Information Technology Services at UNC-Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State University will save money and improve efficiency by partnering on the human resources and finance components of their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

Both campuses use Oracle’s PeopleSoft software for their ERP systems – major administrative systems for student services, human resources, payroll and financial. The partnership will focus on the human resources and financial systems. NC State has used PeopleSoft for these functions for a decade and is upgrading to the latest version. UNC-Chapel Hill plans to use those PeopleSoft components.

That timing means information technology offices on both campuses can learn from each other while avoiding duplicating efforts or investments while enhancing services for faculty and staff. The partnership aims to tap the most effective and efficient mix of sharing hardware, software, resources, business operations and vendor contracts to improve effectiveness and reduce costs for both universities. Both campuses are investing equal resources – equipment and staffing. 2013 is the target date for both campuses to be up and running with the new systems.
 

An initiative that will determine how Triangle area universities access, manage and share ever-growing stores of digital data launched this fall with funding from the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies, Inc. (TUCASI.)

The two-year TUCASI data-Infrastructure Project (TIP) is a next-generation data project involving Duke University, North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Data Intensive Cyber Environments (DICE) Center, Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS.)

An editorial in today’s Daily Tar Heel commends the steps the University and ITS have taken to update the campus’s technological infrastructure, make student registration easier and improve the student Webmail experience. To read the full article click here.

What does the future hold for Enterprise Applications (EA) and ConnectCarolina when ConnectCarolina moves from project mode to production operations?

According to Deputy CIO Robyn East and ConnectCarolina Project Director Jerri Bland, EA team members who support the Finance and Human Resources applications today are anticipated to be active participants in the ConnectCarolina implementation of these functions over the next couple of years. Project tasks will be coordinated with production support responsibilities to encourage this participation.

Functional and/or technical PeopleSoft training in early 2010 will be provided for all staff on the impacted production support teams.

Do you work with someone who consistently goes the extra mile or who had a recent accomplishment that deserves recognition?  If so, go the extra mile and nominate your colleague for an Unsung Hero Award.  Nominations should be sent to Diane Strong, Campus Box 1150 by 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20.

Sponsored by the Employee Council, the Unsung Hero Awards are part of a recognition program designed to honor achievements by ITS staff.  To obtain a nomination form, please visit the Employee Council Web site using Internet Explorer as your Web browser.

Due to current budget concerns, winners will receive three days of leave instead of a cash award.  The award presentations will take place at an ITS potluck lunch on Thursday, Dec. 10 at ITS Manning. 
 

This fall has been a busy one for ITS Teaching and Learning Interactive (TLI).

TLI recently completed work on four multimedia modules for the UNC Institute on Aging. The Institute is based at UNC-Chapel Hill but is a state-wide organization. Faculty members who served as content experts for the modules hailed from numerous universities across the 17-campus system. The modules, each of which is approximately 20 minutes in length, provide continuing education and professional development on the following topics: dementia, successful aging, financial resources in retirement and evidenced-based program development.  Participants can print a completion certificate for their records after finishing a module and passing a quiz.
 

The topic for the November meeting of the Instructional Applications Interest Group (IAIG) is IAIG in Transition. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 11:30 a.m. in Peabody Hall 08F.