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Enterprise Workflow – research topic announcement

Jim Phelps — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:49:34 +0000

The ITANA membership has identified Enterprise Workflow as a research topic. This topic was also brought up as a follow-on activity at the June, 2009 CAMP meeting. Members from the CAMP workflow group have been invited to work with ITANA on the topic.

ITANA has identified the following activities as part of the research topic:

Provide overviews of workflow systems included with products like the Sun access management system.
Develop applicable definitions (what do we mean by workflow?)
Define use cases to illustrate the range of problems that we’re trying to solve.
Develop case studies
Compile a survey of tools
Adapt information from well-known workflow sites to higher education (the workflow management coalition site is www.wfmc.org

Join the conference calls and share your experience, case study or learn about Enterprise Workflow in higher education.

Links:
Conference Call Agenda and Schedule
How to Join ITANA

Jim Phelps, Chair

No January Working Group Meeting

Jim Phelps — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:27:03 +0000

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.

ITANA Face 2 Face Registration is Full

Jim Phelps — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:42:09 +0000

We have hit the maximum for the ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 meeting. Registration is full at this time. You can still register but you will be wait listed. See you in Minneapolis next week.

Face 2 Face Registration almost full

Jim Phelps — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:06:13 +0000

ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 Registration now open.

NOTE: The hotel block closes May 18, 2008.

Please use the Registration Form to sign up. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Space is limited so sign up early.

Join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 meeting. Join with your peers in an intimate day-long meeting and discuss a rich agenda of current topics. See you in Minneapolis – Jim Phelps, Chair.

Date: June 18, 2008

Time: 9AM to 5PM

Location: Hilton Minneapolis

Hotel registration information will be sent upon receipt of your registration request.

Agenda:

Time	Activity	Session Leader
9:00AM	Convene
9:00 to 9:15 AM	Welcome, logistics et al	Jim Phelps
9:15 to 10:15 AM	Session 1 – Tools of the trade	Tom Barton
	We’ll showcase some of the tools, methodologies, artifacts, techniques, or tactics that we use to engender increased architectural coherence across the infrastructures and business & operational processes we’re connected with. The session will help us to think about the range of ways in which we might influence others by use of the tools with which we engage them.
10:15 to 10:30 AM	break
10:30 to Noon	Session 2 – Case Studies: Architecture on Your Campus	Jim Hooper
	This session will focus on Case Studies from several institutions including: Descriptions of ongoing Enterprise Architecture programs in your university. How, Who, What, and any impacts the program has had/is having on your IT environment. Descriptions of specific projects that have been significantly impacted (positively) by the Enterprise Architecture program.
Noon to 1:00PM	Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 PM	Hot Topics – Data Management	Klara Jelinkova
	There is a rich set of metadata and middleware needed to support the data classification we are starting to put in place for at least business applications. And the need will become even greater once we develop the same classifications for all of our institutional data including research data. Institutions seem to have a pretty good handle at least theoretically on business data. But once we start to cross over to other assets such as data associated with research, teaching and learning most IT organizations seem to give up. That type of data is viewed by most IT organizations in our institutions as someone else’s problem. However it is an important IT and security problem. 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?
2:30 to 2:45	break
2:45 to 3:45	Hot Topics – Security Architecture	Steve Kellog
	I will present on Penn State’s current and future strategies for Identity and Access Management along with our efforts to affect better security of the endpoints. I am looking for other presentations on topics related to enterprise security architecture. Suggested topics might be other’s take on identity and access management, network security measures, multi-tiered service provisioning, social engineering, computer forensics, or any number of other topics that make up what we think of as components of a security architecture.
3:45 to 4:00	break
4:00 to 4:45	Hot Topics – Your items here	Jim Phelps
4:45 to 5:00	Closing Remarks	Jim Phelps

NOTE: This conference is jointly sponsored by EDUCAUSE and Internet2. Thank you sponsors.

Face 2 Face 2008 – Early Regisration Cut-off April 19

webmaster — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:33:32 +0000

ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 Registration now open.

Early Registration ends April 19, 2008.

Registration is limited to two people from each institution so you should talk amongst yourselves and figure out who will attend. Additional people will be allowed if space permits. Please use the Registration Form to sign up. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Space is limited so sign up early.

Date: June 18, 2008

Time: 9AM to 5PM

Location: Hilton Minneapolis

Hotel registration information will be sent upon receipt of your registration request.

