These are the current projects that will generate new services of interest to the user community. |
| Department |
Project |
Notes |
| ITS |
Academic UNIX/LINUX Support |
This project is meant to develop a needs analysis, staff expertise and procedures to support the current and proposed use of UNIX / LINUX systems by Science Faculty. It is expected that such use will also happen in other disciplines. |
| Apps/Servers |
Allow for gender neutral on line room selection |
Allow men and women to select into rooms within the same quad, suite or apt. |
| Apps/Servers |
Arc GIS Server for CHRI |
Provide Proof-Of-Concept mapping service for Catskill Headwaters Research Institute Grant ... |
| TLTC |
Assessment System |
Assessment System for Academic Data... |
| TLTC |
Athletic Mentors Collaboration |
Academic Mentors for student athletes require a collaborative space to share documentation and other resources. |
| Apps/Servers |
Auto-indexing of Acceptance Letters/CommonApp Application PDFs |
Auto-indexing of Acceptance Letters/CommonApp Application PDFs for Admissions - less labor-intensive and faster than a manual process. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Automate account creation process for new int'l students |
Process to create IT username/password for international student applicants ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Banner Endowment Management Module |
Track College Investments and dynamically feed data from College Advancement/Alumni over to the Banner Finance module. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Business Intelligence Program |
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| Apps/Servers |
Argos |
Provide Business Intelligence reporting tool for Campus users ... |
| Apps/Servers |
OBIEE |
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus, also known as OBI EE Plus, is Oracle's set of business intelligence tools consisting of former Siebel business intelligence and Hyperion business intelligence offerings. |
| Apps/Servers |
ODS |
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| Apps/Servers |
SICAS BI |
This is a product that SICAS and ITEC are offering that will host SunGard ODS and provide reporting for OBIEE |
| Apps/Servers |
CAPP and Finaid Processing conflict |
Identifying and resolving processing conflicts ... |
| TLTC |
Capturing Social Media Data |
A project (starting in the grant phase) to develop the capability to capture social media data for study. |
| Apps/Servers |
CDS Data Submission |
The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Central Authentication Service |
Create a locally-supported Central Authentication Service server to support single-signon processes. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
CHRI Watershed Data Repository |
The Catskill Headwaters Research Institute is downloading, processing and archiving huge quantities of data. These data need to be stored and backed up. |
| TLTC |
Classroom Response Systems |
Revisit products and services in this space and upgrade our capabilities as needed. |
| TLTC |
Content Management |
A system to support a simplified process for casual users to manage, edit, and create web pages and other online content. |
| Apps/Servers |
CRM RFP/Implementation |
Consultation with Admissions for a Request for Proposals, selection and implementation of a Customer Relationship Management system. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
DAS Domain |
Create a campus IT Domain directory to support various externally-hosted services. ... |
| R&D |
Data Center Energy - Environmental Control |
Looking for options to reduce energy consumption in campus IT Data centers that will result in net savings over the short- to medium-term. |
| ITS |
Data Encryption |
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| Apps/Servers |
Database refresh procedures |
There is a frequent need to provide new versions of various Banner databases for test environments. this project is meant to refine database refresh procedures. |
| Apps/Servers |
Degree Works |
DegreeWorks provides a comprehensive set of web-based academic advising, degree audit, and transfer articulation tools to help students and their advisors negotiate curriculum requirements.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Desktop virtualization |
Desktop virtualization is a technology that takes the bulk of the processing, application software and storage off the tradtional desktop machine and runs it from central servers. It offers much lower-cost end-user hardware, better relia... |
| IT Security |
DMCA process |
Processing complaints from copyright holders regarding violations of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. |
|
Document Lifecycle Program |
Documents have a lifecycle from inception, editing, storage, security, sharing, printing, authentication, integrity, versioning, storage and destruction. This program covers projects for each of these elements. |
| R&D |
Digital authentication / document signing / encryption / PKI |
Ensuring that a document is actually authored by the person it claims, and that it is only available to specified ppopulations, and that it has not been altered. |
| ITS |
Document Management |
Covers versioning, storage, retrieval, archiving and sharing. |
| ITS |
Identity Management |
