Welcome to the IS Strategic Planning site. Information Services has begun a planning process to help determine choices and future directions for core IT services (such as email, calendar, file storage and printing). This process will look at our services holistically and lay a foundation for an environment that better meets the needs of the community. Click here for further explanation of our scope and timeline.
THINGS ON THE TECHNOLOGY “HORIZON” THIS YEAR…
PROJECT |
IMPACT |
TIMING |
Expand Email storage |
24 hour outage will be needed to move from ½ TB to 2 TB total |
First Friday of Fall Break (Oct. 12th) |
College web redesign |
Templates and new tools for departments |
“launch” party early Oct. “top level” launch in Jan. ’08. The rest by June. |
I.S. “MISO” Survey |
A biannual survey of libraries and IT at liberal arts colleges. |
January ‘08 |
Infrastructure – 1. Novell to Windows and Active Directory |
A new login screen and changes for “file and print” process. Foundation for fewer passwords. |
Summer 2008, staggered by department |
Infrastructure – 2. Integrated “messaging” |
Would replace email and Meeting Maker. Evaluating options through Oct./Nov. |
Summer 2008, if all goes as expected |
Infrastructure – 3. Policies |
Aiming for more consistent and sustainable policies. Are looking to form a policy advisory group. |
Will offer proposals and implement over time, including summer ‘08. |
Infrastructure – 4. XP to Vista |
To move all PC users from Windows XP to Windows Vista. |
Summer 2008, staggered by department |
updated September 13th, 2007
PRIOR POSTS:
May 30, 2007 -- Introduction and request for community input on "guiding questions" (e.g. Choice vs Sustainability, Ubiquitous Access and Use of Vendors). To add your thoughts, visit our planning blog.