These separate databases need to be more accessible as an aggregate resource for better resource planning and institutional analysis. The processes in support of the student's admission, enrollment, scheduling, fees, grades, advising, housing, and others, are part of the institution's learning and teaching mission. The new machinery can take blank security paper and produce a perforated, sealed, confidential paycheck or deposit voucher with expanded earnings statement. It will be able to run Open Addition, a multi-tasking server software that enables the unit to function like the A.R.M.S. project servers or others. UTS is working with other departments to provide secure access to grades, degree audits, financial information, and others for student, faculty, and staff.
New pricing reflects actual costs and makes possible future planning and outsourcing decisions.
UTS also will be providing guidance for Year2000 compliance on distributed computers by providing testing software, supplying guidelines, and recommending replacements for existing systems. OSU, a charter member, is working in cooperation with other Ohio universities, the Ohio Supercomputer Center, and OARNet.