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Discover how strategic initiatives such as NGMAN, Enterprise Information Security, MCB Consolidated Data Center, and Centrally Supported Exchange Email and Calendaring System are addressing IT challenges on campus. These initiatives aim to improve network speed, security, and reliability, support robust business applications, and enhance overall IT architecture to meet the evolving demands of the campus community.
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ITS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Ken Orgill Assistant Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Services and Campus Chief Information Officer
What are the Problems? • A changing world where information security is paramount An aging network technology that won’t support new data, voice and video technologies
What are the Problems? A data center that does not meet the IT demands of the campus A pressing need for the campus to communicate more effectively and efficiently A campus demand for additional robust business applications and the architecture improvements to support them
What are the Answers? NGMAN – Next Generation Metropolitan Area Network Enterprise Information Security MCB Consolidated Data Center Centrally Supported Exchange E-mail and Calendaring System Applications Support and Improved Systems Architecture for Core Administrative Systems and Projects
NGMAN • A high performance network backbone connecting all major UCSF sites and providing a platform for future technologies such as VoIP • Utilizes state-of-the-art optical Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) built in parallel with the existing metropolitan network • New technology brings faster speeds, greater bandwidth and increased security • Increased redundancy allows for less down time and permits maintenance to be performed without disrupting service
Enterprise Information Security • Establishment of an enterprise-wide organization to develop information security policies and procedures and recommend consistent architecture and solutions • Incident response for security events and scanning of the network for high risk vulnerabilities • Collaboration with the Clinical Enterprise to support on-going HIPAA compliance • Development and deployment of hardware and software infrastructure and initiatives to support network security
MCB Consolidated Data Center • Allows for economies of scale and potential to collaborate on future initiatives through co-location with the Medical Center • Safeguards core mission-critical hardware with proper environmentals and improved security • Provides opportunity for server consolidation to reduce licensing and maintenance costs • Includes space to house research servers containing sensitive data in a secure environment at minimal cost • Creates a back up site for improved disaster recovery for key administrative systems
Centrally Supported ExchangeE-mail and Calendaring System • A collaborative effort of ITS, the Medical Center and the School of Medicine • Provides a robust secure e-mail infrastructure • Allows participants to share global address lists, calendars and public folders • Currently migrating student, faculty and staff ITSA e-mail accounts to Exchange by 10/31/05
Applications Support and Improved Systems Architecture This initiative will: • align the “AdCom Roadmap” (currently in development) with the Administrative Systems Advisory Committee (ASAC) new 5 year plan • support ASAC funded projects, i.e. Research Administration, Asset Management, and Distributed Processing • leverage new technology to contain costs and improve services • allow for enhanced financial and management reporting • provide infrastructure to support better access to information, improve the efficiency of our business processes and increase the security of our administrative systems and data
One Time Costs* (in 000’s) * Excluding Applications Support and Improved Systems Architecture