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Project Name & Description Status
Academic Computing
• EEE Course Management System – Perform ongoing EEE enhancements to instructional toolkits
Ongoing
(communication tool, semester support for law school, online add/drop of courses).
• Distance Learning via Moodle Course Management System – Perform ongoing Moodle enhancements,
February 2010
software updates, and distance learning support for an increasing number of accredited UCI online courses.
• Institutional Blogging – Bring blogging to UCI using the popular WordPress MU software. This service
enables faculty, staff and departments to blog in the context of representing the University, their academic End of Summer 2009
pursuits, offices and selves.
• Institutional Course Casting – Implement software to capture and distribute classroom and individual
Fall 2009
podcasts. The Lecture Casting pilot will run from September 23, 2009 through December 11, 2009.
• WASC & Learning Assessment – Review IT needs and help implement IT solutions for DUE’s Research &
Planning Phase
Evaluation Support group’s accreditation tracking/reporting needs.
• DUE Information Systems Support – Manage DUE’s central application development, desktop and server
support efforts. DUE-IT also works with DUE units and programs to provide backup and coordination of local Ongoing
IT staff to ensure an effective, integrated approach to Information Technology.
• Academic Personnel Merit and Promotion Review System – Proceed to develop and expand UCSD’s
Planning Phase
APOL – online Merit and Promotion Review for use at UCI based upon an approved joint project proposal.
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• Academic Personnel Faculty Recruit System Expansion to UCSD – Provide AP Recruit as a software
service to UCSD in exchange for UCSD’s APOL Review application, currently developing features to manage
October 2009
applicants, cross-list positions, update diversity reports for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, and
user interface enhancements and updates.
• Academic Personnel Digital Measures MyData Integration – Enhance Digital Measures using Shibboleth
to improve security, provide a more effective web service to update faculty database for publications and Ongoing
presentations.
• Unifying research cluster support (MPC, Green Planet, BDUCS, and standalone clusters) – Provide
financial planning for support costs/coordination meetings and on-line documentation with campus partners Early 2010
(ICS and PS)/merging of MPC and BDUCS cluster operating systems, head units, and queuing systems.
• BDUCS research computing cluster disk storage subsystem – Build a reliable and large user disk End of Summer 2009
system using Broadcom donated NetApp equipment.
• Major expansion of Green Planet cluster with inclusion of non-PS research groups – Provide financial
planning/co-location of system in ADC/completion of cluster operation systems tools/program optimization of TBD
major user codes.
• Re-opening of MPC research compute cluster to new research partners – Provide financial planning/co-
location of added system in ADC or elsewhere on campus/long term funding model with current MPC July 2010
partners. Begins in July 2009.
• Completion of new scheduled computer lab in Social and Behavioral Sciences Bldg. - Purchase and
deploy 120 computers in three labs, two adjacent with movable partition to create 100 seat scheduled Late Fall 2009
instructional lab. Currently pending funding.
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• Remote Scientific Applications study and deployment in coordination with School of Social Science –
Use Windows Terminal Services to provide research computing applications to remote users. Study
Late 2009
proceeding during summer 2009 with expected initial deployment of statistical software applications campus
wide in late 2009. Uses Broadcom donated servers for computing engines.
Administrative Computing Systems Development
Tentatively
• Kuali Financial System Assessment – Perform an assessment to replace our 27-year-old legacy Financial scheduled for June
System and include a mapping to a new, more flexible Chart of Accounts. 2010 but is subject to
change
• Kuali COES Research Administration – Streamline the research proposal and grant submission process. March 2010
• American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Report – Allow departments to track and report on
ARRA funds under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 through a September 2009
reporting application.
• Campus Time & Attendance Application – Integrate UCOP’s Time Reporting Web Service for automatic
June 2010
real-time updates from the Medical Center and Campus Time Collection Systems. The campus HR Strategic
Redesign group has identified Employee Time & Attendance as key to streamlining payroll time collection.
• Human Resources Web Redesign for Self-Service – Update the HR web site to include more self-service
December 2009
information and transactions per the campus HR Strategic Redesign group.
• Student Financial Services: Housing Support – Support for Graduate Family Housing financial processing
April 2010
and “far future” due and reversal.
• Student Financial Services: Law School Mandates – Support for the Tax Relief Act and write-off business
December 2010
transaction.
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• Student Financial Services: Campus Billing System Online – Create and implement a web-based online
invoice generation and cancellation/reversal for students and non students to eliminate labor and postage
costs associated with printing and mailing student invoices, electronically deliver and present complete January 2010
student account for new invoices and payment history, and provide students with eCheck payment option for
invoices.
• Student Financial Services Guest Access – Provide UCInetID authentication for student applicants prior to
Statement of Intent to Register, and to guests/parents designated by student. Permit students to take October 2009
positive step for whether we may show detailed financial info to guest. Allow for guest access to billing data.
• Facilities Management Preventive Maintenance and Scheduled Work Enhancement – Provide the ability
to efficiently track, manage, and report on preventive maintenance and scheduled work through the Tririga December 2009
ERP application (FACserv). Examples include maintenance of elevator inspections and grounds keeping.
• Campus Enterprise Authorization Security Service – Deploy a campus-wide application authorization and
access control that meets audit requirements, application integration requirements, vendor integration
January 2010
requirements as well as Web server page level access controls has been a requirement on this campus for
many years.