Agenda:

Time	Activity	Session Leader
9:00AM	Convene
9:00 to 9:15 AM	Welcome, logistics et al	Jim Phelps
9:15 to 10:15 AM	Session 1 – Tools of the trade	Hebert Diaz-Flores
	We’ll showcase some of the tools, methodologies, artifacts, techniques, or tactics that we use to engender increased architectural coherence across the infrastructures and business & operational processes we’re connected with. The session will help us to think about the range of ways in which we might influence others by use of the tools with which we engage them.
10:15 to 10:30 AM	break
10:30 to Noon	Session 2 – Case Studies: Architecture on Your Campus	Tom Barton
	This session will focus on Case Studies from several institutions including: Descriptions of ongoing Enterprise Architecture programs in your university. How, Who, What, and any impacts the program has had/is having on your IT environment. Descriptions of specific projects that have been significantly impacted (positively) by the Enterprise Architecture program.
Noon to 1:00PM	Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 PM	Hot Topics – Data Management	Klara Jelinkova
	There is a rich set of metadata and middleware needed to support the data classification we are starting to put in place for at least business applications. And the need will become even greater once we develop the same classifications for all of our institutional data including research data. Institutions seem to have a pretty good handle at least theoretically on business data. But once we start to cross over to other assets such as data associated with research, teaching and learning most IT organizations seem to give up. That type of data is viewed by most IT organizations in our institutions as someone else’s problem. However it is an important IT and security problem. 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?
2:30 to 2:45	break
2:45 to 3:45	Hot Topics – Security Architecture	Steve Kellog
	There is a rich set of metadata and middleware needed to support the data classification we are starting to put in place for at least business applications. And the need will become even greater once we develop the same classifications for all of our institutional data including research data. Institutions seem to have a pretty good handle at least theoretically on business data. But once we start to cross over to other assets such as data associated with research, teaching and learning most IT organizations seem to give up. That type of data is viewed by most IT organizations in our institutions as someone else’s problem. However it is an important IT and security problem. 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?
3:45 to 4:00	break
4:00 to 4:45	Hot Topics – Your items here	Jim Phelps
4:45 to 5:00	Closing Remarks	Jim Phelps

NOTE: This conference is jointly sponsored by EDUCAUSE and Internet2. Thank you sponsors.

Face 2 Face 2008 – Register Now

Jim Phelps — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:13:17 +0000

ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 Registration now open. Registration is limited to two people from each institution so you should talk amongst yourselves and figure out who will attend. Additional people will be allowed if space permits. Please use the Registration Form to sign up. You should receive a confirmation email within 24 hours. Space is limited so sign up early. See you in Minneapolis – Jim Phelps, Chair.Join us in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the ITANA Face 2 Face 2008 meeting. Join with your peers in an intimate day-long meeting and discuss a rich agenda of current topics. This conference is jointly sponsored by EDUCAUSE and Internet2.

Date: June 18, 2008

Time: 9AM to 5PM

Location: Hilton Minneapolis

Hotel registration information will be sent upon receipt of your registration request.

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Agenda:

Time
Activity
Session Leader

9:00AM Convene

9:00 to 9:15 AM Welcome, logistics et al Jim Phelps

9:15 to 10:15 AM Session 1 – Case Studies: Architecture on Your Campus Hebert Diaz-Flores

This session will focus on Case Studies from several institutions including: Descriptions of ongoing Enterprise Architecture programs in your university. How, Who, What, and any impacts the program has had/is having on your IT environment. Descriptions of specific projects that have been significantly impacted (positively) by the Enterprise Architecture program.

10:15 to 10:30 AM break

10:30 to Noon Session 2 – Tools of the trade Tom Barton

We’ll showcase some of the tools, methodologies, artifacts, techniques, or tactics that we use to engender increased architectural coherence across the infrastructures and business & operational processes we’re connected with. The session will help us to think about the range of ways in which we might influence others by use of the tools with which we engage them.

Noon to 1:00PM Lunch

1:00 to 2:15 PM Session 3 – Artifacts and Templates Jim Phelps

We all create a variety of Artifacts for our work. Share those artifacts and templates that you have found exceptionally useful in your work. Do you have something that seemed like a great idea but failed miserably? Tell us about why it failed and what you learned.

2:15 to 2:30 break

2:30 to 3:30 Session 4 – Data Management Working Group Klara Jelinkova

There is a rich set of metadata and middleware needed to support the data classification we are starting to put in place for at least business applications. And the need will become even greater once we develop the same classifications for all of our institutional data including research data. Institutions seem to have a pretty good handle at least theoretically on business data. But once we start to cross over to other assets such as data associated with research, teaching and learning most IT organizations seem to give up. That type of data is viewed by most IT organizations in our institutions as someone else’s problem. However it is an important IT and security problem. 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?

3:30 to 3:45 break

3:45 to 4:45 Session 5 – Security Architecture Hot Topics Steve Kellogg

There are many elements that make up security Architecture. The actual measures available and/or employed by the various institutions to secure our online applications make for interesting discussions. In this session, I plan to present on topics of what we are doing and are planning to do at Penn State with regards to identity management, access control, and securing endpoints. Others may present on topics of network security measures, multi-tier service provisioning, social engineering, computer forensics, logging and log analysis, their respective take on ID and access management, and anything else they feel is relevant to security architecture.

