A number of technical challenges face the data center over the coming months. Hardware is going to have to be evaluated and purchased which will handle the number of students and sizes of the files that will be needed to support the student system for six colleges. A decision on a Touchtone systems will also have to be made to support the processing needs of SWC, and WILM if they decide to go in this direction. Over the past three months work has continued to develop and define the relationship between SWC data center and the WILM consortium. Ongoing meeting are being conducted to define the appropriate methods for communication.
Work also continues on the development of a contract between the two consortia.