Transcript IT TASK FORCE REPORT FOR ARENA 1 May 14, 2009 IT OVERVIEW - TOTAL SYSTEM.

IT TASK FORCE REPORT
FOR ARENA 1
May 14, 2009
IT OVERVIEW - TOTAL SYSTEM
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TOTAL UMS & CAMPUSES IT FY09 BUDGET
Summary

Total $25.7M gross expenditures
UMS
 Campuses IT
 Depts./schools


4% of UMS Budget ($651M)


47%
41%
12%
Compared to higher education 4.7%-5.3%*
Headcount (positions)
IT manages
 Dept/school managed
(UM-33)

231
189
42
*Educause Core Data Survey 2007
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FY2009 IT GROSS BASE EXPENSE BUDGET
IT Managed
Dept/School
Managed
Total
Retail
Operations
$10,733,303
$0
$10,733,303
$0
UM
3,514,708
2,002,946
5,517,654
5,810,000
UMA
1,303,938
303,352
1,607,290
0
UMF
1,254,036
90,216
1,344,252
0
UMFK
526,193
0
526,193
0
UMM
255,477
0
255,477
0
UMPI
697,790
193,296
891,086
0
USM
4,438,046
352,778
4,790,824
1,503,546
$22,723,491
$2,942,588
$25,666,079
$7,313,546
SWS
TOTAL
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FY2009 IT FTE STAFFING
IT Managed
Dept/School
Managed
Total
Retail
Operations
SWS
62.85
0.00
62.85
0.00
UM
35.60
28.00
63.60
8.00
UMA
10.00
4.00
14.00
0.00
UMF
14.00
1.00
15.00
0.00
UMFK
8.00
0.00
8.00
0.00
UMM
1.50
0.00
1.50
0.00
UMPI
9.00
4.00
13.00
0.00
USM
48.00
5.00
53.00
1.00
188.95
42.00
230.95
9.00
TOTAL
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CONCLUSIONS

UMS total IT capacity 20% less than industry averages

IT capacity required to drive business process automation/end user self
service/ technology based learning and research

IT progress required to remain competitive against peer institutions

Current IT organizational structure
Sub optimized
 Cuts/reductions by unit will further degrade capacity


System-wide IT resources must move towards consolidation

SAVINGS FROM CONSOLIDATION DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WITHOUT A DUE
DILIGENCE PROCESS/BUSINESS CASE – 1ST STEP

Consolidation across all industries have achieved lower total cost and better
service
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UMS – ITS CAPACITY
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ORGANIZATION – FY 09/10
IT Directors Group
Cindy Mitchell
Director
Administrative Systems
Development and Support
& Project Enterprise
Legacy Support
MaineStreet Production
MaineStreet Development
• Campus Solutions
• Financials Upgrade
• Financials Phase II
Development (Advance)
Ralph Caruso
CIO
John Grover
Associate Director
Systems & Operations
Legacy Support
MaineStreet Production
Maine Street Development
Identity Management
Data Center Modernization
DI/Blackboard
Development (Advance)
Jeff Letourneau
Associate Director
Communications &
Network Services
Legacy Support
RON Deployment
MSLN- Plan, Etc.
Sponsors
John Forker
Associate Director
Academic Technologies
& End-Users Support
Legacy Support
University College Transition
EBS Lease/Digitization
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CRITICAL SYSTEM WIDE PROJECTS REQUIRED
o
Improve support for course management system (Blackboard)
o
Implement and support financial aid
o
Improve student information system – records, financials
o
Web portal- student/faculty
o
71% of Higher Education Institutions have or are implementing a portal*
Document imaging – academic processes
o Complete development (Advance) UM
o
o
o
Financial Management System
o
o
o
o
Plan and implement other campuses
Upgrade to 9.0
Procure to pay
Finance phase II – grants/etc.
HRMS improvement/ expansion
o
o
Portal
Self service
*Educause Core Data Survey 2007
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ERP COMPETENCY CENTER
(FINANCE AND HR)
Recommendation
UMS O/B
Oracle/InSite
Director
1
1
Functional Business Analyst
1
5
Technical Staff
5
8
DBA’s
1
2
System Administrator
.5
2
Training Developers
.5
1
9
19
Total
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ERP COMPETENCY CENTER
(FINANCE, HR, AND STUDENT)
Recommended +
Director
UMS Current O/B
Oracle/InSite
1
1
Functional Business Analyst
Finance/HR
Campus Solutions
1
2/2*
5
3
Technical Staff
Application Support
Database Administration
Security/Change Management
Training / 2nd Level HD
12
3.5
1
2
18
4
2
3
Data Warehouse/Reporting
3
6
Systems Administration
1
2
Admin/Documentation/Web
1.5
2
Total
28/2*
45
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*2 Non Recurring Funding
PERSONNEL COMPARISON
University of
Maine System
Syracuse
University
North Dakota
University System
University of
Missouri System
(34,000 students,
6287 fac.staff, $567
Million)
(18,734 students,
4877 fac/staff)
(42,000 students, 13,00
fac/staff, $840 Million)
(63,000 students,
23,000 fac/staff, $1.9
Billion)
1 financial
functional lead
4 developers
1 mgr/developer
1 mgr
1 mgr
7.7 developers
3 developers
3 functional
3.5 developers
Financials
(Support group is
combined)
1 mgr
4 developers
5 functional
1 mgr
1.5 developers
2 functional
8.6 developers
Student Administration
1 functional lead
8 developers
1 mgr/developer
1 mgr
6 developers
functional (many)
1 mgr
12 developers
15.2 developers
Database Administration/
Portal/Security
1 DBA lead
3 DBAs/security
analyst
1 mgr
1 DBAs/security
analysts
12.25 DBAs
.5 mgr
10 DBAs
Training/User
Support/Communications
2.5
9 (includes
broader support
than admin
systems)
?
4.5
Reporting/Data
Warehouse
1 mgr
2 developer
1 mgr
5 analysts
?
1 mgr
7 developers
Total
26.5
43
36.75
54
HRMS
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CRITICAL IT POSITIONS FY10-11
FY10




