M OVING TO THE C LOUD – THE JOURNEY BEGINS

H IGHER E DUCATION  The Challenges Facing Higher Education Have Never Been Greater  Changing Students  Changing Technology  Changing Regulations and Accountability Requirements  Changing Funding  Changing Sustainability Demands

C ONDITION OF H IGHER EDUCATION “The American higher-education system has long been seen as a leader in the world, but confidence in its future and its enduring value may be beginning to crack along economic lines, according to two major surveys of the American public and college presidents conducted this spring. -Pew Research Center & Chronicle, Spring 2011

T ECHNOLOGY  Technology can and should be used as an effective tool to:  Enhance the teaching/learning and research process  Improve Operational Efficiencies  Reduce Fixed Operating Costs  Create a Value Proposition to Students  Align Processes to Fulfill the Mission of the University

H ORIZON R EPORT 2011  The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators in sense-making, coaching, and credentialing.  People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want.  The world of work is increasingly collaborative, giving rise to reflection about the way student projects are structured.  The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based, and our notions of IT support are decentralized.

CHALLENGES  Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession.  Appropriate metrics of evaluation lag behind the emergence of new scholarly forms of authoring, publishing, and researching.  Economic pressures and new models of education are presenting unprecedented competition to traditional models of the university  Keeping pace with the rapid proliferation of information, software tools, and devices is challenging for students and teachers alike

T ECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH  Next 12 Months  Electronic Books – eTextbooks  Mobile Computing  Selective Cloud Hosting  months  Augmented Reality  Game-Based Learning

2-5 YEARS  Gesture-Based Computing  Learning Analytics

CIO Priorities – 2009 vs. 2011

IBM Global CIO Study, 2011

T HE N EXT T EN Y EARS (T ECHNOLOGY AS A U TILITY ) Technology should be used to improve operating efficiencies (i.e., reduce fixed operating expenses while enhancing services provided ) and capture target markets ( New Revenue Sources ) from across the globe which was not possible before. Information Technology Cost Center Profit Center

12 From Here … To There Hardware – Server Consolidation Virtualization On to the Cloud – Private --- Public - Federated Software – Price Negotiations, Compatibility Testing, Performance Optimization, Security Software as a Service (Saas), Platform as a Service (PaaS) User Experience – College owned State of the Art Desktops, Secure, Optimal Performance User Owned, Supported laptops/handheld devices connected to the Virtual /Mobile Applications Portal – Secure and Easy Access to College resources Based on User Profile Secure and Easy Access to ALL User resources – College and Non College Resources Data Driven Decision MakingBusiness Intelligence (BI) Driven Strategic and Tactical Planning Student Relationship ManagementStudent Lifecycle Management Prospect – Alumni

H OW DO YOU DO IT ? The Answer Might be in the Cloud!

W HAT IS THE CLOUD ? Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet).

C LOUD S ERVICES  Software as a Service (Saas)  Platform as a Service (PaaS)  Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

P UBLIC VS. PRIVATE CLOUD

P ROS OF THE CLOUD  Fast Startup  Scalability  Business Agility  Faster Product Development  No Capital Expenditures

C ONS OF THE CLOUD  Bandwidth Could Bust Your Budget  App Performance Could Suffer  Data Might Not be Cloud-Worthy  Too Big to Scale  Human Capital Might be Lacking

C ARL S ANDBURG COLLEGE  Started Experimenting with the Amazon Cloud in 2008  Moved Student Accounts to the Google Cloud in 2009  Moved Student Accounts to Windows in Fall 2011

M IGRATION PATH By 2014, 95% of the College’s Applications will be on either a Private or Public Cloud

D ISASTER R ECOVERY /B USINESS C ONTINUITY  Campus Emergency and Disaster Recovery Plan – Due to the Illinois Community College Board in December  IT DR is a Part of the Overall Plan  Process of Working with Cloud Providers to Move RED and YELLOW Servers

A WARDS  Carl Sandburg College Ranked Among Top Ten Tech Savvy Community Colleges in the US in 2007, 2008, 2009,2010 & 2011 by the Center for Digital Education and Converge Magazine: community-colleges/2010-Digital-Community- Colleges.html  Digital Education Achievement Award 2007  ICCCA Innovation Award 2005

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