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From Laura Patterson
Learn more in this five-minute slidecast about how we want to work with you to:
- Maximize IT resources in support of
U-M’s mission - Pursue the most cost-effective solutions for campus needs
- Enable you to focus on the unique IT needs of your unit
Hearing you loud and clear
Staff/faculty expressed opinions about IT in summer town halls and other campus events
There is great enthusiasm for central IT services that are:
- Highly reliable
- Affordable
And, which
- Reduce redundancy
- Increase innovation
Attendees were particularly interested in the following products and services:
- Tiered storage solutions
- Universal wireless
- Mobile computing technologies
- Enhanced desktop virtualization
- Shared calendaring
We’ve already started responding by increasing our support on Sitemaker and CTools, and we will deliver on many of these requests in Fiscal Year 2010.
Read the complete executive summary of town hall feedback on our new website.
What People are saying:
“…ITS needs to bring [new technology] to the attention of campus and bring people together to create ideas of how to implement it…”
“[ITS should] provide flexible infrastructure, tools, and building blocks--not just packaged applications that may not appeal to every constituency. It's standards-based infrastructure and APIs that will enable the learning and research innovation that everyone wants…”
“We should be out front more often in more areas.”