ERP Competency Center
 Functional Business Analysts (SME)
 Financial Aid
 Cross Campus Solutions (2 yrs)
 Human Resources
 AP/PO
 Application Support Staff
 Systems Administration/DBA
Alumni Development (Advance)
 Application Support
 Systems Administration/DBA
Course Management System
 Systems Admin/Application Support
Document Imaging/E-mail/Share Point
 Technical Support/System Administration
TOTAL
FY 11
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
Total
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
9
5
14
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POSSIBLE SOURCES OF FUNDS-UMS-ITS
SAVINGS
(000’s omitted)




Legacy (Software/Hardware)
Legacy Data Center (Staff)
SunGard Managed Services Contract
Miscellaneous
Total
FY10
FY11
$ 288.5
$ 59.8
$ 100.0
$ 63.0
$ 511.3
$ 577.0
$ 127.0
$ 210.0
$ 63.0
$ 977.0
FY10 FY11
Additional Staffing
Self Funded
Additional Staffing
Requiring Funds
Total
Total
5
5
10
4
9
-5
4
14
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CRITICAL IT SOURCING WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION
FY10
COSTS:
Financial Aid SME
Cross Campus Solutions (2 years)
(40%SWS: 60%UM)
Comp
Benefits
Comp
Benefits
Travel
FY11
Increase
$53,090
26,173
$79,263
$53,621
27,668
$81,289
$2,026(a)
$40,000
19,720
4,000
$63,720
$40,400
20,846
4,000
$65,246
$1,526(a)
$18,000(b)
8,874
$26,874
$36,360
18,762
$55,122
$28,248(a)
Doc Mgmt/Email/Share Point
Comp
Benefits
Application Support (2)
Sys Admin/DBA
Alumni (Advance) Appl Supp
Alumni (Advance) Sys Admin/DBA
Course Management
Application Support (2)
Human Resources SME
AP/PO SME
Doc Mgmt/Email/Share Point
TOTAL COSTS
(a)
(b)
600000
600000
0
0
500000
500000
$769,857
$1,301,657
$531,800
Staffing Increase (includes 1 reassignment)
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FY11 compensation based on 1% increase and benefit rate of 51.6%
Assumes 12/31/09 reduction
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CRITICAL IT SOURCING WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION
SWS FUNDING/SAVINGS:
Legacy - Staff Reductions (2)
$25,626(b)
(2,487)
11,407
$34,546
$51,252
0
25,267
$76,519
$41,973
$16,890b)
8,327
$25,217
$33,780
16,654
$50,434
$25,217
$27,500
163,500
97,500
$288,500b)
$55,000
327,000
195,000
$577,000
$27,500
163,500
97,500
$288,500
SunGard Managed Service Contract
Identity Management
$100,000(b)
63,000
$163,000
$210,000
63,000
$273,000
$110,000
0
$110,000
TOTAL SWS FUNDING/SAVINGS
$511,263
$976,953
$465,690
258,594
324,704
66,110
$769,857
$1,301,657
$531,800
(3)
(3)
0
Legacy - Staff Reassignment
Legacy Software/Hardware:
IBM Hardware Maintenance
IBM Software Maintenance
Non-IBM Software Maintenance
Total Legacy Maintenance Svgs
Required Campus Funding
TOTAL FUNDING
Comp
Severence
Benefits
Comp
Benefits
Staffing decrease (includes 1 reassignment)
(a)
(b)
FY11 compensation based on 1% increase and benefit rate of 51.6%
Assumes 12/31/09 reduction
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CRITICAL IT SOURCING WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION
FY10
FY11
UM
40.2%
$103,955
$130,531
UMA
10.5%
27,152
34,094
UMF
8.4%
21,722
27,275
UMFK
3.5%
9,050
11,364
UMM
2.5%
6,465
8,118
UMPI
4.8%
12,413
15,586
USM
30.1%
77,837
97,736
$258,594
$324,704
% based in 5-year (fall 04 thru Fall 08) Student & Employee FTE average
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IT ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIONS
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IT CONSOLIDATION & EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES
FY09/FY10
Incremental – (UMS-ITS only)

