IT Strategic Plan 5 Years Later Fall Dr. Bradley C. Wheeler Assoc. VP of Research & Academic Computing and Dean of IT (Acting) Office of the Vice President for IT & CIO Indiana University

Inception  President Brand’s Charge “To make IU a leader in the uses and application of information technology – in absolute terms”  Work of university-wide IT Committee 5 Months of work, 100+ involved 10 general recommendations 68 specific action items

Timeline for the IT Strategic Plan  Preparation commenced in late 1997  Presented to President Brand in May 1998 Throughout IU from June-November 1998  Approved by President Brand and the IU Trustees in December 1998  All Divisional Strategic Plans complete in June 2000  Midterm Assessment December 2001

Execution  Detailed plans for each action item Detailed budgets Internal controls Managerial decision data (ABC) for a service Measurement of quality for a service Annual progress monitoring  Budgetary challenges…75% of plan $  Five years of consistency

Annual Progress Reports

Recommendation 1  The University should build a solid foundation of IT infrastructure that will help and enable IU to achieve a position of leadership, and to assure that sound fiscal planning permits the maintenance of this infrastructure at state-of-the-art levels.

Action #1 – Life Cycle Funding  Implement a base-funding model for life cycle replacement of IT resources  One time strategic plan funds to modernize existing desktop computers  Aggregating and timing demand have increased purchasing power $4M in new computers purchased in last 4 months -- $1.5M savings in academic discounts due to commodity/volume purchasing  Funding mechanism phased in to assure appropriate level of annual funding budgeted by Schools

Action #21: Classrooms Beginning immediately, all planning and renovation of classrooms and other teaching spaces should evaluate and incorporate information technology needs. The costs of information technology identified in prior planning efforts as well as future efforts, should be fully base funded to provide for acquiring and installing equipment, as well as for maintenance, repair, life-cycle replacement, and support.

Action #48 Networking  A five year plan for the University's intercampus networks and commodity Internet connectivity should be immediately developed, funded and implemented.  Click here for network maps Click here for network maps

Results  Success…leadership in absolute terms  Unrivaled fiscal approach to IT, its use, and leverage  Increasing wins in grants  Solid foundation for research and state economic development

Foundations for a “Virtuous Cycle” I-Light I-Light2 AVIDD supercomputer TeraGrid TransPAC Global NOC Extensible Teragrid Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Research & Education Network – Information Sharing Analysis Center IBM Life Sciences Institute of Innovation Win Grant $$ Acquire IT & Staff Develop Competencies Deliver Results ∞

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Additional Slides Networking maps and evolution

TeraGrid…National Research Infrastructure Sep 03 – IU wins $3M NSF grant…  Click here to return to IT Strat Plan Click here to return to IT Strat Plan