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Computing and Information Technology Center

Computing and Information Technology Center. Computing and Information Technology Services and Projects at UNT 2008 - 2010. Agenda. Brief overview of the CITC and computing services at UNT Current and upcoming projects that will affect computing and telecommunications users

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Computing and Information Technology Center

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  1. Computing and Information Technology Center Computing and Information Technology Services and Projects at UNT 2008 - 2010

  2. Agenda • Brief overview of the CITC and computing services at UNT • Current and upcoming projects that will affect computing and telecommunications users • Questions and answers

  3. The CITC • CITC: • 179 (head count) salaried employees • 79 (head count) student workers • Six divisions: • Academic Computing and User Services • Administrative Information Systems • Administration and Compliance • Classroom Support Services • Communications Services • Enterprise Systems Technical Services • The CITC main offices are at the Discovery Park, with ACUS in the ISB, CSS in Chilton, and a data center in GAB

  4. The CITC (con’t) • The mission of the UNT Computing and Information Technology Center is to provide effective shared computing and information technology services in support of the mission and strategic goals of the university. • The Computing and Information Technology Center’s unique role in accomplishing the University’s mission is to provide the primary university-wide, shared resources of computing hardware, software, data and voice communications, and professional personnel on campus. The Computing and Information Technology Center is called upon to provide computing and electronic communications resources when it can do so more effectively or more efficiently than separate units.

  5. Computing Support on Campus • Distributed computing support units are located in Colleges and Schools as well as some administrative departments • Approximately 100 FTE workers are in those distributed units • They are the first line of support for desktop computers on campus

  6. Major Projects for 2008 - 2010 • Administration Building Conference room technology is complete • Large-screen plasma display • Speaker • Video feed (no movie channels!) • Fixed computer as well as connection for laptop • Wireless conference phone • Upgrade of 209 classrooms to new projectors, etc. • 175 of 209 are complete • Remainder will be complete by the end of the summer

  7. Projects (con’t) • Imaging • Goal is to replace a previous imaging system with a better one and to integrate images into EIS where relevant • ImageNow contract signed in December, currently being implemented • PPS is rolling out first followed by Financial Aid, Registrar, HR, Graduate School, Advancement, International Studies, Academic Affairs, Student for Student Rights and Responsibilities, Legal (perhaps) • Above departments’ implementation projected to be complete by end of summer • Other departments may be added upon request after that

  8. Projects (con’t) • Data warehousing & reporting • Major emphasis at upper levels of the administration • Goal is better and more easily understood reports (dashboards, parameter-driven reports, etc.)

  9. Projects (con’t) • Migration to Exchange/Active Directory • Goal is to provide a more standard and less expensive faculty/staff mail system • Over 3,200 users have been migrated to date, out of the approximately 4,500 users • Will be completed by June 15 • E-mail Archiving • Purchased e-mail archiving system • Will start implementation when the migration is complete • Will provide central archiving of Exchange e-mail messages, accessible anywhere in the world • Will work with Compliance on rules and policies for archiving

  10. Projects (con’t) • Migration to Windows file and print services • Goal is similar to Exchange migration: more standard and less expensive than Novell • Won’t change user experience much • Will be accomplished by the end of this summer in most colleges and departments • Migration of EIS’s financial module to version 9.0 • Already under way • Switchover will be done in Spring 2009

  11. Projects (con’t) • Datacomm upgrade (five-year rolling upgrade) • Will replace over 800 switches in closets around campus • Will provide better reliability and manageability of our datacomm infrastructure • Sharepoint • Collaboration and electronic forms tool • We have test system up but are waiting for next fiscal year to obtain staffing for it adequately

  12. Projects (con’t) • Project Management • Required by State • Driven primarily by lack of transparency of what CITC does, both internally and externally • Project management policy specifies that end users approve major projects: ITC and ITSC

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