Welcome to the Office of theChief Information Officer
IT Governance Updates
04/25/2013
Network Ops - Updates have been made to the Network Operations Manual to include a goal of ubiquitous wireless access on campus, in support of the mobile strategy.
04/22/2013
IAM Strategy - OIT endorsed the Identity and Access Management Strategy and Resource recommendations.
04/15/2013
SITAB Meeting - The Strategic IT Accountability Board will meet on April 26.
04/15/2013
Administrative Systems - The Request for proposals for the new ERP platform will be announced in May.
04/05/2013
LIFT LAUNCH - The Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology Call for Proposals is now OPEN. Proposals are due May 3, 2013.
02/08/2013
Identity Management - AIC endorsed the Identity Management roadmap model and the creation of an official committee for permanent committee to govern identity management at the University of Texas at Austin.
02/08/2013
Mobile Strategy - OIT unanimously endorsed the mobile strategy for the University of Texas at Austin.
02/08/2013
Data Access Policies - Members of the BSC are developing protocol for requesting and granting access to institutional data.
02/08/2013
Broadband - R&E discussed the impact of flipped classes on broadband.
01/15/2013
Priorities and Budget Approved - SITAB approved IT priorities including building out the core network and developing a plan for increased network speeds, more certainty on the set of supported core instructional technology tools, creating new administrative systems replacement roadmaps, driving campus-wide cost savings through software licensing, and updating the web infrastructure.
12/20/2012
Office 365 - AIC unanimously endorsed the charter for the Office 365 task force.
12/20/2012
ASMP - Year 0 of the Administrative Systems Master Plan will being in January. During Year 0, system requirements will be identified.
12/20/2012
Mobile Strategy - The Research and Education committee unanimously endorsed the core mobile strategy for The University of Texas at Austin.
12/02/2012
Disaster Recovery - OIT unanimously endorsed a new plan for recovery of the mainframe in the event of a disaster.
11/15/2012
Inventory Policy Endorsement - AIC endorsed new inventory policies that will allow for better tracking and encryption of electronic devices.
11/15/2012
SITAB - SITAB will meet in December.
11/15/2012
Qualtrics - OIT endorsed the retirement of Survey Station and the implementation of the new survey service Qualtrics for Campus. Qualtrics is able to be used for human subject research and the collection of sensitive data.
11/15/2012
EdX - The Research and Educational Technology committee is exploring the EdX tool potentials and possibilities for the UT campus.
11/08/2012
ASMP University-wide Meeting - BSC held a University-wide meeting to review the Administrative Sytems Master Plan. The presentation is included in the files section of this webpage.
10/01/2012
AIC Priorities - AIC will focus on the wireless network, architecture for open systems, and the web environment as three of their top priorities for the academic year.
10/01/2012
SITAB Priorities - SITAB will focus on increasing wireless speed and educational technologies as two of their priorities for the academic year.
10/01/2012
OIT Priorities - OIT will address learning analytics, online instruction, and cloud computing as three of their priority topics for the year.
10/01/2012
BSC Priorities - BSC will focus on administrative information systems, disaster recovery for IT, and institutional data management and sharing strategies as three of their priorities for the year.
10/01/2012
R&E Priorities - R&E will focus on Big data policies, the research computing environment, and classroom technologies as three of their priorities for the academic year.
08/29/2012
The University of Texas thanks AIC Committee members for their excellent service to our University and welcomes our new members. We are looking forward to a great year in IT at UT.
08/29/2012
The University of Texas thanks SITAB members for their excellent service to our University and welcomes our new members. We are looking forward to a great year in IT at UT.
08/29/2012
The University of Texas thanks OIT Committee members for their excellent service to our University and welcomes our new members. We are looking forward to a great year in IT at UT.
08/29/2012
The University of Texas thanks BSC Committee members for their excellent service to our University and welcomes our new members. We are looking forward to a great year in IT at UT.
08/29/2012
The University of Texas thanks R&E Committee members for their excellent service to our University and welcomes our new members. We are looking forward to a great year in IT at UT.
08/08/2012
Qualtrics - AIC endorsed the exploration of Qualtrics as a new survey tool available to campus.
08/08/2012
President Powers expressed his thanks to all the IT governing committee members for both improving day-to-day operational IT services on campus, and proactively focusing on future IT challenges and opportunities.
08/08/2012
Wireless - OIT identified increasing wireless network speed as a top priority for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year.
08/08/2012
ASMP - Pilot units are preparing their roadmaps for adopting a new administrative master system.
08/01/2012
The 2012-2013 LIFT awardees have been announced!
07/01/2012
Network Report Card - OIT endorsed a network report card for campus buildings that will allow building operators to understand the status of all of the network components within their building.
07/01/2012
LIFT - Twenty applications were submitted for the Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology. Awardees will be announced in August.
05/29/2012
Box.net - AIC endorsed pursuing a contract with Box.net to provide cloud file sharing services to campus.
05/29/2012
Printer Repair Services - OIT unanimously endorsed the transition of the UDC printer repair service to the campus store.
05/29/2012
Identity Management - A roadmap for identity management is underway for campus.
05/25/2012
LIFT - The call for proposals for the Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology closes on June 1.
05/11/2012
MyEdu - The University has adopted the Schedule Planner and Course Transfer tools of the MyEdu suite.
04/23/2012
LIFT - LONGHORN INNOVATION FUND FOR TECHNOLOGY CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN!!!
04/16/2012
Laptop Encryption - 93% of UT laptops are currently encrypted.
04/16/2012
ASMP - The roadmaps to support the Administrative System Master Plan are currently under construction.
04/16/2012
LIFT Launch - The call for proposals for the Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology will launch on April 19. An event to celebrate the launch will be held from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in ACES 2.402. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
03/12/2012
Box.net - UT will engage in a pilot of Internet 2 or Box.net.
03/12/2012
Endorsements - SITAB endorsed the Administrative Master System Plan and the approach for VoIP implementation on campus.
03/12/2012
Endorsed - The Strategic Information Technology Advisory Board endorsed the Administrative System Master Plan.
03/12/2012
LIFT - The proposal guidelines for the Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology are currently under review.
02/28/2012
Cloud File Sharing Task Force - The Charter for the Cloud File Sharing Task Force has been developed and the search is on for task force members.
Reports
- 2011-2012 IT Governance Accountability Report
- 2010-2011 IT Governance Accountability Report
- IT Governance Implementation and Progress Report - First published, October 2010; Updated, December 2010
- Joint Operational IT Committee and Strategic IT Accountability Board Statement - November 2010
- Final SITAC Report - August 2009
IT Goals 2012/2013
- Upgrade Core Campus Network and Develop Network Speed Plan
- Create Educational Technology Roadmap
- Create Big Data Policies
- Enhance Research Computing Environment
- Begin to Develop Learning Analytics
- Create Administrative Systems Replacement Roadmaps
- Design and Build the New Administrative System Technical Environment
- Define Universal Institutional Data Access
- Drive Savings via Cooperative Software Purchasing
- Upgrade Web Infrastructure
- Complete Mobile Strategy