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University IT Presentation
Department Heads Meeting
Monday September 24, 2012
1. SecureU and Server Security - Your role as Department
Head - Jason Pufahl, UITS
2. Software Licensing Group and Sassafras K2
(Matt Ross, Neag School of Education)
3. Student Technology Fee and vPC
(Tony Mollory, Library)
4. Governance roll out
5. IT meetings with Department Heads
SecureU Services
Data Protection
Tools
• Antivirus Software
• PII Remediating
Software
• Encryption Software
• Enterprise File Storage
Simplified Usability &
IT Support
• Active Directory
• SCCM 2012
Security Awareness
• Online Training Modules
• Awareness Workshops
• Student Focus
“HuskyHunt”
Network Protection
Tools
• SafeConnect
• Internet Firewalls
• Server Firewalls
SecureU Results from Pilot
• Protecting the University by Reducing the Potential Risk - Pilot
80,000
15,000,000
78,940
75,000
$13,812,228
10,000,000
70,000
67,707
65,000
5,000,000
$2,291,532
60,000
0
West Hartford
West Hartford
Total Records Found
Estimated $$ Risk Reduced
Total Records Protected
Estimated $$ Risk Remaining as of 07.27.2012
• Implementation Requests Pending:
School of Engineering
School of Nursing
Human Resources
Three Regional Campuses
Enrollment Management
Payroll
Server Security Strategy
SLG - Software Asset Management
Sassafras K2 Project
What is SLG?
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The University Software Licensing Group (SLG) is a University-wide
body that assists in assessing the software needs for the University
community; identifies appropriate software to respond to those
needs; negotiates licenses; and distributes software obtained from
its licensing activity.
Current Research & Teaching software applications managed by SLG:
• NVivo
• Mathematica
• SAS
• Maple
• SPSS
• MatLab
• Minitab
• Comsol*
• LabView*
* - Software not yet available on download page due to size
Project Details
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Metering/Tracking Tool: (aka Sassafras K2) Tracks applications
installed as well as usage statistics, providing critical data to
achieving cost savings going forward as well as re-evaluating current
resources and maintaining compliance.
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Zero Cost to End-user: Research & Teaching software packages
managed/funded by SLG are available for University-owned
computers at no cost.
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Software Distribution: SLG managed software is available for
download from the SLG website (http://software.uconn.edu). Users
are required to authenticate using their NETID. Software is available
for use on UNIVERSITY OWNED MACHINES only and can only be
accessed for download by FACULTY and STAFF. Students and
researchers looking to use the software from their personal machine
can utilize the UConn vPC (http://vpc.uconn.edu).
How does this impact Deans and Departments?
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Effective July 1, 2012 – new process for obtaining University managed
software for Research & Teaching
Faculty/Staff will have self-service access to the software listed above
Cost will no longer burden departmental or grants/contracts budgets
For installation on University-owned machines ONLY
Customization for additional software and departmental level
reporting coming in Phase II
How does this impact Faculty?
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Effective July 1, 2012 – new process for obtaining University managed
software for Research & Teaching
University-owned machines running current and future versions of
the above software will be required to install/run Sassafras K2
Where are we today? – Currently we have 1800+ machines registered with K2. This number includes 400 vPC machines. The remaining machines are
faculty, researcher, and lab machines. To date we have machines at all five regionals, UCHC, UConn Law and Storrs. The University realized an immediate
$50,000 savings by closing duplicate contracts for SPSS and SAS at UCHC as a result of this project.
SLG - Software Asset Management
Sassafras K2 Project
UConn vPC
http://vpc.uconn.edu
UConn vPC: Your computer lab. Anywhere. Anytime.
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The UConn vPC is a virtual computer lab that allows you to
use UConn software and resources from anywhere in the
world (including your PC, Mac or iPad)!
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Born out of a collaboration between Business, Engineering,
and the Library, the UConn vPC is transitioning into a
UConn-wide service with growth funded by the Student
Technology Fee.
Where are we today?
• Anyone with a NetID can use a virtual lab computer and access
UConn Software, student P:\ drive.
• 4,000 students in STATS 1000/1001 using Minitab this fall
• 150 simultaneous users 24/7 average / ~225 peak 8AM-8PM
• Over 10% of student population had used vPC by Spring 2012
• Significant usage between 12AM-8AM, when no other labs are
open on campus.
Benefits for students
• Students have free access to Microsoft Windows, Office,
Dreamspark for personal devices, including Macs
• Simplifying access to Minitab, SPSS and other licensed
applications
• Access from anywhere, anytime, not just traditional
physical labs
• Allow students to run PC applications on MAC platform
• Students have 10 GB of space to store their work
• Students no longer need to purchase Minitab, saving them
$25 each
Benefits for faculty
• Making the faculty role easier
• Valuable tool for distance and online learning
• Simple, reliable access to course-related software tools
• Fewer technical issues to manage in and out of the
classroom
We want to meet with groups of faculty to brainstorm ideas on how you might
use the UConn vPC. Please contact [email protected] if interested.
What’s Next? Geographically redundant physical architecture | Individualized configurations for departments | Larger scalability and higher
performance | Integration with Sassafras K2 | Integration with UConn HPC | More to come