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Shared InfrastructurePriority Projects

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Director of Infrastructure Services

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Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)

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Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)

Provide a wide variety of services to ITS and campus

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Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)

Provide a wide variety of services to ITS and campus

Just to name a few: • PeopleSoft

• Email• Servers• Storage

• Campus Sites

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• Organization updates• FY10 strategic

priorities

7We have several large projects underway that are

strategic to ITS this year.

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Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.

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Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.

IT Commons is a campus-wide effort to improve collaborative planning and decision-making for information technology at U-M.

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Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.

IT Commons is a campus-wide effort to improve collaborative planning and decision-making for information technology at U-M.

Leadership Team reviewed and evaluated IT Commons requests.

11Tiered Storage Solution

Focus: deliver several tiers of storage solutions to campus.

• Researchers, staff, and units have varying storage needs.

• Seeking cost-effective solutions with appropriate performance levels.

Benefit: Units can re-focus their efforts on supporting other research and learning needs.

12Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Focus: expand for campus in the next year

• Completed significant expansion of Virtual Sites service, which allows Windows users access to specialized software on an as-needed basis, and it gives Macintosh users a way to use Windows software from their Macintosh computer.

Benefit: Allows more units to take advantage of the new service and reduces purchasing of specialized software.

13Windows Consolidation

Focus: shut down B&F windows environment

• Business and Finance will move to the “campus forest”

Benefit: Enables easier collaboration with colleagues across campus, including file and calendar sharing

U-M IT Strategy 14

This is our challenge…

But so far, we’ve shown we’re up for it.

Questions/comments? Feel free to email Bill and others on the leadership team: https://backstage.itcs.umich.edu/transition/contact/