Date: May 28, 2009
Time: 1:30PM to 3:00PM Eastern Daylight Time
Agenda Part 1 is a presentation and discussion, Part 2 is a working session on the topic.
How to Join: See the instructions below.
Topic: Kuali on Campus, David Walker, UC-Davis
Presenters:
- David Walker,IT Architect, University of California, Davis
- Erik Westfall, Indiana University, Kuali Rice Project Manager and Lead Architect
- Curtis Bray, Middleware Architect, IET Application Development, UC Davis
Over the past few years, the Kuali Foundation has become a major force in the creation of community source administrative software for use in higher education. Work is in progress on a growing list of applications, including Kuali Financial System, Kuali Student, and Kuali Coeus (research administration). These applications are being designed to utilize a common middleware layer, Kuali Rice, which provides a service bus, workflow, access to identity management, notification, and presentation services. This session will provide a brief introduction to Kuali Rice, followed by a discussion of the issues surrounding the use of Rice as an enterprise middleware infrastructure, supporting applications beyond those developed by the Kuali Foundation.
University of California: Assessment of Kuali Rice for Single and Multiple Campus Applications
David Walker, University of California, Davis
For more information about Screen2Screen meetings see:
http://www.itana.org/2009/04/06/screen2screen-and-itana-meet-ups/
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/itana/Screen2Screen
For more information about ITANA see:
http://www.itana.org/about/
How to Join the Screen2Screen Session:
There are two portions of the Screen2Screen. You should join both the web collaboration space as well as the conference call.
For the web collaboration space, connect via web browser at this URL:
http://internet2.acrobat.com/itana_meeting/
For the conference call, dial into the phone bridge below:
To join the call, do one of the following:
a. +1-866-411-0013 (toll free US/Canada Only), or
+1-734-615-7474 (Non-US/CA, non-toll free)
PIN: 0140398 (followed by “#”)
We follow the Internet2 Intellectual Property Framework: http://www.internet2.edu/membership/ip.html
Posted in ITANA, Meetings, News, Presentations, Screen2Screen.
Tagged with Kuali, Screen2Screen.
By Jim Phelps
– May 19, 2009
The Archive of the Enterprise Authorization Screen2Screen and the slides have been posted on the ITANA wiki.
ITANA Wiki – Enterprise Authorization Screen2Screen
Thank you to all who participated.
Posted in Featured, ITANA, Meetings, Presentations, Screen2Screen.
By Jim Phelps
– May 15, 2009
Reminder, this Thursday, ITANA will hold a Screen2Screen session on Enterprise Authorization.
Date: April 16, 2009
Time: 1:30PM to 3:00PM Eastern Daylight Time
Agenda Part 1 is a presentation and discussion, Part 2 is a working session on the topic.
How to Join: See the instructions below.
Topic: Enterprise Authorization, Marina Arseniev
Truly enterprise-wide authorization solutions present challenges from the technology perspective and even more challenges from the business and cultural requirements perspective. Questions about scope, granularity, roles, delegation, and data integration with vendor and other software continue to be posed in many institutions where authorization solutions have difficulty meeting campus needs. Specific common problems and case studies, such as campus-wide access audits, are the focus of this session. We will share real-world experiences, identify common requirements and discuss solutions (successful or possibly not) to better understand common challenges.
This session will discuss why enterprise authorization is so elusive for so many of our institutions; it will be a forum to share successes and failures. The goal is to define what specific actionable steps or decisions architects across our campuses might be able to make that bring vision and clarity back to their organizations.
Marina Arseniev is Director of Enterprise Architecture, Security and Data Management Services for UC-Irvine
For more information about Screen2Screen meetings see:
http://www.itana.org/2009/04/06/screen2screen-and-itana-meet-ups/
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/itana/Screen2Screen
For more information about ITANA see:
http://www.itana.org/about/
How to Join the Screen2Screen Session:
There are two portions of the Screen2Screen. You should join both the web collaboration space as well as the conference call.
For the web collaboration space, connect via web browser at this URL:
http://internet2.acrobat.com/itana_meeting/
For the conference call, dial into the phone bridge below:
To join the call, do one of the following:
a. +1-866-411-0013 (toll free US/Canada Only), or
+1-734-615-7474 (Non-US/CA, non-toll free)
PIN: 0140398 (followed by “#”)
We follow the Internet2 Intellectual Property Framework: http://www.internet2.edu/membership/ip.html
Posted in Featured, ITANA, Meetings, News, Presentations, Screen2Screen.
