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ICT Transformation Programme
Background
• April 2009 report by external consultancy on IT within the University
• May 2009 approval of report by SLT and Council and agreement to proceed with recommendations
• July 2009 start of IT Transformation Programme– 5 stage programme covering 24 months and an investment of
£9.7M
IT Transformation Programme
• Stages 1 – 3 Preparation
– Full analysis of IT department– Detailed requirements to meet University’s current and future
needs– Selection of preferred partner – Unisys– Upgrade to Clifford Whitworth Data Centre – Completed new data centre in Allerton building– Solution designed and accepted
All completed, approved and signed off.
IT Transformation Programme
• Stage 4 - Build and Commission of Hardware
– New hardware ordered, delivered and installed in CW and Allerton data centres
– Resilient network built connecting the two data centres– Storage and compute hardware are in the process of being
configured and tested– Training of operations staff started and on-going for a number of
months with the support of Unisys
Handover for use March
IT Transformation Programme
• Stage 5 – Migration
– Business Applications • Over 70 identified e.g. Banner, Agresso etc
– Business Objects• Includes mailboxes, desktops, filestore etc
– Infrastructure Objects• Firewalls, Remote Access etc
Plan starts 14 March, ends August 2011(These are provisional dates)
Application Migration
• Complex Apps
– Agresso CRM
– Agresso Finance
– Banner Core
– Blackboard
– Library
– SAP
– SquizMatrix
– Accman
– Equitrac
• Simple Apps
– Everything else
Migration Timeline
• Each application has a 6 week detailed migration timeline
– 4 weeks pre, 1 week migration, 1 week post
– Each week the responsibilities and tasks for ITS and Unisys have been detailed
– Business responsibilities :• Week (-4) agree actual downtime date, and for the Complex Apps
only agree business staff to carry out UAT
• Week (0) business staff available for UAT
• Week (1) “live” running
Migration Impact
• 6 week migration window– Application freeze period. No changes to applications– Complex applications Banner and Agresso 8 weeks
• Migration week– Application unavailable for use
• Complex Apps – 2 days
• Simple Apps – 1 day
• Post Migration Week– Application performance measure
Business Contact
• Migration 6 week Window– ITS Service Desk will communicate progress to application owners
• General queries on migration– Business Account Managers (John Green, Les Tarr, Andy Ward)
ITS Service Desk ext 52444
Any Questions?
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