Over a dozen consolidation projects have been substantially completed since their launch in 2007. Projects were selected according to their university priority, alignment with UB 2020 goals and feasibility/return on effort.
The projects clustered on six themes:
Here are some examples of outcomes from selected projects:
Project Outcome | Savings to UB | |
Workstations purchased through the UB 2020 workstation standardization program procurement and support costs | $2.1 million | |
More than 70 disparate phone systems have been decommissioned, along with more than 3,000 Centrex phone lines terminated. More than 7000 people now use the same Voice Over Internet Protocol phone system at UB. | $700,000 | |
iPrint reduced paper and toner consumable costs | $375,000 | |
Server consolidations have turned off more than 50 campus print and file servers ,seven administrative e-mail servers and moved new student e-mail into the cloud: Google Apps for Education | $500,000 | |
Deployed Energy Star-qualified devices and used “green” equipment recycling and disposal | $79,500 | |
Enabled automation of appointment, procurement and recruitment business operations campus wide | Green processes, faster response | |
Established workstation and server patching and antivirus support campus wide | Priceless |
The following Core Principles principles were devised based on best practice that sets the appropriate climate for change.
Project teams were encouraged to make tough choices and focus on establishing standards on behalf of all university stakeholders.