NC Education Cloud Connecting to the NC Education Cloud March 29, 2012 Phil Emer, Friday Institute paemer@ncsu.edu! http://cloud.fi.ncsu.edu! 1
First Things First Year one was about planning we are at month 15 Over $30M of the $34M cloud budget will be used to procure services and wares for LEAs and Charters We are focused on sustainability Our Identity and Access Management approach has gained national traction including with the SBAC We have met with over 50 vendors and providers Software as a service has made the turn NC ITS is heading into the turn Online application and content stores matter 2
NC Education Cloud Basics De-emphasize buying and hosting infrastructure Emphasize procuring services Raise the bar on reliability Towards 24x7 access to services The cloud isn t the backup it s the primary Defragmentation fewer providers, more competition Avoid custom integration adopt standards Fill in the gaps 3
Behind the Curtain Cloud Services Identity and access management Automatically create user accounts Provide mechanisms for those accounts to be used to login to many services (including IIS and SBAC assessments) Require all future providers to adhere to identity standards Data integration to automate ingestion of student, staff, parent data Instructional content services Learning object repository (LOR) Digital card catalog to search, contribute, and manage content Provisioning and procuring learning management systems Annual media and technology report (AMTR) 3.0 Automated collection and reporting Supporting readiness determinations 4
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Learning Object Repository 6
AMTR 3.0 7
In Front of the Curtain Supporting bring your own device (BYOD) Mobile device management Desktop virtualization Desktop malware protection Hosted voice over IP Wireless services and management Email and collaboration AS/400 hosting finance/hr system modernization Performance monitoring and management 8
Timeline Operate Deploy Design & Build Planning 2011 2012 2013 2014 9
NC RttT Project Deployment Roadmap 10
Shared infrastructure Project Summary Q1/Q2 2012 Project Lead Deliverable Comple3on Date Iden3ty and Access Management Iden/ty and Access management plan Iden/ty and access management plagorm Iden/ty and access management service management Data integra/on Sammie Carter Sammie Carter Sammie Carter Sammie Carter Dra? 5 (Final) Plan Request for Proposal to NC ITS Scope of Work Request for Proposal March 2, 2012 April 1, 2012 April 13, 2012 April 16, 2012 Instruc3onal Content Services Learning object repository plagorm Learning object repository integra/on and hos/ng Learning management system James Robinson James Robinson James Robinson Joint procurement with NCCCS Request for proposal Procurement aligned with IIS April 1, 2012 May 1, 2012 August 2012 Business System Op3miza3on iseries service deployment Vendor Vendor work begins April 1, 2012 Business process review ITng Lab Finance and HR system report June 1, 2012 11
Enterprise Services Project Summary Q1/Q2 2012 Project Lead Deliverable Comple3on Date Student access to end- user devices BYOD Strategies Frank Jou Recommended Prac/ces April 13, 2012 Desktop Virtualiza/on remote hosted desktops and remote virtual applica/ons Frank Jou Feasibility Study April 20, 2012 Mobile device management (MDM) Consultant Market Study April 13, 2012 Desktop malware protec/on Dave Furiness Request for Proposal April 27, 2012 Sustainable infrastructure Wireless services and management Dave Furiness Feasibility Study April 27, 2012 Hosted IP Telephony Don Smith Market Study April 13, 2012 Server virtualiza/on/iaas Dave Furiness Feasibility Study June 30, 2012 Enterprise applica3ons Email/Collabora/on John Warf Google Apps Migra/on Support On- going Email/Collabora/on John Warf Google Apps Administrator Training Course April 20, 2012 Performance monitoring/management Performance monitoring/management end user applica/on performance management, and network monitoring and analy/cs Frank Jou Service Architecture June 15, 2012 12