Lamar University Unified Digital Campus Thursday, 13 March 2008
Lamar UniversityUnified Digital Campus Thursday, 13 March 2008
LEAPing and Data Center Legacy: Banner Value Add?
• UDC as Opportunity for Business Process Transformation
– IT: High Availability: Standard Operating Environment, Oracle Database (RAC), Application Load Balancing
– Functional Areas: Finance, HR and Student …
LEAPing and Data Center Legacy: Banner Value Add?
• Banner Project Overview
• Applications – From PLUS Land to Banner World
• Hosting and ASP Model – Data Center and Networks
What Are the User Expectations?
• Moving to Banner offers many benefits including:
– Increased system availability
– Fully integrated systems eliminating duplication of data
– Web-based user interface
– IT No Longer a Gate Keeper, Now an Enabler
Finance, HR, Evisions and Appworx Already Rolled Out: The Road Ahead Includes …
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Human Resources
Student
Financial Aid
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Web 4Employee
Web 4Faculty
Web 4Student
Trac Dat
Blackboard
Astra
EDISmart
RecruitmentPlus
ConnectEd
ApplyTexas
LuminisPortal
AppWorx
Xtender
SSBHR
SSBSIS
SSBADM
SSBFaculty/Advisors
EvisionsIntellicheck
EvisionsArgos
EvisionsFormFusion
ODS
T-ServeTPG
Web 4Employee
Web 4Faculty
Web 4Student
Trac Dat
Blackboard
Astra
EDISmart
RecruitmentPlus
ConnectEd
ApplyTexas
LuminisPortal
ODS
Luminis
SSBFaculty/Advisors
SSBADM
SSBHR
SSB Student
Xtender
TracDat
ApplyTexas
Blackboard
Astra
EDI Smart
Recruitment Plus
StarRez
Touchnet
(UC4)Appworx Evisions
Argos
EvisionsFormFusion
EvisionsIntellicheck
Infrastructure and Security Services
• Networking (voice, video and data)• Security• Data center support (three data centers)• Systems administration for enterprise server platform.
Lamar University Banner Infrastructure
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APPWORX
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Internet Connectivity and High Speed Network Connectivity
• The university data network operates at one Gigabit per second backbone with 55 Mbps of commodity Internet bandwidth and 5 Mbps access to Internet2.
• The University is a participant in the Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN), and National Lambda Rail (NLR), which provides direct, high speed access to National and Regional networks.
• Lamar University also serves as a point-of-presence for the Texas Higher Education Network (THEnet) which serves as a connection point for a number of K-12, Higher Education, and other state agencies in the Southeast Texas area.
Security Infrastructure