• Application and Database Firewall Appliance Implementation – Implement the application firewall
purchased by AdCom to protect all Web interfaces against a potential breach of our confidential data or August 2009
defacement of our web sites.
• IBM (Zeus) Decommissioning – Analyze, plan, and implement the effort required and procedures
necessary to decommission the operation of the AdCom IBM mainframe CPU and migrate the running of all October 2009
mainframe-based systems, to UCOP.
• Data Warehouse Payroll / Employee Data Migration and Development of AdHoc Queries and Reports
– Migrate all Employee and Payroll History (HDB) and Payroll Audit Record (PAR) data from Zeus to UCI’s October 2009
Data Warehouse as part of IBM Decommissioning. New query functionality will also be added.
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• Sybase Database Decommissioning / Database Consolidation – Consolidate database technology
June 2010
through migration of Sybase Database applications and data to Microsoft SQLServer or mySQL.
• Migration to Virtual Server and Desktop Technology – Optimize hardware and power consumption
December 2010
through a large expansion of the use of virtual technology for both the server and desktop environment.
Data Center Planning
• Interim small expansion of Academic Data Center (ADC) with school and VCR matching funding –
End of 2009
Make available 8-12 racks in Fall 2009/relocation of ADC networking equipment.
• AdCom Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) replacement – Provide operating stability to genset/UPS
Summer 2009
combination.
• Relocation of AdCom Data Center –Find a new home/financial plan and cost analysis/engineering analysis Likely moved to late
of possible new sites including ADC periphery. 2010
Infrastructure Services
• New campus Electronic Directory for Identity Management System – Migrate the directory to a new
modern database system that integrates the entire directory information for campus. The new database will June 2010
be exported to LDAP for lookups.
• Law School IT Support – Perform modifications to the quarter system to accommodate the Law School
Fall 2009
semester system (impacts directory, EEE, Student Billing, Registrar systems).
• Google Apps for Undergraduates – Provide accounts in the uci.edu Google Apps domain for Fall 2009 for pilot
undergraduates who wish to use them for Email and Google Apps. service
• Virtual Server Subscription Services – Rent VMWare virtual servers to interested campus departments.
End of July 2009 to
This will provide departments with a more affordable alternative to purchasing and maintaining their own
start pilot service
servers in their spaces.
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• UCInetID Length Expansion – Extend the length of UCInetIDs. In the analysis/planning phase.
IT Security
• IDS Hardware Upgrade – Perform maintenance on the Intrusion Detection System hardware (expires in
January 2010
January 2010). This system helps to protect UCInet and campus computers from security threats.
• Internal Network Security Monitoring Pilot – Test a combination of Netflow data and placing IDS sensors
October 2009
at strategic network taps to gain visibility to malicious internal network traffic.
• Security Peer Reviews – Perform security peer reviews on the top three priority areas on campus. November 2009
• Security Inventory – Follow-up with units to review precautions. Ongoing
• Penetration Testing Service Expansion – Expand the penetration testing service to non PCI-DSS hosts.
January 2010
Currently in pilot with Extension and Advancement.
Network & Telephone
• Wireless Network Enhancements: Autonomous WAP to LWAP conversion – Provide better
manageability, performance, security, and guest access for the campus wireless network. Approximately 575
lightweight access points will be deployed by the end of the summer. We intend to convert the existing 367 TBD
autonomous access points to light weight mode to use extended services provided by the newly installed
WiSMs (Funded, equipment in place, need to implement conversion configurations).
• Switch Redundancy Configuration – Dual connect critical edge switches in server rooms to enterprise
TBD
switches in various data centers to improve redundancy (may require equipment purchases).
• Border Router and Border Security Redundancy – Request for funds submitted to add redundant border
TBD
router and security equipment (Unfunded).
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• Unsupported Network Equipment Replacement – Replace Cisco c1924 style switches. UCInet has
approximately 100 Cisco c1924 style switches in production. They operate at 10mbps to the desktop. These TBD
switches are no longer supported by Cisco (Unfunded).
• ULAR Animal Research Lab Research Security Cameras – Install IP based cameras. There are ten
buildings that have been identified to have IP based cameras installed to enhance surveillance of secure TBD
areas housing research animals (ULAR funding, NACS planning).
• Telephone System Upgrade – Plan for a required major upgrade to the campus phone system to extend its
useful life, to expand capacity, to add functionality, and to provide a higher degree of disaster preparedness TBD
(Unfunded).
• Replace Campus Voice Mail System – Customize the user interface to match the current voice mail system
In progress
to eliminate user-training requirement.
• Improve Campus Cell Phone Service – Install more cell site infrastructure to improve campus service
In progress
working with cellular service providers.
• zotALERT Emergency Notification System Enhancements – Develop and test enhancements to the
zotALERT system that uses cell phone text messaging to quickly notify the UCI community with emergency In progress
and safety related information.
• Design and Installation of UCINet and FacNet Telephone & Network Infrastructure
o Engineering 3 – 95% completed; implementation phase. January 2003 – June 2009
o Social & Behavioral Sciences - 65% completed; implementation phase. January 2004 – August
2009 January 2003 –
o Humanities - 50% completed; implementation phase. January 2004 – August 2009 December 2010
o Medical Education - 20% completed; design phase. January 2005 – December 2009
o Stem Cell/Gross Hall - 25% complete; design phase. January 2008 – July 2010
o Arts Building - 50% complete; design phase. January 2007 – December 2010
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