Project Update
Networking and Wi-Fi are completed in more than 70 locations in Columbus, Wooster, and throughout the state. While more units are moving to OCIO services, the application and research services teams are hard at work finding solutions for the many unique IT needs within the college. 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 February: Marketing and Communications
- Moving to OCIO services next: Research and Graduate Education
Wooster Campus
- Wi-Fi implementation complete in 20 buildings
- OSUnet complete in 36 buildings
- Moved to OCIO services in February: Marketing and Communications
- Moving to OCIO services next: ATI, Research and Graduate Education
State-wide Campus
- OSUnet and Wi-Fi implementation complete in 34 locations
- Moved to OCIO Services in February: Hocking
- Moving to OCIO services next: Franklin, Perry, Lawrence
- Planning kicked off with the following counties: Jackson, Lawrence, Clark, Champaign, Fairfield
- Next counties to kick off: Wyandot, Marion
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 February.
Research Support
- Animal Sciences: Assisted a user with an issue where milk data wasn’t properly saving
- Entomology: Recovering ARC GIS data from a failing RAID Array
- Food Animal Health Research Program: Replaced a Windows XP computer with a Windows 10 computer to run proprietary software for a piece of equipment
- Molecular & Cellular Imaging Center: Restoring commercial class battery back-up units for research lab standalone instruments
- Molecular & Cellular Imaging Center: Resolved three issues on the bioinformatics servers that were caused by the power outage on 2/24
- Plant Pathology: Assisted a user in updating Genome Studio
Application Support
- FABE: Completed risk assessment for academic room scheduling system called Lantiv Studio.
- Extension: Helped procure mobile app to publish county fair information. Risk assessment for Grandstand Apps completed.
- HCS: Managed risk assessment for FossConnect Manager to analyze grain data. Worked with Research Computing team and OCIO to get scientific instrument online.
- SENR: Helped ensure the safe use of Ideal-Logic to issue certifications for Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalists by completing a risk assessment on the system.
- Secrest Arboretum: Completed risk assessment to implement IrisBG to present botanical collection online.
- SENR: Deployed digital signage system to Heffner Wetlands.
- STAR Lab: Developed Excel macro for large data sets.
- Worked with OCIO to migrate web and database servers from Wooster to the State of Ohio Computer Center.
- Set up development environment in AWS for weather data system.
- Three new Amazon Web Services certifications achieved among team members for a total of 5.
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 | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
Athens | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
Auglaize | County Owned |
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 | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
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 | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
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 | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
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 | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
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 |
Perry | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
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 | Waiting Skype |
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 | Scheduled for networking/Wi-Fi |
Williams | County Owned |
Wood | Network/Wi-Fi completed; Ready for OCIO Services |
Wyandot | County Owned |