Retire Legacy environment by 1/1/10
Archiving project required
 FY10 savings $300+, FY11 $550+


Consolidate UMS- ITS help desks

Savings TBD
Semi Transformational – (towards consolidation)

Server consolidation – UMS/UM/USM
Data center renovation required to achieve
 Study /plan can be done in parallel
 Saving potential – 25% reduction in servers



Acquisition, security, support, energy consumption, back up /recovery/ e-discovery
Research servers/storage later
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IT CONSOLIDATION & EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES
FY09/FY10
Semi Transformational

Email standardization consolidation
Move students to Google
 Project to select and migrate faculty/staff to common platform (Google apps)
 Savings TBD



Acquisition, security, support, energy consumption, back up /recovery/ e-discovery
Standards/simplifications







Desktop/laptop/PDA’s
Servers/storage
Back up
Network
Production software
Academic software
Others
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IT CONSOLIDATION & EFFICIENCY STRATEGIES
FY09/FY10
Semi Transformational

Formalize IT Directors group





Dotted line to the CIO
CIO review/involvement/sign-off
Draft charter/guidelines
Share leadership initiatives
UMPI – continue to provide technology management and assistance

Expand services provided as appropriate
Transformational

Consolidate UMA-UMS-ATES


Savings- TBD(1-2 positions)
Consolidate all IT functions at UMaine
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


Nationalize network
Eliminate duplication
Create capacity/support campus
Reduce headcount expenses – TBD

Consolidate UMS ITS- UMIT

Complete consolidation after successful completion of steps above
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ORGANIZATION – FY09
Sponsors
CIO
IT Directors
USM
UMPI
UMFK
UMM
UMA
UMF
UM
Dir Admin Sys Dev
& Support
Assoc Dir Systems
& Operations
Assoc Dir Comm &
Network Services
Assoc Dir Academic
Tech & End-User
Support
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ORGANIZATION – FY09 HYBRID
IT Directors
CIO
DOTTED LINE
Sponsors
USM
UMPI
UMFK
UMM
UMA
UMF
UM
Dir Admin Sys Dev
& Support
Assoc Dir Systems
& Operations
Assoc Dir Comm &
Network Services
Assoc Dir Academic
Tech & End-User
Support
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ORGANIZATION – FY09 HYBRID

Pros
Should allow a better balance between Campus/System initiatives
 Savings can be generated from current projects and future work
teams


Savings will accrue to campuses and departments
Management structure is matrix based, but once ironed out will
become much clearer than current model enabling better
alignment of resources for essential support services
 Over time, with consolidation of purchases, equipment, software,
etc, campuses will become more and more similar in IT offerings to
faculty and students


Cons
Savings potential below full consolidation
 Basic work of technical staff will change slowly over time – virtual
teams may overcome this
 IT decisions still decentralized and sub optimized

