IT Briefing

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IT Briefing

• November 2006

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IT Briefing November 16, 2006

• Quick updates
• Software purchasing
• Email update
• Postini update
• NetCom QA
• Dell roadmap support

• Karen Jenkins
• Karen Jenkins
• Ken Guyton
• Jay Flanagan
• Paul Petersen
• Josh Bacon (Dell)

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Quick Updates

• Manage IT Upgrade
• Original consulting dollars re-allocated to other
  AAIT initiatives
• Tentative go-live delayed until 2/5/2007
• Great input received at last TechTalk
• Next TechTalk 12/15 _at_ 200pm NDB 225 Kennesaw
  (Categorization Groups)
• Training sessions early/mid January
• Web Hosting
• Hardware decision made!
• Presenting Level 1 to Governance 11/28
• Upgrade portion included in general equipment
  refresh
• Tentative go-live February 07 (pending
  Governance approval and refresh funding approval)

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Software Purchasing

• TRC is the Emory strategic software vendor
• Can purchase any software listed on the TRC
  website
• Use all resources available to you
• Software Express
• Software Distribution
• TRC
• Emory Bookstore
• Still working through authentication issues
• Capability incorporated into larger SciQuest
  implementation increased scope causing delay
• Other impact acquisition by CDW and personnel
  changes at TRC

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TRC

• Validation (until LDAP is in place)
• _at_emory.edu email address but seeing
  inconsistent results here we are investigating
• Purchase only using a P-Card
• TRC has competitive pricing for Adobe, Microsoft,
  and FileMaker with more titles coming soon

Title SDC TRC Price Bookstore TRC Emory
Acrobat 8 Pro n/a 148.98 148.98 38.68
Adobe CS 2 n/a 388.90 379.98 174.09
Adobe Web Bundle n/a 529.80 599.98 267.12
MS Office Pro Free (Faculty Staff) 167.90 199.98 n/a
22.40 for media
44.80 for media
http//www.shoptrc.com/esite/emory
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Eagle Mail

• Ken Guyton

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Postini

• Jay Flanagan

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NetCom QA

• Paul Petersen

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NetCom
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Dell

• Roadmap
• Roadmap

Josh Bacon