Best of all, you will come together in Nashville, Tennessee, in the collegial spirit of a shared endeavor. Each proposal will be evaluated in one of the domains described below. What used to be futuristic, new technologies are now basic services with expectations of 24 X 7 availability. Coming together begins the journey. The presentations in this domain should answer questions about today s and tomorrow s basic IT services and foundation technology, including the strategies that make it all work.
Foundational infrastructure includes voice and video as well as data networking.
Above the foundation are the core services that enable communication, collaboration, computation, and administration. These services exist in a context of rapid change, converging technologies, increasing complexity, rising expectations, expanding usage, and seemingly endless expense. For successful service delivery, sophisticated deployment of technology and staff is required. Together we can keep the promises. The role of technology in teaching and learning has emerged as one of the central issues in higher education.