UTS PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES

From the Office of the Vice President for Information Management and Technology
Active projects identified by the VPIMT with the purpose of transforming the infrastructure and services offered by UTS.
Projects and initiatives:
Progress towards completion:
Implement Cisco-backed technology to help improve collaboration and simplify communication within faculty, students and staff population
Establish an enterprise service management practice with ServiceNow
Establish Tech Café to improve student, faculty and staff experience and increase adoption of available technologies
Strengthen the network architecture
Establish operations management practice (Infoblox)
Establish a security operations practice (SEIM)
Migrate students to Office365 from Google Cloud to provide advanced threat protection and data loss
Engage in workforce and professional develop opportunities for the staff of UTS

UTS RESPONSE TO HURON REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

From the Office of the Vice President for Information Management and Technology
2017 Huron Assessment technology challenges that were identified as inhibiting the university’s ability to support a technology transformation. The new VPIMT was charged with addressing these challenges in January 2019.
Quick Wins - (low impact / low complexity)
Software Rationalization
UTS (formerly OIT) Consulting Services
IT Communications
Clear Winners - (high impact / low complexity)
Consolidate Commodity Services
Project Management
Tier 2 ITA Support
Apple Support
IT BRM Role
Business Analysis
IT Security Testing
Infrastructure Upgrades
Organizational Development
Business Process Automation
Investments for Incremental Value - (low impact / high complexity)
ITSM Tools
Organization Model
IT Budget Review
Graduate Admissions
IT Monitoring
IT Security Management
Transformational Projects - (high impact / high complexity)
IT Governance Model
IT Funding Level
Research Computing Strategy
Portfolio Management
IT Funding Model
Capacity Management
Enterprise Architecture
IT Strategic Plan Development
ITSM Processes
IT Asset Management

*Definitions for initiatives can be found at the end of the Huron Report Executive Summary.