CFAES
April
2019
Project Update
On the Columbus, Wooster, and State-wide campuses, a total of nine units were moved to OCIO services in March. The Research Services and Application Support teams are working collaboratively with each other and the IT services teams on various campus locations to address faculty research needs as a team. Visit the CFAES IT Transformation webpage for regular project updates.
Columbus Campus
- Wi-Fi implementation complete in 17 buildings
- OSUnet complete in 20 buildings
- Moved to OCIO services in March: Research and Graduate Education
- Moving to OCIO services next: Advancement, IT, FABE
Wooster Campus
- Wi-Fi implementation complete in 27 buildings
- OSUnet complete in 36 buildings
- Moved to OCIO services in March: Research and Graduate Education, ATI Admissions, ATI Academic Affairs, ATI Library, ATI Business Office
- Moving to OCIO services next: ATI Student Success Services
State-wide Campus
- OSUnet and Wi-Fi implementation complete in 37 locations
- Moved to OCIO Services in March: Franklin, Perry, Lawrence
- Moving to OCIO services next: Hardin, Summit, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Clermont, Fairfield
- Planning kicked off with the following counties: Wyandot, Marion
- Next counties to kick off: Pike, Scioto, Delaware, Union, Madison, Fayette, Ross, Adams
See state-wide map below for additional details
Onboarding Survey Results
Members of units that moved to OCIO services were given the opportunity to provide feedback about their experience.
Thinking about the overall process of receiving new IT services, how would you rate your experience?
What did you think about the communications you received throughout the onboarding process?
Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied were you with your onboarding experience?
CFAES IT Team Progress
The CFAES IT team is working on a variety of projects including research and application support. Below are some highlights from March.
Research Support
- Entomology: Working on ARC GIS (archive) data recovery platform.
- FABE: Assisted in fixing an issue where the LIDAR system wasn’t connecting.
- Grace Drake Ag Lab: Set up a network-based Sensaphone
- MCIC: Replaced battery cells in Franek commercial UPS. Will help address other customer needs for adequate power backups for analytical lab equipment.
- Working with Wooster IT services team on e-waste and asset management, disposal, and data destruction.
- Assisting Application Services with retrieval of lab systems status for exception processing and updates.
Application Support
- ATI: Working with OCIO, migrated Hawk’s Nest golf course to new point-of-sale system.
- FABE: In cooperation with Research Computing team, helped graduate student set up a deep learning workstation on AWS using RStudio Server on EC2 to analyze environmental effect of introducing rain gardens to an urban setting.
- HCS: New digital signage system on Wooster Campus.
- MCIC: With OCIO Enterprise Security, completed risk assessment for Thermo Fisher Connect to manage SeqStudio and data files online.
- SENR: New digital signage system on Wooster Campus.
- TechSmith Relay: In coordination with OCIO, upgraded server and client software.
- Set up system to schedule some AWS servers to run only during business hours to reduce costs.
State-wide Progress
County Status Table
| County Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Adams | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Allen | County Owned |
| Ashland | County Owned |
| Ashtabula | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Athens | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Auglaize | County Owned: In Talks |
| Belmont | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Brown | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Butler | County Owned |
| Carroll | County Owned |
| Champaign | County Owned: In Talks |
| Clark | County owned: in talks |
| Clermont | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Clinton | County Owned |
| Columbiana | Waiting Skype |
| Coshocton | County Owned |
| Crawford | County Owned |
| Cuyahoga | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Darke | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Defiance | County Owned: In Talks |
| Delaware | County Owned |
| Erie | County Owned |
| Fairfield | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Fayette | County Owned |
| Franklin | Waiting Skype |
| Fulton | County Owned |
| Gallia | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Geauga | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Greene | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Guernsey | University Owned |
| Hamilton | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Hancock | Fully moved to OCIO Services |
| Hardin | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Harrison | County Owned |
| Henry | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Highland | County Owned: In Talks |
| Hocking | Fully moved to OCIO Services |
| Holmes | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Huron | County Owned |
| Jackson | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Jefferson | County Owned |
| Knox | County Owned |
| Lake | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Lawrence | Waiting Skype |
| Licking | County Owned |
| Logan | County Owned |
| Lorain | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Lucas | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Madison | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Mahoning | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Marion | County Owned |
| Medina | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Meigs | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Mercer | County Owned |
| Miami | County Owned |
| Monroe | County Owned |
| Montgomery | County Owned |
| Morgan | County Owned: In Talks |
| Morrow | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Muskingum | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Noble | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Ottawa | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Paulding | County Owned: In Talks |
| Perry | Waiting Skype |
| Pickaway | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Pike | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Portage | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Preble | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Putnam | County owned: in talks |
| Richland | County Owned |
| Ross | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Sandusky | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Scioto | County Owned |
| Seneca | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Shelby | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Stark | County Owned |
| Summit | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Trumbull | Fully moved to OCIO Services |
| Tuscarawas | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Union | County Owned |
| Van Wert | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Vinton | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Warren | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Washington | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
| Wayne | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Williams | County Owned |
| Wood | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
| Wyandot | County Owned |