We will watch what SOSS comes up with as well. This will be a future agenda item for discussion. This will be very expensive, and it is anticipated that the system may have to help with the cost. Update on Web Portals for the Campus Bill Post reported that the campus-wide Portal Committee would have a tentative recommendation out very soon for a portal solution with Campus Pipeline as the likely target. Cost estimates are still being determined.
Amortization schedules are available.
Although hardware cost is not expected to be significant, impacts to staff may be. It is important that we come up with a campus solution rather than having campus groups signing up independently for services from a variety of vendors. With PeopleSoft coming in the next four to five years we need to decide how much we should invest in a solution such as this which may be turned off when PeopleSoft is implemented. Part of the equation is whether we can, in say 2003, be competitive when every other university has this kind of service offering to students. It is anticipated that we could have something in place by next fall if we begin soon.