The OneIT governance project became the sixth OneIT project to achieve completion, receiving approval to close out at the Aug. 10 Operations Team meeting. The project developed and implemented enhanced IT governance and prioritization to ensure that appropriate input is gathered for decisions about IT services and priorities, and to improve visibility and management of IT projects. It developed a mechanism to continuously monitor IT services, projects, budgets, and expenses, including personnel effort, and to deliver consistent reporting.
The OneIT Data Center and Servers project has booked their 24th and 25th server room decommissions: 240J PBB for the Tippie C
Newly digitized copies of the Brinton Collection - a cache of century-old films preserved with help from the UI Libraries - reside on servers managed by ITS’s Large Scale Storage service, home to the UI Libraries
The OneIT Data Centers and Servers project is over 70% complete with nearly two thirds of a million dollars savings realized.
Two subprojects from the OneIT Human Resources project have been closed out.
The OneIT printing project is currently in its initiation phase, with a formal project team and documents yet to be developed.
The End User Support team has drawn up a list of requirements for a central IT asset-management system, based on conversations and interviews with the stakeholders.
As the Extended Technical Support (ETS) team grows to serve more units on campus, a “team lead” approach has been adopted to provide structure and to spread out supervisory responsibilities.
In March 2017, the HPC project became the fifth OneIT project to achieve closeout. The project scope evolved, due to staffing and time constraints and opportunities to expand use of central services, to focus on deployment of a new HPC system and integration of small HPC services. The new system, Argon, launched in February 2017, enabling consolidation of 188 HPC systems from seven different units on campus.
The OneIT Communication and Collaboration Project Team updated the Operations Team on the status of its projects. The first phase of the Office 365 subproject is complete, with a second leg in progress. By December 2018, the team will have laid the foundation to implement Skype for Business as a functional voice service, though the shift away from traditional phone lines will be a gradual, ongoing process.