Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

esolved. Current campus pilots of to-the-wallplate control through CTS have not beencompletely successful due to long service times and a general lack of flexibility in the academicenvironment.Data CentersData centers will be a long-term project for the campus, and because of expense and significantshared-space issues may not occur during the timeframe of this plan. Current Nursing serverspace is secure and large enough to avoid overheating issues in the event of air conditioningfailure.Organizational Benefits:If campus services are competitive, outsourcing email and core network services would reduceinternal IT staffing needs by 15% in one position or 5% overall. This time could be redirected toother projects as needed, possibly resulting in an increase in organizational efficiency andproductivity.Resource Requirements:Minor costs associated with the evaluation of central vs. local service and cost are expected.Significant costs could result from an actual migration to centralized services, although this maybe built into campus deployment models.Centralized services are likely to be either direct funded (i.e. a charge will be assessed for theservice) or paid for through the upcoming TIF technology charge or through other means. Thiswill likely result in a net increase of expense reflected by higher charges from the campus, and asmall decrease in the staff time required to support these functions internally.Evaluation Methodology:A direct cost/benefit comparison between centralized service costs compared to internal servicecan be used to benchmark financial efficiency. This in combination with regular conventionalevaluation of service levels can be used to determine if adequate support is being provided.Timeline: Next 5 Years.291