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SUNY: The Future of Technology

SUNY Technology Conference 2011June 22, 2011

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Themes

Current IT Model in Context of Today

An Ideal State

Funding

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SUNY Today

Federated vs. United

Independent Players

Baskin Robbins Approach

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ERP Solutions

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SUNY Campus ERP Solutions

46 Banner

3 People Soft

15 Others

SUNY Payroll vs. Community College Payroll

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SUNY ERP Support - SICAS

Small to Moderate Size Staff

Serves 72% of the University

SICAS version of Banner

At Same Time: Private College Membership

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SUNY ERP Support - SICAS

Campuses Continue Local Customization

Small Campus Staffs

General Inability to Reap Full ERP Potential

Inside SICAS Version Wide Variation in Practice

No SUNY Help Desk

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Learning Management Systems

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Learning Management Systems

35 Angel

17 Blackboard

3 Moodle

1 D2L

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SUNY Learning Network

Small to Moderate Staff

Serving 81% of Institutions

Relatively Mature Help Desk

Academic Freedom

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Federation vs. United

64 Flavors

ERP/LMS

Network Design and Implementation

Desktop Support

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Security

Help Desk

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64 Institutions Face One Crisis

Staffing

Budget

Customer Support

Falling Behind the Curve

Why?

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Translation

Current Model is Unsustainable

Example of the Result:

Advent of Mobil Technology Completely PassedSUNY By

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The Big Question?

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What If We Asked Today?

Governor Cuomo, may we please have $240M tobuild 64 completely different IT Shops serving the

State University of New York?

Why then is it OK to ask for hundreds of millions to

perpetuate this?

Where is our Stewardship for the citizens we serve?

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The Ideal State

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University Thinking

University Provided

Unified Solution

Leverage a Massive Professional Staff

Collective Expertise

Let Campus Presidents Focus on Education:

It is about the student, right?

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ERP

One Supported ERP Solution

Unified Development and Support Teams

90 Campus Professionals

SICAS Professionals

Translates to Over 100 Professionals

Robust Module Support

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The Model Repeats

Learning Management Systems

Disaster Recovery

Business Continuity

Network

Desktop

The Things We Never Get Around To

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Funding

Remove Campus Funding Problem

Also Eliminate Campus Funding

Real Cost to Individuality

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Our Challenge

Stewardship

Leaders

Legacy

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Robert F. Kennedy

There are those who look at things the way theyare, and ask why... I dream of things that never

were, and ask why not?

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