Identity management involves creating a set of digital credentials for campus users that can be employed to provide access and authentication for files they create and manage. |
| Cust Support |
Managed Print Services Assessment |
a study to consider replacing individual printers with a campus-wide, unified, standard, networked print service. The general idea is that any user should be no more than a short distance from a printer no matter where they happen to wan... |
| Apps/Servers |
Print Assessment |
Review print utilization on Campus... |
| ITS |
Shredding |
Destruction of paper, portable media and digital files. |
| ITS |
Unified Printing |
See MPS Assessment Project |
|
Documentation Program |
A collection of projects meant to fully document all of the services and assets under the purview of IT Services. |
| CIO |
Budget |
A project to manage IT Services' Budget integrated with all of the other Documentation Program processes. |
| ITS |
Disaster Recovery |
A project to develop plans to use existing documentation along with Facilities and Administrative consultation to recover from conceivable disasters. |
| TLTC |
Inventory |
A project to deal with tracking of IT Services' physical assets in conjunction with processes currently run by the office of Property Management. |
| CIO |
Professional Development |
An ongoing project to document and develop skills among the IT Services Staff. |
| ITS |
Service Catalog |
A general project to define and describe all of the services provided by the Information Technology Services Staff |
| CIO |
Strategic Planning |
An ongoing project to develop and maintain a unified and internally consistent Strategic Plan that is integrated with and informs all of the other documentation AND also takes into account all of the projects going on at any given time AND is fully con... |
| TLTC |
E-books |
Investigating an option from McGraw-Hill Campus Use for supporting e-texts |
| Cust Support |
Echo-360 |
Undefined. |
| R&D |
Electronic Signatures R&D 002 |
A project to investigate and select a methodology to render documents in digital format that can be sequentially signed and routed. |
| Apps/Servers |
ellucian ODS |
Implement an Operational Data Store ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Email Revision Project |
Provide firstname.lastname@oneonta.edu email addresses for all employees ... |
| Apps/Servers |
EMS Regics |
Implement Events Management System Regics campus Event registration module, including commerce manager (NelNet) to permit users to request event venues and times, and to enable hosts to handle billing. ... |
| R&D |
Environmental Impact of ITS R&D 009 |
Assess the net environmental impact of IT Services in terms of energy, hazmat, consumables, recycling, disposal and offsets. |
| Apps/Servers |
ePrint server upgrade |
Upgrade the eprint server hardware to support replacement of traditional printed output with electronic format and delivery.... |
| TLTC |
E-Textbook Recommendations |
E-Textbook recommendations |
| TLTC |
Expand capabilities of WordPress |
WordPress is an open source blogging tool and a dynamic content management system (CMS). It has a series of add-ons available from developers, and TLTC is looking at the utility of these in preparation for marketing and deploying them. |
| R&D |
Facilities Project Financial Tracking R&D 012 |
Consult with Facilities Department on their need for a budget tracking methodology. |
| TLTC |
Faculty Development Assessment |
A project to develop Qualitative Assessment for Faculty Development on behalf of the Academic Master Plan Committee. |
| Apps/Servers |
FileMaker Pro Server Installation |
Install FMP Server for Creative Media Services ... |
| Cust Support |
FTP Site for creative media services |
Set up File Transfer Protocol service capability for Creative Media Services. |
| R&D |
FYE Information Display Screens |
First Year Experience Information Kiosk - a place for students and parents to get information tailored to their event. |
| R&D |
Geographical Information System R&D 001 |
Develop a proposal for Facilities to use GIS as a basis for campus mapping and asset management. |
| Apps/Servers |
Groovy on Grails and Java Development |
"Groovy on Grails" is the new development language that Banner will be using. It is moving away from Oracle Forms and PL/SQL to this new language. We have many applications that will need to be recoded in the new language |
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Hardware Encryption |
A program to secure portable media and devices in the event of theft or loss, but not necessarily restricted to that category. |
| IT Security |
Laptop Encryption |
Encryption methodologies for laptops or notebooks that may carry confidential, personally-identifiable or sensitive information |
| IT Security |
Mobile Device Encryption |
Encryption methodologies for smartphones, tablets and proprietary devices that may carry confidential, personally-identifiable or sensitive information |
| IT Security |
Removable Device Encryption |
Encryption methodologies for flash drives, SD/CF cards, external hard drives or other externally-powered objects that may carry confidential, personally-identifiable or sensitive information |
| Apps/Servers |
Health Center Receipt Printing |
Banner application that enables students to pay for services via Dragon Dollars, on student bill, or via anonymous payment at Student Accounts; also produces receipt/invoice for service(s) rendered ... |
| Cust Support |