Tagged with Enterprise Authorization, Screen2Screen.
By Jim Phelps
– April 14, 2009
As many of you have experienced, travel budgets are being cut or completely frozen. This has made it more difficult to gather for Face2Face meetings. We are looking for ways to bring the Face2Face experience and topics to the ITANA membership. To this end, ITANA is launching a new series of Screen2Screen gatherings and local meet-ups.
Screen2Screen gatherings will be longer than our usual conference calls. We are looking at using Adobe Connect to provide an additional level of interaction and collaboration. Adobe Connect provides a browser based collaboration space including a Notes panel for live meeting minutes, a shared whiteboard, desktop sharing and shared presentations. There is a chat room for capturing questions and/or sidebar discussions. We plan on using Adobe Connect in conjunction with the phone bridge.
The vision for the Screen2Screen gatherings is that the time would be divided roughly in half. The first portion would be a presentation or panel presentation on a topic. The second half would be a working session to see where ITANA should take the topic and to work on next steps. The plan is that the shared presentation, shared white board would be used to present on a topic and build an agenda for the discussion. The notes panel would be used to capture the discussion and as live minutes. The chat panel would be used to capture parking lot questions and questions from those not on the phone bridge. We will use the phone bridge for the audio instead of the web based audio in Adobe Connect.
I encourage you to also think about hosting a local ITANA Meet-Up. You can think of these of regional meetings or ad hoc gatherings. The topics are open to those who gather. We would like the content of the local ITANA Meet-Ups to flow back into the larger group. You should pick a scribe for the meeting to capture the discussion.
I also encourage you to look for opportunities to gather at other meetings that you attend. You can post an email to the listserv asking other attendees to meet for lunch or for a round-table discussion. This is opportunity to meet with your peers and to look for topics to bring to the group at large.
The group has also expressed interest in looking for other ways to gather virtually. Second Life provides a virtual world were members could meet, have discussions and share objects. We could link ITANA Meet-Ups via video conferencing for longer sessions. All the ITANA Meet-Ups would meet together (via video conferencing) to open the day. Each local Meet-Up could take a portion of a topic to work on as a sub-team for a portion of the time. The ITANA Meet-Ups would then rejoin to report out and form next steps.
I hope that by leveraging these other gatherings; the Screen2Screen sessions, ITANA Meet-Ups and ad-hoc gatherings at other meetings, and other opportunities; we can still fill the collaboration and communication gap that has opened up in these tight economic times.
Jim Phelps
Chair, ITANA
Posted in ITANA, Meetings, News, Organizational.
Tagged with Face2Face, ITANA, Meet-Up, Meeting, Screen2Screen.
By Jim Phelps
– April 6, 2009
Hi All,
The ITANA Spring 2009 Face2Face has been canceled, because we did not meet our minimum registration mark. I have heard from many members that they are under travel restrictions or complete travel bans and know that this is a financially difficult time for our institutions. I also know that these restrictions have impacted registration for many other national meetings as well.
If you registered for the meeting, you will receive an email with information about refunds.
I’m working with Internet2 and EDUCAUSE to find a way to still bring these discussions to the constituency. There is great interest in the program we developed for this meeting and in finding ways to gather and collaborate on the topics. To this end, a series of joint web-based presentations with conference call sessions are in the works. There are also local meet-ups being planned. Stay tuned.
I hope that the economic situation turns around soon so that large group meetings become viable once again. Until then, I hope you will join with me in finding creative ways to continue our work together.
Best Regards,
Jim Phelps
Chair
Posted in EDUCAUSE, Featured, ITANA, Meetings, News.
Tagged with Face2Face, ITANA, Meeting.
By Jim Phelps
– March 20, 2009
NOTE: The registration deadline has been extended to March 20th, 2009.
Registration is now open. Cut-off date is March 20th. We need 30 people registered by the 16th or we will cancel the meeting.
Come to the ITANA Spring Face2Face in Arlington, Virginia Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday the 30th. The ITANA Spring Face2Face is a chance to meet-up with your peers, learn about what is happening in other institutions and work together on topics of interest. Sign-up to get feedback from your peers during a 5/10 Feedback session (5 minutes to present, 10 minutes to get feedback).
Logistics:
Registration is now open. There is aa registration fee ($235) for this meeting. See the registration site for details.
Agenda: Note: session details will be published early in March, 2009.
