Since February 2005, all new UWW web applications have been developed using ASP.NET. Beginning in April of this year, these applications were upgraded to use the new .NET 2.0 framework. This represents a significant change of strategic direction for web development at UWW. In the past web applications were created independently and in a variety of programming languages (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET, etc.). Barry Henrichs is leading an initiative to standardize web applications across campus, providing greater stability and security. As the project moves forward, many applications that were previously using ColdFusion will either be deleted, replaced by Collage functionality, or redeveloped in .NET 2.0. This strategic move also prepares the way for creating a campus web portal. More information will be available as the project proceeds.
Storage Management Direction
The Storage Management Project has completd the needs analysis, market research and cost analysis. The team has also established a strategic direction for our storage solution, and is now at the vendor negotiation stage. They expect to select a vendor by mid October and to deploy by the end of the calendar year.
The storage strategy seeks to accomplish a number of things:
1. Consolidate storage administration for all Enterprise storage to simplify and remove inconsistencies.
2. Use the same storage systems where possible and cost effective. This increases speed of implementation and lower the inital cost.
3. Have the fewest storage systems possible, reducing costs while simplifying management, upgrades and replacement cycles.
4. Avoid pre-purchasing storage space whenever possible. Purchasing space as needed provides the lowest hardware cost.
More information will be available as the storage management project progresses.
Information Security Program Audited
The UW System Office of Operations Review and Audit performed a program review of the information security program at UW-Whitewater on September 22nd as part of a larger initiative of security program review at all UW
System institutions. The review covered computer security functions, policies, practices and procedures and involved Elena Pokot, Blake Penn and Nick Ciesinski. iCIT looks forward to seeing the results of this review which are expected to be available early next year.
Kronos Goes Live for Student Employees
Student employees began using the Kronos automated timekeeping system this fall. This system significantly reduces the time and effort necessary for recording work time. With Kronos, student workers and supervisor approvals are entered online, eliminating the need for paper
timesheets and manual editing. The system is currently implemented for student employee payroll and will later be used for all classified employees.
New Sites Added to Collage
Several campus websites have recently been added to the Collage content management system, and several more are slated for development in the coming months. The iCIT web team has worked hard to provide exceptional customer service and deliver an excellent final product to our web customers.
The College of Letters and Sciences, College of Business and Economics, Career Services and Athletics sites were deployed in the past couple of months (see below). Development of the College of Education site is continuing this fall, and the College of Arts and Communications site will begin in the near future. This will complete the move of all four college sites to Collage.
Work is continuing on the Academic Affairs site, as well. Meanwhile the initial stages of development have begun for the Music, Chancellor’s Office, and Pre-College Programs sites.
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College of Business and Economics |
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Career Services |
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Athletics |