |
| April 2004 | The faculty is a member of the MSDN Academic Alliance Program. From now on, all students of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics can use various Microsoft software products, such as Windows XP, Visio Professional or MS Project, on their own computers for private, non-commercial use in the context of teaching. |
| January 2004 | 148 computers (including 14 servers) under the direct responsibility of the IT laboratory; 1.5 employee positions |
| September 2003 | Commissioning of the new pool information system with self-service functions and two information terminals |
| 01.10. 2001 | Dr. Lohse takes over the position of Head of the IL |
| September 2000 | Relocation of the pools to the Schumann building |
| 01.03.1999 | Hiring of Mr. Trommler (temporary) |
| July 1998 | Departure of Dr. Seyfarth Computer science laboratory - emergency operation is maintained with the support of the URZ |
| 1993 | 85 computers under the direct responsibility of the computer science laboratory, 2.5 employee positions |
| ca. 1992 | Dr. Seyfarth becomes head of the computer science laboratory. |
| May 1991 | The following were available for training PC pool (VW Foundation (Computer Center)) 20 PC 386 sx 3 matrix printers PC pool (SNI - Faculty of Business and Economics) 1 PC 286 4 PC 386 sx 10 PC 286 1 laser printer 4 matrix printers Apple Pool (Apple - donation to the Institute for Business Information Systems) 11 MAC LC 4 MAC LC decentralized 2 Postscript laser printers |
| March 1990 | Renamed Computer Science Laboratory, 5 employees A single workstation was provided to expand the capacity of the IT lab: 1 AC 7150/71 with color monitor 1 K 6328 printer Hardware for use at the workplace: Examination Office: 1 PC 1715 and 1 Epson LQ 400 printer Education department: 1 PC 1715 and 1 Epson LQ 400 printer scientific secretary Secretary: 1 PC 1715 and 1 Epson LX 86 printer Economics department : 1 PC 1715 and 1 Epson LQ550 printer The conversion was carried out due to the dissolution of the PC 1715 cabinet. |
| 1989/90 | Construction of the false ceiling in the Hülssebau south wing 5th floor 6 employees at this time |
| October 1989 | Computer technology: 26 small computers KC 87 incl. corresponding number of cassette and television sets 1 computer cabinet with 10 PC 1715 and 4 EPSON LX 86 printers 2 workstation computers 7150/70 and -/20, 2 PC EC 1834 and 1 PC EC 1834 from May 1990 Further printer equipment for use on different computers or individual workstations 1 Epson LX 86 1 EPSON FX 1000 1 Robotron K 6313 1 Epson LX 800 Computing technology for other use outside administration : 1 PC 1715 in the customer secretariat of the computing station 1 office computer 5130 for other users of the computing station (also employees of other organizational units) 1 PC 1715 - Chair in the former scientific field of economics of production preparation |
| March 1987 | Computer technology: 1 office computer A5120 and 1 printer Epson LX 86 for the entire administration and for use for word processing for secretaries of the section |
| ca. 1987 | Renaming to computer station |
| August 1977 | Inauguration of the R4200. This was mainly used for Laboratory and test field automation technical and economic calculations control of machine tools and formed the core of the KRS4200 small computer system. The price for such an R4200 system at that time was around 1.8 million marks. Later, the typewriters were replaced by self-built keyboards and small televisions (robotron Radeberg). Conference MKÖ 5 |
| 1973 | The economics laboratory was converted and extended. |
| 1969 | Prof. Geist had the idea of establishing an economics laboratory at the former section. |