4:45 to 5:00
Closing Remarks Jim Phelps

Time	Activity	Session Leader
9:00AM	Convene
9:00 to 9:15 AM	Welcome, logistics et al	Jim Phelps
9:15 to 10:15 AM	Session 1 – Case Studies: Architecture on Your Campus	Hebert Diaz-Flores
	This session will focus on Case Studies from several institutions including: Descriptions of ongoing Enterprise Architecture programs in your university. How, Who, What, and any impacts the program has had/is having on your IT environment. Descriptions of specific projects that have been significantly impacted (positively) by the Enterprise Architecture program.
10:15 to 10:30 AM	break
10:30 to Noon	Session 2 – Tools of the trade	Tom Barton
	We’ll showcase some of the tools, methodologies, artifacts, techniques, or tactics that we use to engender increased architectural coherence across the infrastructures and business & operational processes we’re connected with. The session will help us to think about the range of ways in which we might influence others by use of the tools with which we engage them.
Noon to 1:00PM	Lunch
1:00 to 2:15 PM	Session 3 – Artifacts and Templates	Jim Phelps
	We all create a variety of Artifacts for our work. Share those artifacts and templates that you have found exceptionally useful in your work. Do you have something that seemed like a great idea but failed miserably? Tell us about why it failed and what you learned.
2:15 to 2:30	break
2:30 to 3:30	Session 4 – Data Management Working Group	Klara Jelinkova
	There is a rich set of metadata and middleware needed to support the data classification we are starting to put in place for at least business applications. And the need will become even greater once we develop the same classifications for all of our institutional data including research data. Institutions seem to have a pretty good handle at least theoretically on business data. But once we start to cross over to other assets such as data associated with research, teaching and learning most IT organizations seem to give up. That type of data is viewed by most IT organizations in our institutions as someone else’s problem. However it is an important IT and security problem. 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?
3:30 to 3:45	break
3:45 to 4:45	Session 5 – Security Architecture Hot Topics	Steve Kellogg
	There are many elements that make up security Architecture. The actual measures available and/or employed by the various institutions to secure our online applications make for interesting discussions. In this session, I plan to present on topics of what we are doing and are planning to do at Penn State with regards to identity management, access control, and securing endpoints. Others may present on topics of network security measures, multi-tier service provisioning, social engineering, computer forensics, logging and log analysis, their respective take on ID and access management, and anything else they feel is relevant to security architecture.
4:45 to 5:00	Closing Remarks	Jim Phelps

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ITANA Conference: Face2Face 2008

Jim Phelps — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:11:20 +0000

ITANA’s next Face2Face is now set for June 18, 2008.

Location: Hilton Minneapolis.
Time: 9AM to 5PM
Agenda: TDB

For more information, join the ITANA mailing list. EDUCAUSE ITANA Constituent Group

Map to the venue: Hilton, Minneapolis

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Save the Date

Jim Phelps — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:25:24 +0000

We are planning and all-day Face 2 Face meeting for June 18, 2008. Stay tuned for more information like location and agenda.

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EDUCAUSE CG Meeting Set

Jim Phelps — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:11:57 +0000

Hi All,

We have a date and time for the Constituent Group meeting at the EDUCAUSE meeting in October.

Date: Octboer 25th, 2007
Time: 4:55PM to 6:00PM
Location: Seattle, Washington. The actual room location is TBD.

Blurb:

I.T. Architects in Academia (ITANA) is focused on the practice of I.T. and Enterprise Architecture (EA) in higher education. This session is a chance to meet others and to hear about our work so far. We will open with a review of the various ways that I.T. Architecture is implemented at higher education institutions and the methods that people use to engage with campus. Discussion will follow on various hot-topic issues such as: Service Oriented Architecture, EA Pain Points and Carrots – what do you offer good architectural citizens. We will also plan for future ITANA work. For more information about ITANA, see http://www.itana.org and our wiki at https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/itana/Home

If you are interested in participating/presenting, let me know. I email the ITANA mailing list often so you can find my email address there. You should also visit the wiki (https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/itana/EDUCAUSE+Presentation) to see how this meeting is shaping up on the phone calls.

See you in Seattle,

Jim

Quick post Face2Face follow up

Jim Phelps — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:09:10 +0000

Hi All,

Here are some bits and pieces from the Face to Face meeting.

Several of us presented a follow-up at the Common Solution Group meeting in New York just after the Face 2 Face.

Links to the presentations from the Common Solutions Group follow-on discussion:

Follow-on discussion of Enterprise Architecture Presentations as a PDF
The SOA panel discussion as html

The wiki has rough notes that need to be cleaned up.

Oren Sreebny has posted several blog entries with his notes and comments on the Common Solution Group presentations: Enterprise Architecture and SOA: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

If you were at the Face2Face, help flesh out the notes on the wiki. Everyone else, add your comments.