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Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 1
Why Standards?Campus Perspective
Bernard W. Gleason
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Alexandria, VAMay 8, 2003
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 2
Executive Concerns
Return on investment and expanding budgets
Recreational use of network and de-personalization
Slow adoption of technology in instruction
Limited fiscal resources to train and support faculty & staff
Containment of “out of the blue” & spiraling licensing costs
Viruses, spam, hacks, identity theft, music downloads
Inter-institutional collaboration and resource sharing
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 3
Collaboration and Resource Sharing
“It seems to me that we can’t do it alone and that progress, or may be even survival, might be dependent on collaborating and sharing resources with other institutions. It doesn’t make sense for every institution, big and small, to be duplicating resources and services.”
Quote from the President of a small college
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 4
Middleware
Middleware is the collection of software standards that will facilitate the secure, private, transparent and real-time interconnection of distributed people and applications and the exchange of information over the Internet.
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 5
Elements of Middleware
Identity Management & Directory Services
Data Interchange
Single Sign On & Transitive Trust
Security and Privacy
Web services
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 6
Personal Observations
Extended Campus and New Trust Relationships
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Trust Relationships Scenarios
Transitive Trust
Portal Model
Liberty Alliance
Trusted Intermediary
Internet2 Shibboleth
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 8
Transitive Trust
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 9
Portal Model
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 10
Liberty Alliance
My customer number 123 is your customer number 789
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 11
Trusted Intermediary
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 12
Internet2 - Shibboleth
•Uses institutional credentials•Supports anonymity•User-determined release of data (privacy)•Home directory authentication & authorization
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 13
Personal Observations
Extended Campus and New Trust Relationships
Grid Computing
Mobile and external access may exceed on-campus traffic
Privacy on an equal level security
Open Source and Open Standards
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 14
Personal Observations
Virtual Enterprise Applications
Vertical and Specialized Applications
Service Providers and Intermediaries
Universal Identity
Web Services Architecture
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 15
How, When, What?
Maturation of Standards
Demonstrations of new business and trust models
Recognition of fiscal and functional advantages
Compliance with mandated policies and regulations
Commitment to improved convenience to customers
Demand from inspired and influential group of colleges
Information Technology © 2001 The Trustees of Boston College 5/8/2003 Slide 16
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