Documents Contributed by ECAR, Disaster Recovery Planning, and Survey Instruments

This November 2008 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of IT services sourcing in higher education. The historically binary decision to self-operate or completely outsource IT is being replaced by an a la carte menu that enables institutions to pick and choose which services to outsource, to whom, and for how long. Web 2.0 technologies and business models have expanded the scope of technology services that an institution can potentially source. This ECAR study seeks to evaluate the state of current and planned adoption of various sourcing strategies for IT services.

Citation for this work: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. “IT Services Sourcing Survey” (Survey Instrument). Boulder, CO: ECAR, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

This September-October 2006 survey, administered to chief business officers and chief financial officers affiliated with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), seeks to understand higher education's plans, infrastructure, experience, and capability in the area of business continuity. The results of the survey will be reported as part of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research 2007 study of information technology readiness for business continuity in higher education.

This May 2006 survey seeks to understand higher education's plans, infrastructure, experience, and capability in the area of information technology support for business continuity.