Helpdesk Ticketing - Numara Software |
Investigation of a new Service Call tracking system that could potentially be used by many different departments on campus. The idea would be to consolidate to one type of tracking system to create savings and efficiency. ... |
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Identity Management (See IT Security Section |
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| IT Security |
Document Encryption |
Encryption (password authenticated) of documents to ensure highest level of security. |
| IT Security |
Mail encryption |
Securing all email communications between on-campus users. |
| Apps/Servers |
Security |
We hired a consultant to come in and review the new Banner 8 Functionality for security. There is currently a group on working to implement best practices from this new offering. |
| Networking |
IPv6 |
IPv4 is a long-standing protocol for handling network traffic at the most fundamental levels. It generates Internet Protocol addresses to devices. However, the total range of addresses in IPv4 is insufficient for the long-haul, and so I... |
| Apps/Servers |
Lab/Classroom Login Time Reduction |
Reduce the login time for computer lab, classroom and podium machines ... |
| TLTC |
Living Letters Upgrade |
Augmented reality card projection system for education division instruction |
| Apps/Servers |
LMS Migration |
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| TLTC |
ANGEL - > Blackboard Migration |
Move from ANGEL to BlackBoard as a Leaning Management System application.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Medicat |
***Details restricted***... |
| TLTC |
Mindtouch to Confluence Migration |
A Wiki is a collaborative web-based tool that allows individuals or groups to post information in a manner that promotes the logical progression of an idea, project, theme, or any other focal point of discussion within an organization. TLTC is looking ... |
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Mobile Strategy Program |
Mobile Strategy Program encompasses a broad strategy for all mobile services as well as short- to medium-term projects for specific applications. This includes consideration of Mobile Apps (platform-dependent) as well as generic mobile web versions.... |
| TLTC |
BBMobileLearnPOC |
A specific solution for the BlackBoard Learning Management System that provides mobile access for students and faculty. |
| Apps/Servers |
Mobile Strategy |
There are many online services that users would like to have available on mobile devices. While there are many options for doing this and some vendors offer a mobile version of their service, the college needs a unified mobile presence. |
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Network Program |
An overall program to keep Network and Telecommunications Services current, robust, reliable and available. |
| Networking |
ION regional broadband |
A project to bring a regional dark fiber loop to the Oneonta area on the route Albany-Cobleskill-Oneonta-Cooperstown-Morrisville-Cortland-Dryden-Ithaca, where SUNY Oneonta will provide a Point-Of-Presence in Netzer Administration Building. |
| Apps/Servers |
Network Manager Application |
Hardware Upgrade for Network Management System |
| Networking |
Outside plant data infrastructure |
A multiyear project to replace aging fiber-optic cabling and install redundant network routes from Netzer to all critical buildings. |
| Networking |
Redundant core-network infrastructure |
The campus relies on a single set of network core equipment for all IT Services. This project is meant to develop a strategic plan to recommend options for redundant routes and hardware to support them. |
| Networking |
Redundant ISP provider |
A project to implement a second Internet Service Provider to ultimately force a reduction in total cost while increasing availability of Internet Services. |
| Apps/Servers |
OneCode for USPS/Alumni Mailings |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Online grad tuition deposits |
Allow graduate student applicants to pay their tuition deposit on-line ... |
| TLTC |
Online Teaching Academy |
Developing Phase 2 of training to support faculty who are to teach courses online. |
| Apps/Servers |
PM System Evaluation |
Investigate and evaluate commercial Project Management Systems ... |
| Networking |
Port request process |
A process for users to request the activation of a wired port in a residential student room |
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Portal Program |
A long-term, multi-year program to develop a Single-Sign-On Portal to provide comprehensive services to the campus community. |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal - dismissed students |
Development of transitional organizational groups for portal for dismissed students ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal bookmarking solution |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal CAS login page |
Improve login style, speed and ease of use.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal orientation groups |
Create groups and icons for the campus portal to support students based on which orientation group they are in.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal Quick Launch |
A project to enable various Single-signon applications... |
| Apps/Servers |
Portal V7 |
Upgrade the Portal to Verson 7... |
