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.

Read the latest ConnectCarolina project update for news on undergraduate admissions, graduate admissions, financial aid, student records and more.

Also check out information on the new reporting section on the ConnectCarolina Web site and view the presentation from the recent town hall meeting.
 

Communication Technologies, a division of ITS, has recently identified resources to start a Teaching and Research Wireless Activation Project (TAR-WAP). Under this project, ITS will solicit proposals from UNC-Chapel Hill faculty requesting the installation of Wi-Fi wireless access points in designated rooms on campus. The wireless access points will augment teaching and research activities. 

“ITS has seen a rapid explosion of mobility in all aspects of IT life, both on and off the campus. Even though up until now the adoption by researchers and teaching faculty has been spotty, this mobility trend is clear,” said Jim Gogan, director of Networking Systems. “We see now as a good time for Communication Technologies to invest in selected areas to continue the build out of UNC’s Wi-Fi network.”

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.)

ITS receives more coverage in the Daily Tar Heel this week. An editorial in today’s paper 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.

ITS is featured in two Daily Tar Heel articles this week.

Click on the links for stories about the ConnectCarolina Town Hall meeting and the future of student e-mail.