Strategy and Architecture
What We Do
"...there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new one."
--Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513
The Architecture Group is the focal point for the IT Services department’s strategic direction. Our group, which includes both direct reports and key technology leaders from across the organization, sets the path for data management, reporting, middleware, storage, networking, and telecommunications.
The group’s primary goal is to establish and maintain a set of architectural tenets and standards that will allow IT Services to develop and deploy systems and, more importantly, services that are robust, secure, and scalable in order to meet the University’s mission. The architecture group will further apply these standards within IT Services’ systems and service development process by regularly conducting architectural reviews throughout the development life cycle.
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For additional details about Strategy and Architecture, contact Bruce Vincent.