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DRAFT – CONSOLIDATED ORGANIZATION
SKILLS BASED
Sponsors
CIO
IT Security
Campus Liaisons
Application
Development &
Support
Systems &
Operations
Communications
& Network
Services
End User Support
(including
Classrooms and
Labs)
Instructional
Technology
Support
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BUSINESS CASE
CURRENT VS CONSOLIDATION
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IT CONSOLIDATION FY10, 11 & 12
Assumptions

Based on current FY09 budgets
IT managed
Dept/school managed
$22.7M
$ 3.0 – no savings anticipated

Consolidation effective 7/1/09 or sooner

Small campuses with dotted line take direction from consolidated
organization (UMFK, UMPI, UMM)
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IT CONSOLIDATION FY10, 11 & 12
Possible Budget Reductions

Retire Legacy mainframe environment 1/1/10
FY10
Software/Hardware maintenance $288.5
Salaries/benefits (3)- Data Center $ 59.8
Sungard Managed Services
Identity Management

FY12
$577.0 $577.0
$127.0 $127.0
$100.0 $210.0
$ 63.0 $ 63.0
$210.0
$ 63.0
Outsource student email Fall 09
Consolidate email faculty/staff

FY11
TBD
TBD
TBD
Overall IT management
(17 positions) 2-3 reduction
Salaries/benefits
$ 90.0
$275.0 $275.0
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IT CONSOLIDATION FY10, 11 & 12
Possible Budget Reductions cont.

Reduce purchase price on network hardware/software servers/storage
systems by 10%+
FY10
Savings

FY12
$100.0
$125.0
Attrition (2)/ skills reductions (3)
Salaries/benefits

$ 50.0
FY11
$100.0 $225.0
$225.0
Miscellaneous reductions
Expenses
TOTALS
$ 41.0
$ 41.0
$ 41.0
______________________
$792.3 $1618.0 $1643.0
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IT CONSOLIDATION FY10, 11 & 12
Required Investments
FY10
FY11
FY12
$ 26.9
$ 55.1
$ 55.1
FY10/11/12 – Additional IT staff (6)
Based on priorities/business case
$443.0
$600.0
$600.0
FY10/11/12 – Savings invested in OT funds
Examples (housing, development)
$100.0
$150.0
$150.0
$666.3
$691.3
FY10 Reassign 5-9 (UMS, UMF,UM, USM)





Course management system (Blackboard)
Student information system (MaineStreet)
Web portal
Document imaging
Development system (Advance)
Net Savings
$222.4
Overall objective – manage IT expenditures @3.5% of total UMS expenditures
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IT WITHOUT CONSOLIDATION FY10, 11 & 12
Possible Budget Reductions

Retire Legacy mainframe environment 1/1/10
FY10
Software/Hardware maintenance
Salaries/benefits (3)- Data Center
FY11
FY12
$288.5
$ 59.8
$577.0
$127.0
$577.0
$127.0

Sungard Managed Services Consultant
$100.0
$210.0
$210.0

Identity Management
$ 63.0
$ 63.0
$ 63.0
$511.3
$977.0
$977.0
Total
Required Investments
FY10/11/12 – Hire 15
Net Budget Increase
$769.9 $1301.7 $1301.7
$258.6 $324.7 $324.7
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UMS – IT CONSOLIDATION VS. NO CONSOLIDATION
FY10
FY11
FY12
$ 222.4
$ 666.3
$ 691.3
$ 258.6
$ 324.7
$ 324.7
$ 481.0
$ 991.0
$1016.0
$1472.0
$2488.0
IT Consolidation
Net Savings
IT No Consolidation
Net Budget Increase
Δ Annual
Δ Cumulative
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IT DIRECTORS GROUP
RECOMMENDATIONS/PROJECTS
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
Meetings held March 6th, March 18th, and April 9.

Task Force reviewed IT consolidation proposal and IT capacity
model prepared by System CIO

Discussed alternative Organization Models – Bill Wells, others.

Consensus reached on the following:
IT service delivery involving Campus and System units needs
to change.
 Full consolidation based on skills not recommended.
 Hybrid model recommended.

