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MyDesktop upgrade by BSC
BUSINESS SERVICE Centre is rolling out a major upgrade to MyDesktop, which includes Microsoft Office 2010 and Internet Explorer 9, to all ESB staff. The upgrade rollout commences in November and will also include the replacement of our existing Web Conferencing facility (Web Ex) with a Microsoft product called Lync.
Microsoft Office 2010 includes the latest versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access and will provide greater functionality, using the most up to date Office 2010 features.
What does this mean for you?
- The Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.) within MyDesktop/MyOffice will be upgraded to the latest version (MS Office 2010).
- The current version of Internet Explorer 6 will be upgraded to Internet Explorer 9.
- The current Web Conferencing facility will also be replaced with a new product called Microsoft Lync.
Will training be provided?
- There will be training guides provided online and further communication in relation to test guides will issue in advance of the upgrade.
Did you know!
- ESB provides a staff discount for those who wish to use Office 2010 at home. For more information visit the following location: esbnetwcm/icthome/ict_customer_service/it-purchases/microsoft_office_staff_offer.html
What will happen to my original network drives and email folders?
- All network shares and email folders will be transferred to new MyDesktop/MyOffice environment. They will look slightly different!
How will this impact on printing?
- There will be no direct impact on your printer settings however you will need to reselect a default printer.
- The Print option looks visually different in Office 2010 applications but it still remains under the ‘File’ tab.
What’s new about Office 2010?
- One of the main new features of Office 2010 is the replacement of the drop down menus with Ribbon Guides. These are designed to help you quickly find the commands that you require to complete a task.
- The new Ribbon Guides appear in all Office 2010 applications. See changes in example Fig 1.1 Outlook 2003 and Fig 1.2 Outlook 2010.
The Project Manager for this team is Lorna Davey and the core group comprises: Brian Thornton, Diarmuid Doyle, Declan Lannon, Denise Delaney, Declan Byrne, Kevin Quinn, Sinead Fahy and Padraic Deegan.
SEÁN KEATING AND ESB: Enlightenment and Legacy
5th September 2012 saw the opening of Seán Keating and the ESB: Enlightenment and Legacy at the RHA. The exhibition features work from the ESB collection. Keating’s paintings of the ‘Shannon Scheme’ (1926-28) and Poulaphouca (1939-40) were completed at a time when the monumentality of the phoenix-like engineering was analogous with his personal hope in Ireland as it emerged from its colonial past. The curatorial focus of this exhibition is to emphasize Keating’s central artistic concern while working at Ardnacrusha and at Poulaphouca; to literally paint Ireland’s post-Civil War quest for modernity as it developed before his eyes. As a result of his vision and determination, along with the assistance of a few men who were central to the decision to purchase the works, ESB now has one of the most significant collections of the artist’s contemporary history paintings in the world.
Dr Èimear O’Connor HRHA says Keating “focused his artistic gaze on the sheer might of structural engineering in the belief that the work represented a new beginning for the nation; a move forward from the darkness of the past to a future of enlightenment. Thus, the paintings represent specific moments in Keating’s career, in the history of the ESB, and in the foundation of the Irish Free State”.
ESB Chairman Lochlann Quinn said “The paintings on view in this exhibition record the major contributions that both The Shannon Scheme and the Liffey Scheme have made not just to ESB but to Irish Society, as these colossally important projects changed Ireland for the better in so many ways”.
Speaking at the opening of the Exhibition, the Minister for Communication Energy & Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte TD stated: “We should not forget that the genesis of this evening’s event began somewhere back in 1925 or 1926 when a Limerick artist called Sean Keating who was in his mid thirties, went fifteen miles out the road to a construction site to record the greatest industrial and social development this country has every seen. The construction of the Shannon Scheme changed the course of history in this country and there can be absolutely no doubt that since the first unit of electricity was generated in Ardnacrusha in October 1929, many generations of peoples lives have improved.
“Fifteen or sixteen years later in the early 1940’s Sean Keating put on his boots again and took his easel up to Poulaphouca to record the progress of the work on the Liffey Scheme which provided the infrastructure to enable an expansion of both our national electricity service and the water supply which serves the people of Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. Like the Shannon Scheme, the Liffey Scheme has delivered huge benefits to the people of Ireland in a way that only a select few of courageous planners and administrators thought possible several decades ago”.
The exhibition, curated by Dr Éimear O’Connor HRHA, runs until Friday December 21st at the RHA Gallery, Ely Place, Dublin 2.
