UC Davis

Networks that enable

The Vision We will create new ways to develop the intellectual and leadership capacity of our graduate, undergraduate, and professional students…..We will continue to lead nationally and internationally through our research programs by investing in the established and emerging intellectual strengths of our faculty. Chancellor Vanderhoef – UC Davis Strategic Plan

The Driving Factor UC Davis has a reputation as a research university "on the move." It has successfully recruited world-class faculty …. with recognized research and graduate strengths in the use of computational resources. This makes an agile, effective support infrastructure a priority.

Critical Network Issues Competition for Infrastructure funding Academic programs are becoming increasingly technology dependent Existence of “hard stops”

“Hard Stops” Manufacturer support unavailable Parts available from third party sources No secondary delivery capability Uncertain recovery timeframe Failure introduces campuswide catastrophic impact

The “Hard Stops”

Current Issues Systems are currently deployed and managed as separate stand-alone services Wireless network services as an add-on component Campus data network is at the end of its life-cycle No single strategic network services architecture

Strategic Direction Integrated Network Services

Options Maintain the status quo Improve our current position Begin investment into “tomorrow’s” systems

The Status Quo The Goal Improve Our Position

Recommendation UCDNet3 network option –Positions the campus to meet constituent demand for more and faster network services –Supports executive direction to invest in people and infrastructure to position this campus as a pre-eminent R1 institution –Proactively addresses most known and emerging service functionality requests

Recommendation UCDNet3 network improvements: –Data Network –Wireless Network –Network Security –Voice Network –Video Services –Cellular Services –Converged Services –Disaster Recovery –Off-campus Services –Building Wiring –Public Safety

Relative Costs $15M $25M $20M $35M $30M FY FY FY FY FY FY Legacy xNet UCDNet3 Legacy Upgrade

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