New IT Governance Structure required
 CIO Responsibilities
 IT Directors Group will be formalized – dotted line to CIO
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PROJECTS INITIATED FOR POSSIBLE SAVINGS

Server/Data Centers Consolidation - Lauren DuBois UMA
Inventory in progress
 UMA volunteered to pilot
 Draft SLA
 Savings to be determined


Desktop/Laptop Standards - Bill Wells USM
Consolidate Volume
 Inventory Compiled
 Campus configurations close
 Possible acquisitions savings $150,000

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PROJECTS INITIATED FOR POSSIBLE SAVINGS

Software (desktop/academic) - Mike Matis UMM,
John Gregory UM
Inventory Compiled
 Possible savings through single license to be determined


Help Desk Consolidation - Mal Carey UMF
Survey completed
 Recommendation – consider later


E-mail Consolidation - Fred Brittain UMF,
John Grover UMS
Proceed with students this Fall
 Business Case/Process required for Faculty/Staff
 $100,000+ possible

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PROJECTS INITIATED FOR POSSIBLE SAVINGS

Desktop/Laptop Warranties - Steve Houser USM
Continue with current 3 year policy
 Work with Dell on certification/parts replacement


Common Emergency Notification - Leslie Kelly UMFK
UMFK selected lower cost
 Vendor quote expected shortly
 Campuses may evaluate changing vendors
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
Current UMS Services/Budget

No recommendations made
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ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS UPDATE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FINANCIALS UPGRADE
Very successful—non-event
 E-Payables implementation
 Travel and Expense Direct Deposit implementation

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FINANCIAL AID IMPLEMENTATION

Milestones to date:





Download FAFSA data
Package accepted student awards and send notifications
Package continuing student awards and send notifications
Students accept awards
“Header schools” (UMA/USM) begin processing loans and
disburse aid
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CHALLENGES FOR FINANCIAL AID
Feds very late finalizing PELL levels (ARRA)
 Student Load industry turmoil: lenders dropping out
leaving students and aid offices scrambling
 Header schools have a very compressed schedule from
award to disbursement

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NEXT STEPS FOR FINANCIAL AID
Finish awarding aid to continuing students
 Mid summer—disburse aid for fall

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2009 INITIATIVES

Usability and Productivity





Enhancements to Faculty and Student self-service
Bill Payment Suite
Convenience Fee (three campuses)
New housing software (three/four campuses)
Updates to Faculty and Student self-service
Retire the Mainframe
 Upgrade Tools and Database to current release level

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2010 AND BEYOND…
Upgrade Campus Solutions, HR and Finance to Current
Release Level
 Full Portal implementation – students, faculty and staff
 Advance (Development) implementations
 2nd phase of financials (Grants, contracts, Billing, AR)
 Budget software
 Facilities Software
 Multi-campus modifications

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DATACENTER READINESS
& CONSOLIDATION
FACILITY READINESS

Facility Assessment

2006 – Began assessment of 2 UMS datacenters to:
Identify critical vulnerabilities
 Business Capacity
 Reliability or Business Continuity
 Security or Business and Data safety
 Energy efficiency
 Prioritize by importance to the mission and business of the UMS
 Develop remedies to address vulnerabilities
 Develop preliminary budget

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FACILITY ASSESSMENT

Orono Datacenter at UM
Facility built in 1976 – few changes since then.
 Mechanicals

Single UPS is 12 years old and at capacity. At end of life (no parts avail.)
 Air Conditioning (A/C)
 Only 2 of 3 units operable
 1 unit over 19 years old


Equipment arrangement not optimal

Requires changes to air distribution system to optimize cooling
Fire Suppression & enhanced room and equipment monitoring needed
 Create dedicated storage area to remove items from machine room.
 Other – floor tile replacement, door security, security cameras, raised
floor grounding, clean room ceiling tiles, signage

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FACILITY ASSESSMENT

Portland Datacenter at USM

Single A/C unit 22 years old

Overhead ducting must be installed to achieve adequate cooling airflow
Single UPS (8 yrs old)
 “Window wall” should be replace with solid, fire-rated wall.
 Enhanced room and equipment monitoring needed.
 Other – Emergency power off, raised floor grounding, door security
system, floor tiles, clean room ceiling tiles, signage, work space
relocation

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FACILITY RENOVATION COSTS

Orono – 2,500 ft2 machine room space
75 watts/ft2 - $3,065,000
 40 watts/ft2 - $2,125,000


Portland – 700 ft2 machine room space

20 watts/ft2 - $710,000


N.B. This wattage density is too low and will be increased.
Work can be phased to spread costs over time and address
highest critical needs first.
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PHASE ONE OBJECTIVES

