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Storage Management

Project Summary

James Leckel and Greg Pepper are leading a project to create a strategic approach to centralized storage management. The project began earlier this year, and has been in the analysis and planning stages. The current centralized storage is costly and excessive for certain applications. Our SAN infrastructure connecting to this storage is also very costly on a per server basis. The storage management project seeks to create an effective strategy for storage, and to purchase an inexpensive, highly expandable storage unit that can be used as a lower tier of storage.

Status

Currently, the project team is evaluating storage vendors and products. The storage array will be an ISCSI solution with features such as storage virtualization and clustering.

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Identity Management

Project Summary

The number of software applications and IT services provided on campus is continually growing. In order to create an infrastructure that enables campus members to access these applications and services in a consistent manner, iCIT is beginning an “Identity Management” initiative.

The primary goals of this initiative are:

  1. Identify individuals and groups of people who interact with campus in various roles (students, applicants, faculty/staff, alumni, etc.) and therefore require campus identities;
  2. Determine the lifecycle for these identities (when do relationships for these groups of people begin, change, and end?); and
  3. Form a strategy for managing campus identities and roles that will meet current and future needs.

Status

The first step of the project is near completion. Jeff Rollette, Tom Jordan and Elena Pokot have met with campus offices to discuss the roles of the various individuals (students, applicants, faculty/staff, alumni, etc.) with whom they interact. They have been discussing the identities these roles require, while also establishing a lifecycle for the identities.

Soon, meetings will be scheduled with vendors that have identity management product offerings to better understand the market and identify solutions that might be a good fit in our environment. Progress on Identity Management is expected to accelerate when Jeff Rollette’s involvement in the calendar migration project decreases following its scheduled implementation on July 28, 2006.

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A New View of iCIT

The Uptimes is a new tool to help all iCIT team members keep up with the latest info around the department. It is the place to find out about new staff members, project updates, new policies, and other iCIT related communication. As iCIT continues to expand, both in team members and initiatives, we want to provide a way to help you keep up with all that is happening. (Don’t miss the Project Updates in the right column, and click on the "more" button to read the rest of this story!)

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Technology Open House: Aug 31

iCIT will host a Technology Open House (TOH) on Thursday, August 31 from 1-4pm in the Andersen Lab/LTC area. The focus of the Open House is “See What’s New”, and will showcase the latest campus technology tools, systems, and practices. All faculty and staff are invited to meet with our expert staff, check out new and changing technology, and receive personalized help. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be given away to guests.