Dan Uetrecht, Director of Networks & Computing March 15, 2013 Infrastructure Update

S&T Campus Wireless Upgrade S&T VOIP Phone System Replacement S&T Network Access Control UMIT Microsoft Lync replaces OCS UMIT Office 365 replaces Outlook Live UMIT Data Center Consolidation Change is in the wind

S&T Campus Wireless Upgrade Dell branded Aruba N 600Mb/s 2.5 and 5Ghz wireless solution selected Deployed to 25 buildings both on and off campus to date Will be proceeding with deployment on or before spring break Current status and FAQ at:

S&T VOIP Phone System Current Cisco VOIP system at end of life New Cisco replacement not cost effective Evaluated –UMC using CenturyLink hosted Broadsoft –Fidelity Communications hosted Broadsoft –Locally hosted Asterisk What features do you want to see in UC?

S&T Network Access Control NAC, what is it? –Easy wireless onboarding –Network access gatekeeper –Policy enforcer Selected Impulse Point SafeConnect Deployment plan –Audit mode –Protect wireless network –Upgrade and protect wired network

Microsoft Lync replaces OCS What is OCS? –MS first stab at UC –IM w/presence and video conferencing Lync is OCS on steroids. –Think of free Webex using IP based audio. –Outside federation to Office 365 coming –Public federation possible –SIP connectivity may integrate with local VOIP UMIT upgrading OCS to MS Lync on 4/1

Office 365 replaces Outlook Live Outlook Live transition to Office 365 over the summer Office 365 has more features –Exchange –Sharepoint –Lync –Office –25G of SkyDrive

UMIT Data Center Consolidation Part of the UMIT reorganization strategic initiative Engaged World Wide Tech to assist us with right sizing the UMIT Data Center environment Statement of work is being finalized Basic process is assessment, analysis, recommendations, action plan.