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Hosting Enterprise Applications

This document outlines the growing demand for enterprise applications in educational settings, highlighting major advancements in optical network infrastructure and collaborative efforts among CIOs and community groups. It emphasizes the need for more than just ISP services through StateNet, fostering confidence in delivery capabilities. Key community-building initiatives include statewide working groups focused on academic advisories and best practices. Challenges such as requirements analysis, effective business models, and service provider legal issues are addressed, alongside strategies for engaging the community and optimizing resource management.

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Hosting Enterprise Applications

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  1. Hosting Enterprise Applications George Laskaris, Executive Director, NJEDge.Net Cory Stokes, Enterprise Services Manager, UEN Dave Lois, Executive Director, WiscNet

  2. Factors Impacting Growing Demand for Enterprise Applications • Major capacity gains from optical network upgrade and last mile bandwidth improvements provided excess capacity to support new apps. • Very active CIO and community groups see the efficiencies and economies of scale of collaboratively implementing enterprise apps. • Community wants more than an ISP from their StateNet and has increasing confidence and trust in our ability to effectively deliver.

  3. Community Building Efforts • Active statewide working groups • Distance Learning Academic Advisory Board • Coordinated Faculty Development Initiative – focused on showcasing best practices • Educational Activities Task Force / CIO Forum • Data, Video and Voice Resources Groups • High Performance Computing Initiative • Networking and the Performing Arts Initiative

  4. Statewide Enterprise Applications Under Consideration • Centrally hostedcourse management systems • Sakai, Moodle, Blackboard/WebCT • Large-scale network attached storage / DR • Video-on-demand content repositories • Shared high performance computing GRIDS • Coordinated statewide software site licensing with distributed license management • Statewide Help Desk consortium

  5. Challenges • Conducting requirements analysis & assessment • In-source, out-source or hybrid approach • Administrative overhead & customer support • Developing an effective business model • Statewide access and authentication issues • Service provider legal and liability issues • Privacy and security protections • Gaining community consensus & buy-in

  6. Strategies for Enterprise Applications • Engage the community in the requirements analysis & development of a business model • Conduct RFQ’s to help evaluate in-sourcing and outsource options • Consider involving members institutions in hosting and supporting academic CMS’s by providing staff and additional hardware • Recover costs directly from economies of scale • Strongly consider implementing IdM

  7. Statewide Enterprise Applications Current Strategies • Centrally hostedcourse management systems • Sakai, Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT • Large-scale network attached storage / DR • Video-on-demand content repositories • Shared high performance computing GRIDS • Coordinated statewide software site licensing with distributed license management • Statewide Help Desk consortium

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