Georgia Tech s Luminis IV Beta Testing

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1 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 1 Georgia Tech s Luminis IV Beta Testing Presented by: Steve Goeke Georgia Tech March 22, 2007 A Community of Learning

2 Agenda Portal Environment and Architecture To Beta or Not to Beta What we found Next Steps Summary 2

3 Georgia Tech Facts and Figures Four Campuses Six Colleges Over 11,000 Undergraduate Students Over 5000 Graduate Students Over 6000 Faculty and Staff The National Science Foundation ranks Georgia Tech 2 nd in R&D Georgia Tech's College of Engineering ranked among the top 5 graduate schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report Forbes lists Georgia Tech s MBA program in the top 10 among public universities. 3

4 BuzzPort Facts, Figures, and Environment Over 1000 self-selected groups 2800 Spring 2007 course groups Over personal calendars user accounts Actively managing roles (currently 10) Average 5000 (1900 unique users) logins per day Other Applications: Banner PeopleSoft WebCT (ending December 2007) Sakai (in development) 4

5 BuzzPort Architecture GT Network Sakai WebCT Private Network Load Balancer Banner Self-Service Others WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS Trusted Network Firewall(s) Resource Calendar Resource Calendar Resource Calendar Portal DBs Banner Portal DBs Banner Portal DBs Banner Production Test Development 5

6 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 6 To Beta or Not To Beta Luminis IV Beta Testing at Georgia Tech A Community of Learning

7 So, why participate? To obtain a preview of the architecture To obtain a preview of the new features Potentially see what it would take to make our modifications Potentially perform load/performance testing Determine deployability 7

8 OK, if we do it Perform self install Engage our testing team to perform functional tests Engage functional users Check out the system 8

9 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 9 What we found Luminis IV Beta Testing at Georgia Tech A Community of Learning

10 The Good Luminis IV is a significant improvement: Name Change/Account Aliasing RSS 2.0 JSR 168 Targeted Content Channels and Improved Targeted Announcements Even though there were flaws in the Beta, Sungard has been actively addressing them and is still moving forward with Q1 GA release 10

11 The Bad GA release will be a fresh install and migration, not upgrade. GA release may require another machine for comm express? Now, where did I put that: Banner integration is not yet completed/released for testing by schools Migration process/script has not yet been completed/released for testing by schools Integrated Modes System Monitoring tools 11

12 The Ugly Rocky Beta process: Rolling updates would have helped Increase # of status meetings Uncertainty on issues other beta testers were experiencing Delays in code readiness caused delays in project 12

13 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 13 Next Steps Luminis IV Beta Testing at Georgia Tech A Community of Learning

14 Next Steps Test Banner integration/channels Test migration process from Luminis III.3.3 to Luminis IV Complete a full testing regiment on GA code when ready Make GUI modifications Determine when Luminis IV 14

15 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 15 Summary Luminis IV Beta Testing at Georgia Tech A Community of Learning

16 Summary Overall, the Beta experience was worth the effort GA still expected for Q1 of 2007 According to Sungard, many clients will deploy in Fall and some will even deploy in Summer When will we deploy Luminis IV? 16

17 SUNGARD SUMMIT 2007 sungardsummit.com 17 Questions and Answers Luminis IV Beta Testing at Georgia Tech A Community of Learning

18 Thank You! Steve Goeke, Georgia Tech Please complete the online class evaluation form SunGard, the SunGard logo, Banner, Campus Pipeline, Luminis, PowerCAMPUS, Matrix, and Plus are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. Third-party names and marks referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners SunGard. All rights reserved. 18