Dan Uetrecht, Director of Networks & Computing

March 15, 2013

Infrastructure Update

• S&T Campus Wireless Upgrade

• S&T VOIP Phone System Replacement

• S&T Network Access Control

• UMIT Microsoft Lync replaces OCS

• UMIT Office 365 replaces Outlook Live

• UMIT Data Center Consolidation

Change is in the wind

S&T Campus Wireless Upgrade

• Dell branded Aruba 802.11N 600Mb/s 2.5 and 5Ghz wireless solution selected

• Deployed to 25 buildings both on and off campus to date

• Will be proceeding with deployment on or before spring break

• Current status and FAQ at: http://it.mst.edu/services/wireless/aruba-n/

S&T VOIP Phone System

• Current Cisco VOIP system at end of life

• New Cisco replacement not cost effective

• Evaluated– UMC using CenturyLink hosted Broadsoft– Fidelity Communications hosted Broadsoft– Locally hosted Asterisk

• What features do you want to see in UC?

S&T Network Access Control

• NAC, what is it?– Easy wireless onboarding– Network access gatekeeper – Policy enforcer

• Selected Impulse Point SafeConnect• Deployment plan

– Audit mode– Protect wireless network– Upgrade and protect wired network

Microsoft Lync replaces OCS

• What is OCS? – MS first stab at UC– IM w/presence and video conferencing

• Lync is OCS on steroids.– Think of free Webex using IP based audio.– Outside federation to Office 365 coming– Public federation possible– SIP connectivity may integrate with local VOIP

• UMIT upgrading OCS to MS Lync on 4/1

Office 365 replaces Outlook Live

• Outlook Live transition to Office 365 over the summer

• Office 365 has more features– Exchange– Sharepoint– Lync– Office– 25G of SkyDrive

UMIT Data Center Consolidation

• Part of the UMIT reorganization strategic initiative

• Engaged World Wide Tech to assist us with right sizing the UMIT Data Center environment

• Statement of work is being finalized

• Basic process is assessment, analysis, recommendations, action plan.