IT Update: Top 5 Issues

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IT Update Top 5 Issues

• Larry Conrad
• Associate VP and CIO
• Office of Technology Integration

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Top 5 IT Issues

• OMNI
• Wireless
• Computer requirement
• New IT Steering Committee
• New national/regional network opportunities

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OMNI

• Financial and HR
• Vanilla implementation
• Going reasonably wellbut not without issues
• Largest issues
• Complexity (power) of the system?training!
• OPS appointments?New OPS Express option 3/18
• Witholding for 9 month faculty?looking at options
• Summer appointments?New page out next week
• Will continue to refine and stabilize

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Wireless

• 75of exterior space covered
• 10-15 on interior building space covered
• Working to include existing unit wireless into a
  common sign-on (authentication) scheme
• Tie-in with laptop initiative

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Computer Requirement

• Fall 2005 all incoming undergraduates must have
  a computer
• Fall 2006 all incoming freshmen must have a
  laptop computer
• PC and MAC
• Tie-in to wireless
• Committee will be formed to provide oversight

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IT Steering Committee

• Review IT priorities and policies
• Balance central and local unit needs
• Recommend strategic and tactical opportunities
• Chair Kirby Kemper

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New Network Opportunities

• Leverage the national telecom shakeoutdisruptiv
  e pricing!
• Control of higher ed networking destiny
• Flexibility in responding to future needs
• Eliminate place as an issue for collaboration
• Creation of the National LambdaRail (NLR)
• Creation of the Florida LambdaRail (FLR)
• Supports multiple 10 Gb networks

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NLR Footprint Phase 1 and 2
SEA
POR
SYR
BOI
STA
NYC
PIT
OGD
DEN
CLE
KAN
CHI
SVL
SLC
WDC
RAL
LAX
TUL
ALB
PHO
ATL
SAN
DAL
ELP
PEN
JAC
BAT
SAA
HOU
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NLR Participants

• Equity members
• CENICCA
• PNWGPNW
• Internet2
• Virginia Tech/MATP
• DukeNC
• Georgia Tech/SLRGA
• Florida LambdaRailFL
• CIC GroupBig 10
• LEARNTX
• LONILA

• Equity members
• CMU/UPitt/PSC
• CornellNE
• NCAR/UCARCO
• New Mexico
• OK Board of Regents
• Class C members
• SURA (potential member)
• ORNL
• Case-Western
• Membership is closed

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FLR The NLR Build Out In Florida

• FLR is a LLC has submitted its 501(c)(3)
  application
• FLR equity participants are all public
  corporation or 501(c)(3) entities
• 10 equity participants FAU, FIT, FIU, FSU, Nova
  SE, UCF, UF, U of Miami, UNF, UWF
• Members expect to offset a significant portion of
  their costs by aggregating network services and
  future cost avoidance

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FLR Design
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New Network Opportunities

• Will be upgrading the campus backbone network to
  10 Gb over next 2 years
• Will be able to provide the same connectivity
  across the state/nation as across the hall!

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Questions?

• www.flrnet.org
• www.nationallambdarail.org