Studying Today to Envision Tomorrow: The Future of Enterprise Academic Computing Systems
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Author(s): Matt Pittinsky
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Collection(s): Educom Review (Archives)
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Abstract
Recently an entire marketplace of homegrown and off-the-shelf systems has grown to meet what many consider the next big IT wave in higher education -- enterprise academic computing. The author points to six key pressures that have given rise to the emerging enterprise academic computing imperative. Defining each challenge is critical if institutional leaders are to shape appropriate and effective requirements and deployment strategies. These six pressures are 1) pressure to improve instructional quality, 2) pressure to unify disparate academic computing resources, 3) pressure to demonstrate return on network investment, 4) pressure to reach more students, 5) pressure to lower costs in delivery of instruction, and 6) pressure to meet customer expectations.