Wednesday, April 29th
- Social Gathering – 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Thursday, April 30th
The full agenda is here: https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/itana/Face2Face+Meetings
Presentations:
- Enterprise Authorization
- Kuali on Campus
- SOA and Interoperability
- 5/10 Feedback Sessions
Working Group Report Outs
Posted in ITANA, Meetings, News, Organizational.
Tagged with Enterprise Authorization, Face2Face, Federation, Internet2, ITANA, Kuali, Meeting, SOA.
By Jim Phelps
– January 27, 2009
The January Working Group meeting has been cancelled. Many of the members contacted me to say that they cannot travel due to travel restrictions. We still plan on having a meeting in April in Arlington, Virginia. Let us hope that the economic situation stabilizes and doesn’t get worse before then.
Until then, we will use the email list and our conference calls to move our work forward. I would also love to hear about ways that we might fill the gap between the wiki, conference calls and email lists and the value that you get when you meet face-2-face.
Posted in Featured, IT Architects, IT Architecture, ITANA, Meetings, News, Organizational, Organizations.
By Jim Phelps
– December 5, 2008
Data Management
With collaborative research taking place everywhere how do we classify the research data, protect it while the research is going on and then enable everyone to see after the research is published? How do we collaborate with the libraries on this one? How do we arrive at data management policies that cut across the whole institution? What are some of the examples of institutions doing it successfully today?
To try to better understand the current state of data management among higher ed institutions, a survey will be conducted to assess the level of maturity in areas that are critical to a data management strategy. The survey will ask institutions to self-rate themselves on a scale of 1 to 10 in areas such as data governance, data quality management, metadata management, and data architecture practices. The survey will also offer the opportunity to present context to specific areas, and to indicate which areas are most critical to their success.
The results of the survey should lead to interesting discussion and hopefully provide institutions with data that can help them in their chosen data management direction. The data will provide the opportunity for an institution to see how it compares to its peers in terms of their individual data management maturity. It might also shed light on areas where institutions are experiencing common challenges in implementing or managing data management initiatives.
Longer term, the results could be used to highlight best practices that institutions have found to be successful, and offer opportunities for sharing of ideas and approaches among peers.
Technorati Tags: Data Management, EDUCAUSE, IT Architecture, ITANA
Posted in EDUCAUSE, Featured, ITANA.
Tagged with Data Management, Working Group.
By Jim Phelps
– September 4, 2008
ITANA EDUCAUSE Constituent Group Meeting 2008
The ITANA EDUCAUSE Constituent Group will be meeting on Thursday, October 30th in Orlando. We have a space for 60 people this year. Last year we filled a smaller room with 40 attendees. Details for the session:
- Date: Thursday, Oct 30
- Time: 4:55 PM to 6:10 PM
- Room: W311E
On the agenda for this meeting:
- Introduction to ITANA
- Report out from the Data Management survey
- Case Studies of Architecture Practices and Groups from 3 universities
- General discussion and Q/A
Face2Face Winter 2009
We have started planning a meeting in Boulder, Colorado on January 6, 2009. Details will follow as we work up the agenda and logistics. The Face2Face Winter 2009 meeting will have a mix of presentations and hands-on working sessions.
Posted in Featured, Meetings, Organizational.
Tagged with Meeting.
By Jim Phelps
– August 25, 2008
The survey results from the Face2Face are in with 28 out of 40 people responding. Nearly half the respondents (46 and 44 percent respectively) said that the Case Studies and the Data Management sessions were “Really Useful”. 36% found the overall meeting “Really Useful” and 46% found it “Very Useful”. The success of the meeting is reflected by number of people who said that they will “Definitely Attend” (29%) or “Probably Attend” (45%) the next meeting.
The general comments were very positive:
“I really enjoyed the meeting and I do expect to be more involved with the group now that I know how to participate. It would be good if we could figure out a way to extend the collaboration. Maybe 1.5 day or a longer day into the evening. Seems like we just got to the meat and it was time to leave… working on a shared agenda together would be useful to build community.”
“Really well done. The F2F’s let me put faces to e-mail addresses. The discussions were very good, although I don’t think we had enough time.”
“Thank you to all those responsible for pulling this group together. As a newbie, it is extremely helpful.”
“This was my first F2F and I felt like I was in a room of competent, compassionate, and professional architects. Well done!”
Continued…
Posted in Featured, ITANA, Organizational.
Tagged with Enterprise Architecture, IT Architects, IT Architecture.
By Jim Phelps
– July 8, 2008
