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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