EDUCAUSE | Podcasts and Enterprise Resource Planning

E07 Podcast: Defining the Digital Commons

gbayne — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:57:52 -0500

On this podcast we feature a session from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. The session, Defining the Digital Commons: Abstraction of Enterprise Services and Policies Through the Use of a Unified Web-Based User Interface, discusses a methodology for abstracting enterprise services and the policies that dictate them through the use of a Web-based user interface. This establishes a unified tool for publication, storage, and recovery of files that streamlines training and support costs, facilitates innovation, and promotes the continued evolution of enterprise-level solutions. You can also view the slides for this presentation.

The panel includes:

Mark P. McCahill, Architect for E-Learning and Collaborative Systems, Duke University
Bob Price, Director, Academic Services, Duke University
Session convener: Larry D. Conrad, CIO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Podcast: Community Source Software: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?

gbayne — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:46:16 -0500

This hour and seventeen minute podcast features a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference in Chicago. This lively discussion, "Community Source Software: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning?," includes:

Laura McCain Patterson, Associate VP, Information Systems, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Richard Spencer, Acting CIO and AVP IT, The University of British Columbia
Brad Wheeler, VP for IT, CIO, and Professor, Indiana University
Session moderator: Andrea Di Maio, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, Inc.

Community source is designed to coordinate the work of different user IT organizations sharing the same purpose and requirements. An alternative to commercial applications and custom development, it gives users control and shares risk across peer organizations. Although several such public sector communities exist and yield great promises, many struggle with achieving critical mass and a viable business model. This panel compares and contrasts community source with more traditional software sourcing options and explores critical sustainability success factors.

Podcast: The "Greening" of Information Technology

gbayne — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:45:22 -0500

This 55 minute podcast features a keynote address from the EDUCAUSE 2008 Enterprise Conference. The speech, "The "Greening" of Information Technology," is by EDUCAUSE President and CEO, Diana Oblinger.

The environment is the largest enterprise system of all, and one that is impacted by information technology. As "green" initiatives and sustainability become a greater part of our consciousness, "green computing" will receive increasing focus in higher education. This presentation explores sustainability, energy use, and "reduce, reuse, and recycle" programs.

CNI Podcast: An Interview with Steve Wheat and Tod Jackson, Co-Founders of the OpenEAI Project

gbayne — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:05:31 -0600

In this 14 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Steve Wheat and Tod Jackson, both Enterprise Architects for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Co-Founders of the OpenEAI Project.

The purpose of the OpenEAI Project is to discover and document the controlling dynamics, principles, and practices of enterprise application integration and to present, implement, and promote those findings. The OpenEAI Project presents findings in the form of the OpenEAI methodology and OpenEAI software for implementing integrations. We suggest you read the OpenEAI Overview for additional background on enterprise application integration (EAI). The OpenEAI Project is comprised of six distinct, but closely-related departments, which address OpenEAI Methodology, Application Foundation APIs, Message Object API, Message Definitions, Reference Implementations, and Deployment and Administration.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2007 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

Podcast: Robert J. Lowden on Virtualization

gbayne — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:18:17 -0500

Gartner estimates that 90 percent of Fortune 1000 companies will use virtualization by 2008. As higher education IT organizations adopt this technology, a variety of strategic decisions must be applied to the challenges of P2V—transitioning from physical to virtual—across the enterprise.

In this 11 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Robert J. Lowden, Director of University Information Systems at Indiana University. His presentation at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Enterprise Conference is entitled, "Virtualization Across the Enterprise". In this interview, Mr. Lowden shares experiences, challenges, and strategies of implementing a virtual approach to storage and processing.

IT Matters! - A Panel Discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Enterprise Conference

gbayne — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:48:26 -0500

In this podcast, we present a panel discussion from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Enterprise Conference, entitled "IT Matters!". The panel is moderated by EDUCAUSE Vice President Richard Katz and includes:

David Koehler, Director of Enterprise Systems, Cornell University

James S. Roberts, Executive Vice Provost, Finance and Administration, Duke University

Susan E. Thorin, University Librarian, Dean of Libraries, Syracuse University

When we get together at a forum like Enterprise 2007, it's a wonderful opportunity to interact with our colleagues at other institutions, hear from thought leaders on various topics, and compare solutions and approaches, but sometimes we forget to consider what brings us together in the first place. We all have a tremendous impact on how our institutions are run. In this session, a panel of higher educational functional officers will explain their perspectives on the role of IT and share how IT has transformed and will transform their business practices.

2007 Enterprise Conference: The Adaptable University

gbayne — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:20:48 -0500

This podcast features a keynote address from the 2007 Enterprise Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Our speaker is H. David Lambert, Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at Georgetown University. His speech is titled “The Adaptable University” and runs approximately 53 minutes.

Institutions of higher education have become increasingly concerned about their ability to maintain critical services to faculty, students, and staff in the event of a major disruption. As we build or buy new information systems, enhance new facilities, and design new programs, we must be concerned with business continuity and creating resilient, adaptable institutions that consider academic sustainability in every aspect of the enterprise.

E2006 Podcast: New Mexico State University’s Integrated ERP Project

Carie417 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:44:37 -0600

In this 45 minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session, we’ll hear from Michael Hites in a session entitled, ”Just Don’t Call it Banner: New Mexico State University’s Integrated ERP Project.” Learn how the university managed to survive an aggressive ERP project while going live with with workflow, imaging, portal and CMS, SCT ODS/EDW, Cognos reporting, SCT student marketing (Matrix), eVisions, Appworx, and Higher Markets.

E2006 Podcast: Ten Independent ERP Implementations in One System

Carie417 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:22:00 -0600

In this 45 minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session, we’ll hear from Prasad Doddanna, Stan Jakubik, Beth Meeks, and Jerome Waldron in a session entitled, “Breaking All the Rules: Ten Independent ERP Implementations in One System.” We’ll learn how the University of Maryland broke the rules of efficiency and effectiveness when it came to ERP implementation and how their approach yielded on-time and on-budget results.

E2005 Podcast: Community Source ERP

podcaster — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:04:10 -0600

This 46 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Community Source ERP: What? Are You Crazy?