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Pres 5 Sam Averitt
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYDIVISION
ITD Open Forum
TechnologyChanges2002
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WirelessJennifer Van Horn Troy
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Role of ITD Sam Averitt
5. The Evolving Role of IT and ITD Sam Averitt,
Vice Provost, Information Technology
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IT at a Crossroads
Where are we?

• the end of the beginning
• technology more advanced than application
• transformative critical mass

Where are we going?

• a future with greater choice and higher
  expectations
• a future increasingly interdependent
• a future clouded in unpredictability

How do we get there?

• best business practices
• leveraging resources
• delivering value to customers

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Navigating an Uncertain Future

• CULTURE
• think enterprise
• value efficiency, relevance accountability
• PARTNERSHIP
• cultivate win-win opportunities
• move beyond traditional boundaries
• prepared for dynamic engagement
• SERVICE
• manage expectations
• empower opportunity

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Riding the Tsunami
CHANGE and the Ascendancy of Information
Technology
We are confronted with insurmountable
opportunities Pogo
Technology doubles every eighteen
months Moores Law
An increasingly large change in degree eventually
becomes a change in kind
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The Scale of Where We Are


kilo- mega- giga- tera- peta- exa- zetta- yatta-

3 thousands 6 millions 9 billions 12 tri
llions 15 quadrillions 18 quintillions 21 sexti
llions 24 septillions
1,000 1,000,000 1,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,0
00,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
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Everything/Ubiquitous Graph
Where are we in the revolution?
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Next Stop Sci-Fi Channel
the
ART
of
PROPHESY
is difficult
especially with regard to the
FUTURE

Mark Twain
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The Future Is Borg
Technology is Borg You will be
assimilated Resistance is futile
Drones
Collective
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As In Technology Mages
We are individuals We are collaborative
We are enlightened

• Individuals
• (individuated intelligence)

Collaborative (organic and self-organizing)
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In This Future

• Structures become increasingly dynamic and fluid

• Distinctions between local and global become
  increasingly irrelevant

• Timelines decrease

• Web of engagement becomes increasingly
  kaleidoscopic

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Are We Prepared?

• What is your plan?
• What are you willing to give up?
• Who are your partners?
• What is your level of engagement?
• What are you willing to contribute?

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Next Generation Internet

• INTUITIVE natural, easy simple
• UBIQUTIOUS everywhere always on
• AWARE a web of embedded agents
• INTELLIGENT interpretive and contextual
• ACCESSIABLE universal design and opportunity
• FAST multimedia capable
• SECURE trusted for transactions great and small
• PERVASIVE work and leisure, life
• RICH voluminous content/information

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Next Generation Internet

• 10X
• Content and function explode
• Grids emerge as the next great Internet
  technology
• Complexity becomes the number one Internet issue

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Next Generation Internet

• 100X
• Web and grid technologies converge
• A unifying Internet operating architecture
  emerges
• All information and resources appear local
• The Internet becomes the system

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Next Generation Internet

• 1000X
• The complexities of the internet become
  transparent
• Intelligent agents translate between intent and
  action
• Information flows with the speed of expression

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Toward the Limits of Comprehension
It depends on your reference point!
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Navigating an Uncertain Future

• CULTURE
• Is pervasive
• Are you prepared to reinvent your practices?
• PARTNERSHIP
• Is essential
• Are you prepared for the diminishing relevance of
  traditional organizations?
• SERVICE
• Is a balance
• Walk a day in the shoes of those you serve?

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Question Answer Session
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYDIVISION
ITD Open Forum
TechnologyChanges2002
Enhancing Student IT SuccessBill
PadgettGoing WirelessJennifer Van Horn Troy
HolderSecurity ChallengesAlan Galloway Jeff
WebsterDisaster RecoveryDennis Norris
Evolving Role of ITD Sam Averitt
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Moderated by Sarah Stein, Chair, TLTR