Interoperability at last! Jeremy Meades, Director for ICT Strategy and e-Learning

Some of the issues in schools Data held in more than one application Compatibility issues between systems for the same data High administration cost Management of multiple data sources Loss of data integrity

A typical school system Data conversion No connection Data conversion LDAP authentication No connection Library system

Data administrator

What if you could? ? Library system

And then add some more? ? Library system Cashless catering

Systems Interoperability Framework Now you can!

Network Account H.R. & Finance Data Analysis & Reporting Instructional Services Library Software Moodle Cashless Catering – Zone Integration Server (ZIS) – SIF Agents – Applications – SIF Data Objects SIMS.net How it works

SIF Infrastructures Blue – Regional Band Consortia, Local Authority infrastructures already in place Many already used for Identity Management Other infrastructures are available

Government support? “The SIF Association and the Department for Education (DfE) are pleased to announce that they have agreed to work closely together to take forward work on the interoperability of data in the UK education system. Both organisations share the common goal of achieving cost effective and secure methods of sharing data between different systems and organisations, and today's announcement sets out how they will work together to each achieve that goal.”

Benefits? Learners and parents Personalised learner content Improved timeliness of service Accurate school data Increased efficiency Administrators Increased efficiency Reduced duplication and errors Reduced compatibility issues Teachers Real-time access to critical information Better data analysis Teacher’s time better spent IT Departments Reduced support costs Reduced time needed to manage multiple data sources Save investment by using existing systems & infrastructure

Questions?