| Apps/Servers |
Registrar Conversion of Processes |
This project is meant to move primary responsibility of Registrar's production calendar from "Operations" to end-user; accomplished via Banner Job Submission and UC4. |
| Apps/Servers |
ROBO Registrar |
This project is meant to deliver an online student transcript request process. |
| Apps/Servers |
RoboReg PDF Implementation |
ROBO Registrar PDF output Implementation ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Sexual Harassment Training DB Tracking |
This is a project to track attendance at periodic Sexual Harassment Training for all employees.... |
| ITS |
Signature Pads for Counseling Center |
This project is meant to deliver a technology that will allow students to electronically sign off on documents and processes at the campus Counseling Center. |
| TLTC |
Slide Scanning |
A project to digitally scan and catalog a collection of photographic slides belonging to Don Hill |
| TLTC |
Student in-class response devices |
Investigating the possible use of student-owned smartphones as a replacement for proprietary "clickers" for response processing. |
| TLTC |
Student Portfolios |
This project is investigating the best mechanism for providing an electronic portfolio service to students. |
| TLTC |
Student Research integration |
There is a database of Faculty Research on campus. This project seeks to ingest student research into the same DB. |
| TLTC |
Tablets for academic users |
This project is intended to call for proposals and roll out a set of tablet devices to a course that will use them for a semester - faculty and students. There is a separate Project file for this project. |
| Networking |
Telecom Call Recording |
A project to allow the campus Call Center to record calls for training and quality control purposes |
| TLTC |
Tenure Promotion Automation |
A project to convert the paper-intensive Tenure and Promotion process to a digital version that will also speed the process along.... |
| Networking |
Townhouse Project |
A project to consult with Facilities and Residential Life & Housing on the design and construction of student townhouses at the south end of campus. |
| Apps/Servers |
Transition to QuickScanPro from ImageCapture |
Undefined... |
|
Unified Communication Program |
A program meant to encompass a series of projects and existing services to treat all forms of electronic communications as an integrated whole. |
| ITS |
Email, Cellular voice, Texting, Video, Radio, Voice over IP |
A placeholder for the five major modes of electronic communications on campus. |
| R&D |
Google Voice - Smart Phone |
A project to investigate the feasibility of using Google Voice or related technology with Smart Phones across the wireless network. |
| Networking |
Nortel |
A project to address the anticipated end-of-life for our NORTEL phone system. |
| Networking |
Voice over IP |
A project to review the current options for deploying Voice over IP phones systems to replace traditional digital phones |
| Cust Support |
UPD Tracking System |
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| Apps/Servers |
VDI |
Provide virtualized application pilot for students for Fall 2012 Semester |
| TLTC |
Video Streaming |
Investigating a series of options to develop a better video streaming and hosting service on campus. |
| R&D |
Virtual LINUX for Math Lab R&D 007 |
A project to create instances of a virtualized LINUX server environment for students in the Computer Science courses. |
| Apps/Servers |
Wait Listing |
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| Apps/Servers |
Web for Proxy |
Enables students to identify non-Banner users and allow access to certain student information (i.e. grades, billing) ... |
| R&D |
Website redesign |
This project is meant to manage the ongoing style and function of the traditional college website while integrating with the Portal, Mobile Device Access and a Content Management System |
|
Wireless Network Program |
Encompasses upgrades to the wireless network in support of devices requiring mobility |
| Networking |
IP Vending |
Conversion of legacy vending machines' network connection from a serial to a true IP connection mode. Also may involve support for mobile transaction devices. |
| Networking |
Outdoor wireless network |
Evaluate coverage requirements and develop a strategic plan to meet prioritized needs. |
| Apps/Servers |
Xtender Extension |
Xtender is a system to ingest physical documents related to students and logically connect them with Banner records. Has been used by Registrar and Admissions for some time, this project is meant to add the departments of Student Accounts, Accounting,... |
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What follows are a series of internal projects that are
not of tremendous interest to the user community |
|
X - Internal IT Projects |
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| Apps/Servers |
Transition how we print from SFAREGS for transcripts |
Undefined ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Titanium Upgrade |
Upgrade Counseling Center Scheduling Software to Version 10, and investigate sync with Exchange |
| Apps/Servers |
Unified SAN Architecture |
A project to combine a set of existing mass-storage devices into a smaller group of unified, common and redundant system. |
| Apps/Servers |
Unified Systems Monitoring |
A project to standardize the automated monitoring of system performance and state. |
