Storage Strategy Working Group

Charge

This working group was established by the ITLC in response to an abrupt change in license renewal options from our current cloud storage provider (Box). Faced with licensing fees of approximately $1.3M, the ITLC sought to form this working group to establish both a storage strategy for campus as well as an exit strategy for the current cloud storage provider.

Scope/Boundaries

  • In Scope
    • Determining current campus storage strategy (if any for both on and off campus storage) and developing a forward thinking, long term strategy
    • Exit strategy plan for current cloud storage provider
    • Understanding utilization and costs of current storage options for campus
      • Out of Scope
        • Databases
        • Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS)
        • Backup solutions (e.g. Crashplan)

 

Storage Strategy Officers

Chair
Bob GloydDirector of Information TechnologyCockrell School of Engineering    bobgloyd@utexas.edu
Co-Chair
Charles SotoDirectorMoody College of Communicationcharles.soto@austin.utexas.edu

Storage Strategy Members

Members
Joseph TrentDirectorDepartment of Computer Scienceyyz@cs.utexas.edu
James LewisDirector of LAITS Computer SupportCollege of Liberal Artsjlewis@austin.utexas.edu
Sam BurnsSenior IT ManagerSchool of Informationsburns@ischool.utexas.edu
Phillip JaegerNetwork EngineerIntercollegiate Athleticsphillip@utexas.edu
Leslie RodriguezAssociate Director of Information TechnologyOffice of Strategy and Policyleslie.rodriguez@austin.utexas.edu

Meeting Schedule

*tbd

 

Documents and Minutes

Storage Strategy Working Group Charter