EDUCAUSE | Information Systems and Services

Performance Testing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions v9.0: A Case Study

drupal — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:45:28 -0500

We will present Northwestern University's experience with performance testing during our recent upgrade from PeopleSoft v8 to PeopleSoft/Campus Solutions v9. We would like to share our testing experiences in the hope that others can learn from our firsthand experience of what went well and what could have gone better.

Dartmouth Cyber-Security Initiative and the New Achilles Vulnerability Assessment Console: A Case Study in Collaboration

drupal — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:48:27 -0500

The Dartmouth Cyber-Security Initiative is an ongoing collaboration between faculty, staff, and students focused on projects aimed at improving the security of the College's information systems. By coordinating research interests with practical concerns, the initiative has resulted in a number of innovative procedures and tools. One such tool is Achilles. Integrated with popular assessment tools such as Nessus and NMAP, Achilles is an easy to use, enterprise-scale analysis console that allows institutions to rank, manage, and track assessment results for thousands of systems.

Making Information Management a Priority: The New Office of Information Management at the UW

drupal — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:14:12 -0500

The University of Washington's Office of Information Management responsibilities include core business applications, defining data management and application integration practices and policies, managing information systems and business process improvement projects, and establishing a strong developer community. The OIM's role is to align the various information management activities throughout the university.

Additional contributor: William Shirey, Associate Vice Provost, Business Applications, University of Washington

Iterative Development of a Campus-Wide Tutoring, Mentoring, and Advising Tracking System

drupal — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:23:24 -0500

Learn about UW–Milwaukee's experiences designing and implementing a campus-wide system for tracking tutoring, mentoring, and advising activities. Topics will include creating a cross-division taskforce to define requirements, building support at administrative and department levels, leading a user-driven iterative development process, promotion, training, and creating a support network.

Interactive Services on Mobile Devices for Higher Education

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

UNCW has begun a new initiative to develop and test a wide range of information services accessible through mobile devices. This session will compare the relative costs and advantages of applications based on SMS text messaging, WAP browsers, and Java MIDlets as well as the structuring of the relationship between the faculty start-up and the institution to develop and pursue the resulting initiatives.

Service-Oriented Architecture—What Is It, and How Do We Get One?

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:40:39 -0500

SOA can provide a secure, reliable, and agile architecture that benefits the entire institution.

Podcast: An Interview with Albert DeSimone, University of Georgia - Assessing the Effectiveness of a Portal Solution

gbayne — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:32:45 -0500

In this podcast, we feature an eleven minute interview with Albert DeSimone, Commuications Director for the University of Georgia. As a Communications Officer at the University of Georgia specializing in Information Technology, Mr. DeSimone assists students, faculty, and staff with Web-related projects. He was interviewed at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Southeast Regional Conference regarding his presentation entitled, "Assessing "Portalness: A Guide for CIOs and Other Decision Makers".

The abstract:

Assessing the effectiveness of a portal solution requires more than statistical analysis. In this presentation we will go beyond simple quantitative analysis (number of "hits" or visits) to assess the effectiveness of a portal based on qualitative attributes (integration, personalization, and customization) to assist in the evaluation of a current or future portal implementation.

Collaborative Applications, Suites, and Tools

drupal — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:24:28 -0500

Our inquiry begins with brief presentations about each of several applications, application suites, or application frameworks that are in use or being readied for use to meet the needs of a range of collaboration scenarios. Each presentation will be a condensed and concise summary of the key requirements and design decisions motivating the approach taken.

Podcast: Information Technology at the Georgia Aquarium: A Trendsetter’s Perspective

gbayne — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:43:52 -0500

In this 56 minute podcast, we feature the opening keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Southeast Regional Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a speech by Beach Clark, Vice President of Information Technology at the Georgia Aquarium entitled "Information Technology at the Georgia Aquarium: A Trendsetter's Perspective".

This session will portray the challenges of implementing information technology projects at the Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest aquarium. It will focus on lessons learned, system features that bolster business, and suggested areas of improvement both internally and with technology.

The Myth about IT as a Utility

ckeller — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:04:08 -0500

The authors argue that most utilities have become standardized commodities that are no longer evolving, campus IT is in a constant state of change. Therefore, it should not be relegated to commodity status.