Please Note: The Administrative Excellence initiative has been closed. As of July 18, 2014, this site will not be maintained with project statuses or other updates. For current project information, please refer to the Administrative Process Redesign (APR) site.

Data Center Aggregation

This team is charged with developing a new model of server and data center structure to serve the needs of the university by leveraging industry-leading practices for server administration, virtualization, and management to save costs, improve service levels, and minimize data security risks.

This team is working to create a campus shared data center service.

The Data Center Aggregation team‘s recommendations have been endorsed by the Advisory Committee and approved by the Steering Committee to move forward into implementation.

The team has recommended the creation of a campus shared data center service structure to facilitate campus-wide optimization of the server infrastructure.

A dedicated project web site has been established to provide ongoing updates and detailed project information.

Progress Update

This project has been completed and transitioned to the business owner for implementation. The new data infrastructure service is operated within DoIT. The service has a new governance structure and reports to the CIO’s office .

See the campus article on the new service here.

View more information about this project and team members.

Dashboard

Progress to date (PDF).

Contact Us

Please feel free to contact us at aefeedback@vc.wisc.edu.