Orono (approx. $750,000)

Install 2 redundant cooling units, larger capacity




Layout and install air flow ducting for optimal cooling
Rearrange equipment to make use of optimal ducting to get most
efficient cooling possible.
Install 2 redundant UPS, larger capacity




Units use winter cold to cool datacenter for energy savings
All electrical maintenance can be down with no computer/network
downtime
Create walled off space for storage, move mechanicals out of
machine space.
Block windows in outside wall, upgrade walls to 1-hour fire rating
Enhance monitoring systems
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PHASE ONE OBJECTIVES

Portland (approx $350,000)

Install 2 redundant cooling units, larger capacity
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Units use winter cold to cool datacenter for energy savings
Layout and install air flow ducting for optimal cooling
Rearrange equipment to make use of optimal ducting to get
most efficient cooling possible.
Install 2 redundant UPS, larger capacity
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All electrical maintenance can be down with no computer/network
downtime
Remove/replace exterior room wall with 1-hour fire rated
wall.
 Enhance monitoring systems
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DATACENTER CONSIDERATIONS
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Exploring colocation with State of Maine Office of IT
OIT must be in new datacenter by end of 2012
 Synergies exist such that colocating could mean savings for
each party
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Exploring development of datacenter at former Old
Town paper mill
May be able to partner with researchers on MTI grant
(pending) for costs to develop space ($3million)
 Green, inexpensive, on-site power could provide cheapest
overall operational costs.
 Other paper mills may also be interested
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CONSOLIDATION
Use secure, safe, efficient datacenter environments to
hold critical campus and system servers and storage
 Colocation to datacenters helps deploy more robust
backup, consolidation of system administration,
inventory of data for response to eDiscovery
 Provides for true DR capabilities
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SUMMARY
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Updating our datacenters is the key to
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Continued and improved safety and security of electronic
information
Continued and improved reliability (uptime)
Continued capacity growth
Reducing costs over time
Enhanced and improved Business Continuity
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MAINEREN
STATUS UPDATE
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Phase 1
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Bar Harbor to Portland operational since July 2008
Phase 2
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Portland to Cambridge
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USNH Agreement in place
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Fiber route complete - July 2009
Network Equipment Installation
 Portland to Portsmouth – May 2009
 Portsmouth to Cambridge – August 2009
Sharing capital and operational costs Portsmouth to Cambridge
Portland to Brunswick expansion
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Fiber build complete
 USM
 Bowdoin
 Two collocation facilities
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340 Cumberland
Nexus
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NORTH EAST CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
CONSORTIUM
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Two Pending Proposals
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National Science Foundation
Research Infrastructure
Improvement Track 2
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Submitted Jan. 2009
Maine - $1.35M
Two new fiber routes
National Institute of Health /
National Center for Research
Resources
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Submitting May 2009
Maine - $1.2M
Equipment to light two new
fiber routes
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ATLANTICA
The International Northeast Economic Region
A region bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north and west by
Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, and on the south by Highway I-90 to
Buffalo and the southern borders of the states of Vermont and New Hampshire
(http://www.atlantica.org)
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Upstate New York
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Southern Quebec
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ATLANTICA FIBER BACKBONE
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AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT PROPOSAL
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Three regional
interconnected fiber
rings (red, blue green)
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Open access to all
public/private
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Focus on unserved
/underserved regions
Exploring collaboration
with GWI, MMC, Oxford
Networks, Pioneer
Broadband
Coordinating with other
northeast states
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EBS/ DISTANCE
EDUCATION UPDATE
UC/ITV/ONLINE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
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UMA president leading 25 member team
Reviewing distance learning trend data which shows
decrease in ITV and increase in online
Reviewing 19 recommendations made by UC
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Increase online and videoconference
--Have provided CAOs quantity and cost data for increasing
videoconference units (for Arena 2)
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Over 2 years decrease ITV to 2 channels (via landline only)
In 2 years, cease ITV to sites where enrollments are too low
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EDUCATION BROADBAND SERVICES
SPECTRUM UPDATE
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o
Analog EBS currently used for ITV
FCC mandate digital by Oct 2010; Filed plan with FCC to
self-transition
Excess capacity lease potential (market unsettled)
Need to deliver educational content to retain licenses
Current recommendation is to phase-out EBS at end of
2010-2011 academic year
Currently talking to UMaine for transmitting research data
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