Initiatives & Projects

In Progress
 
ProjectPlanned Completion (semester)
Technology Policy InitiativeSpring 2012
Transition Student Email to Cloud
Student email services will be migrated to the Microsoft Office 365 system at the end of the Fall 2012 term. This will allow Union to provide its students with the complete Office 365 suite of offerings, including cloud-based storage and lifetime @unionky.edu email address, as well as offset the load on our aging internally-hosted email system. 
Spring 2012
Client Hardware Upgrades for Windows 7 compatibilitySpring 2012
Wireless Expansion
ITS will be adding an additional 25 wireless APs throughout campus to extend and strengthen our wireless coverage. 
Fall 2012
Campus Bandwidth Expansion from 45MB to 250MBFall 2012
Website Redesign and CMS ImplementationFall 2012
Moodle InitiativeFall 2012
Revamp Support-DeskFall 2012
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery InitiativesFall 2012
Recently Completed

 

ProjectPlanned Completion (semester)
Implement Server Virtualization InfrastructureSummer 2012
SAN Implementation
ITS implemented a fully-redundant 60TB high-speed data store to house all campus data. Campus data was migrated from a previous 18TB SAN which was running at maximum capacity.
Summer 2012