Moving at the Speed of Trust Dr. Curt Carver August 21, 2015
UAB IT
SPARK pla9orm • Allows us to leverage the ideas to earn wins for UAB faculty, staff and students 76 ideas 409 comments 2045 votes
• Student campaign launches later this month ideas.uab.edu
TeamBrain • Tracking meeEngs with consEtuents and leaders • Feedback and suggesEons logged for further acEon 304 meeGngs since June 1
Shared governance now
Shared governance soon
Shared governance • Creates opportuniEes for campus-‐wide involvement • Involving campus IT professionals on task teams, including the reThink Project, acEve directory and the campus network
Quick wins Quick wins • UAB Dropbox file size limit doubled • Office of Annual Giving surging • Standard patch management system • Unlimited and free cloud storage for faculty and staff coming in October
ExecuGve searches • Searches ongoing for three posiEons:
• Deputy CIO • Chief technology officer • Chief informaEon security officer
reThink Project • Business services – not IT services • OpEmized customer experience – built by the customers • Industry-‐leading tool (ServiceNow)
Financial transparency • IT as a business • Streamlined business catalogue • Clear rate structure and understanding of costs • Industry-‐leading business management tool (AppEo)
IdenGty management • New password policy • Two-‐factor authenEcaEon • FoundaEonal systems to support BlazerIDs • Movement to single logon
Research compuGng • Commitment to support UAB’s research community • Compute power quadrupled • New research network • New science DMZ approved, funded and coming soon
Funding research compuGng • Progress
• Science DMZ: $500K grant • Compute cluster: $500K from President Wads • OperaEonal support: $500K down payment
• Pending
• Advance Alabama grant for 3 PB of storage
100-‐day report
Building toward 100 technology wins
Strategic plan
QuesGons, comments, conversaGon?