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IT Strategy at MIT: Past & Present
IT Leaders Program April 9, 2008
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Past strategic choices: “If you build it, they will come.”
Project Athena: A research partnership with IBM and DEC, launched in 1983, to explore the use of computing technology for improving undergraduate education. Implementation of a commercial ERP solution to replace an ad-hoc collection of HR, payroll, and purchasing systems. Campus-wide rollout of VOIP technology to replace MIT’s aging 5ESS phone switch. Acquisition of 5ESS was itself a major strategic choice in 1987! Organization of IT support into separate administrative and research support units.
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Future Strategic Choices
and calendaring evolution. How best to meet divergent needs of administrative and research staff in a sustainable and well-integrated way? Data center space demands. Leased, off-campus facilities for use by IS&T free up valuable campus real estate for growing research computing needs. “Green Computing”, part of a campus-wide Energy Initiative. IT needs to be sustainable and ecologically friendly! Virtualization is a key part of our strategy.
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