| Apps/Servers |
Web Server Split |
Investigate the split of existing web server to employees/students/community functionality. |
| Apps/Servers |
Weblogic App Server Upgrade |
An internal project for Apps and Servers to replace oracle forms servers with weblogic |
| TLTC |
Wiki Replacement |
Undefined... |
| Networking |
Tier2 Networking Projects: |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Oracle Core Technology Upgrades |
This project fundamentally outlines moving away from our existing middle tier solution to the new Oracle Web Logic for Internet Native Banner and Banner Self Service.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Oracle Role Level Security |
Need to review and document all existing Oracle Roles... |
| Apps/Servers |
Oracle Upgrade 11.2.0.3 |
Upgrade Oracle Version |
| Apps/Servers |
Oracle Upgrade 11.2.0.4 |
Upgrade Oracle Version ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Oracle Upgrade to 12 |
Upgrade Oracle Version |
| Apps/Servers |
Password change procedures for super accounts |
***Details Restricted***... |
| Apps/Servers |
Password reset notifications for Oracle accounts |
A process to make sure users are aware that passwords have been changed / reset.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Password storage |
*** Details Restricted ***... |
| Apps/Servers |
OASIS Import from Banner |
Undefined |
| Apps/Servers |
OASIS |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
ANGEL Server Upgrade |
Move Learning Management Services to new hardware ... |
| Apps/Servers |
AppWorx Upgrade |
Migrate to next patch set ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Banner 9 Testing |
Provide an environment for ITS Apps & Servers Team to prepare for Banner 9 implementation ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Banner managed group work for efficiencies |
Banner managed group work for IT workflow efficiencies ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Banner Security |
Securing Banner access. *** Details restricted ***... |
| Apps/Servers |
Card Access Server Upgrade |
Move campus doorway card access service to new hardware... |
| Apps/Servers |
Cataloging software and objects |
Creating a service catalog of all applications used by the Department of Applications and Servers. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Certificate Replacement |
Scheduled replacement of IT Security Certificates with new versions. |
| Apps/Servers |
Certificate Server |
IT Security Certificates are managed by a dedicated server, which needs to be upgraded.... |
| Apps/Servers |
Common Application data |
Load Common Application Supplemental data and test scores into Banner ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Conversion to 64 bit server support |
Investigate the wholesale upgrade of our code tree and database servers and software to 64bit based on any de-support of 32bit system architecture. ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Degree Works |
Phase 1 - Implement DW and TREQ; replace CAPP; Soft launch Spring 2013 ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Documentation project for banner baseline software |
Undefined ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Domain Controller Upgrade |
The campus Domain Controllers are the heart of file permission structures, DNS for network access routing, and a whole series of other services. These controllers need to have their operating systems upgraded to take advantage of new cap... |
| Apps/Servers |
Domain Upgrade |
*** Details Restricted ***... |
| Apps/Servers |
Exchange 2010 |
Upgrade the campus Exchange email support environment to Exchange 2010... |
| Apps/Servers |
Federated IDs/ Identiy Management |
Work with SUNY Central to establish a common Identity Management methodology ... |
| Apps/Servers |
File Service Consolidation |
Reduce the number of file servers while increase redundancy & capacity... |
| Apps/Servers |
Implement Cascade UI for SSB? |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Implement New Banner 8 Functionality |
Undefined |
| Apps/Servers |
Implement new NoSLEEP Trigger solution for all existing non-banner baseline solutions |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Implement SICAS process for loading SOAR Data |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
Log Management |
Establish log management system for all ITS Servers and services ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Re implement object tracking |
Undefined... |
| Apps/Servers |
PRTG Core/Probe Server Upgrade |
Move services to new hardware ... |
| Apps/Servers |
Programming libraries for Applications and Servers |
Internal IT Support service - Develop new process to update libraries for programmers when developing forms ... |
| Apps/Servers |
SAN Implementation |
IT Services stores massive amounts of data on devices known as Storage Area Networks. This project is meant to bring a 48 Terabyte SAN online and make it available for use. |
| Apps/Servers |
Security of documentation |
*** Details Restricted ***... |
| Apps/Servers |
Server Monitoring |
Establish server monitoring baseline for all ITS Production servers and services... |
| Apps/Servers |
sqrs to *.prv |
An internal project in the Apps and Servers Department to change source code naming conventions as well as scripts to navigate that source code.... |
