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IT Strategic Plan

Hybrid & Cloud Computing

Ability to host servers and applications either on campus or in the cloud.  Allows for real-time assignment of hosted computing resources that provides for rapid deployment, continuous operations, geographical redundancy, enhanced security, and capital expense flexibility.

  • Highly managed and secure infrastructure available for instant provisioning
  • Ability to add & remove capacity and access infrastructure in minutes that is secure and scalable
  • Can be disruptive and will drive significant change; IT will not run the same systems in the same way
  • Cost model changes significantly from CAPX to OPX – CSU not budgeted for IT that way
  • Costs are higher with cloud; this doesn’t offer or attempt to save money as an objective

 

Big Ideas (3-5 years)

  • No more Data Center
  • Data residing in different global
    locations - making sure everything is synchronized properly
  • Globalization of Data.
  • Erasing line between on premise and off premise - one computing ecosystem - "computing without borders"
  • Decoupled architecture - enable computing components to execute independently while still interfacing - true hyperconvergence

Campus Connection

  • Data Warehouse - provide timely access to data for analysis to facilitate student success and enrollment management
  • Tableau Enterprise  - Business Intelligence and Analytics - visualization tool
  • Reporting and Data Analytics Repository (RaDAR) - central repository for campus to access relevant data in a variety of formats

What is IITS already doing related to Cloud Computing?

  • Google Apps
  • Box
  • OneDrive
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
  • Microsoft Azure Failover

Who else might we need to bring into a conversation about Cloud Computing?

  • Faculty
  • Software Development and Solutions
  • Information Security

What may need to be expanded in terms of services, systems, etc. if Cloud Computing surfaces as a key area of focus from campus stakeholders?

  • Budget
  • Time
  • Skill sets

What are our internal assets and challenges to meet Cloud Computing needs, if adopted?

  • Provider Bottleneck
  • Cost security standards
  • Loss of control
  • Lack of customizability
  • Losing site of goal

What are people asking for? What issues are IITS aware of?

  • Hadoop - processing of large data sets across clusters of computers
  • High Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Flexibility, agility, scalability
  • Big Data

What other trends overlap?

  • Data Analysis and Decision Making
  • Business Intelligence

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