Progress Updates
- Workstation standardization Presentation of the recommendations from the Workstation Standardization final report. November 17, 2006
- Consolidating servers and services Joe Mantione, assistant vice president for communication and IT infrastructure, discusses the research and potential of consolidation. September 15, 2006
- The framework for UB's future Beau Willis, co-developer of UB 2020, cites a framework involving alignment, integration, trust, and problem solving that must be adopted campus-wide in order to take UB to a higher level. August 11, 2006
- IT Entering Next Phase of Transformation IT announced it is entering the next phase of their transformation at the IT Town Hall meeting on Friday, May 5th. As part of the next phase, campus-wide security management in the CIO office is being implemented. The office of the CIO is considering new roles to focus on strategic coordination of support for research and instructional computing. A portfolio of projects is being launched which include: server/services consolidation; IT management; enterprise systems improvement; and technology classroom standardization (presently 60% of classrooms are technology-enabled). Each effort will be collaboratively led by a cross functional group that includes a project leader (process and customers), a functional leader (business problems) and a technical lead (architecture and technology). Each team will involve a cross-functional rep from across campus. May 5, 2006
- Panel recommends IT strategies Establishing a governance process for IT decision-making and building a robust and adaptable technology foundation are among the recommendations of the Information Technology Strategic Transformation Committee (ITSTC), a panel charged with reviewing the university's IT functions as part of the UB 2020 academic planning process. March 23, 2006
- Strategies for Change Four strategies for change were presented at the IT Town Hall Meeting on Friday, March 3, 2006. Elias Eldayrie (Associate VP for IT) described the four strategies for change and explained that within those four strategies, there are ten key initiatives. The strategies are to be used to create a model that is unified and supports the needs of the UB campus. March 13, 2006
- IT Strategic Transformation Draft Recommendations The Town Hall meeting of December 16, 2005, heard a presentation of the draft IT Strategic Transformation recommendations, which identify specific goals to help position UBit for the future. Along with those recommendations, the Executive Committee unveiled a Bill of Rights that outlines the basic levels of support expected by the community and a set of Guiding Principles for achieving successful transformation. December 16, 2005
- UBIT professionals train for the future Nearly 300 UBit professionals attended an overview session of ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library - last week. The training opportunity was provided and sponsored by the Chief Information Office to increase the understanding of ITIL on campus and to facilitate future discussion and planning related to ITIL. November 10, 2005
- Draft Governance Model Presented Deep thinking was going on at the ITST Town Hall meeting on Friday, November 4th. A draft governance model was presented. Voldemar Innus (Vice President for IT and CIO) urged Town Hall attendants to review the governance committee descriptions and memberships and to provide feedback as soon as possible. The governance model was developed from the data the Best Practices and Institutional Models Subcommittee collected from the twelve or so educational institution CIOs they interviewed. November 4, 2005
- Data Uncovers IT Challenges The IT Environment Committee presented its data findings at the IT Town Hall meeting on October 5. Through the data collection, four challenges were ascertained. October 5, 2005
- Forum addresses re-evaluating IT to "do it better" As part of the ongoing UB 2020 strategic-planning initiative, 130 members of the university community gathered on Aug. 4 to discuss why the university is re-evaluating the way it does information technology business. August 11, 2005
- Delivery of campus IT services focus of strategic transformation effort UB is scrutinizing its information-technology functions in an effort to take an operation that administrators say already is doing very well and transform it into one that is even more efficient and effective. June 23, 2005