Project Category: Completed

What is it? The Space Planning and Occupancy Tracking System (SPOTS) serves as the system of record for all building and room information across campus.  Currently, only some of these buildings and rooms are represented in ConnectCarolina.  This project will create an automated recurring process that will add, update and remove building and room information in ConnectCarolina based on the information in SPOTS. Why are we doing it? The goal is for the Registrar’s Office… Read More about SPOTS to Campus Solutions Interface.

What is it? We are updating the University’s time reporting and accruals system, TIM (Time Information Management). TIM is the University’s branding for “Workforce Central,” a product made by the company UKG. The TIM System Update project will replace Workforce Central with “Data Dimensions,” another product by UKG with similar or better features. Why are we doing it? UKG is ending support for the Workforce Central product. The vendor is providing support to UNC to… Read More about TIM System Update.

The life cycle of the current Cisco UCS* hardware, purchased in 2015, is coming to an end.  The current hardware does not have modern compute speed, and, as it ages, is more prone to failure. We plan to migrate all work loads to the new server blades by the end of the 2022. *Unified Computing System

The purpose of the project is to put a third-party solution in place to allow UNC-Chapel Hill to do capital budgeting, the annual budgeting cycle and associated reporting across the enterprise. Currently, we use resource-intensive manual processes to do the University’s budgeting. This means we have a reduced ability to properly plan for large capital expenditures. The success of this project will be measured by the ability of the University to handle the annual budgeting… Read More about UNC Budget Tool.

What is it? ITS is exploring options for a new UNC Customer Support Tool to replace ServiceNow.  This phase of the project will include posting a Request for Proposal (RFP) and selecting a vendor. Why are we doing it? ITS originally implemented ServiceNow in 2019 and the current contract runs through September 2024.  Before renewing the contract, ITS conducted a campus listening tour to get feedback on how ServiceNow works for our IT staff and partners. As… Read More about UNC Customer Support Tool – RFP and Vendor Selection.

The PHP platform that the Software Distribution service operated on was no longer supported by the vendor, so this project upgraded the platform. The project also transitioned support of the service from ITS Infrastructure and Operations to the University Services team in ITS Enterprise Applications.