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Transforming the business of HE. A different way of doing IT. 18 th June 2012. Agenda Reasons to change Platform The Nexus Cloud Benefits to the community. Origins. Seeded by HEFCE UMF funding Originally intended to support the migration to shared services
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Transforming the business of HE A different way of doing IT 18th June 2012
AgendaReasons to changePlatformThe Nexus CloudBenefits to the community
Origins • Seeded by HEFCE UMF funding • Originally intended to support the migration to shared services • However market research told us that current priorities are: Process efficiencies Improving the student experience Automating information transfers to external agencies • Shared services will follow
The force for change in the sector is strong • Today we have Monolithic IT systems supplemented with add-ons to compensate for shortcomings Processes constrained by what systems allow Lots of workarounds Batch transfers and corresponding delays Poor data quality Etc.
The result: • Can’t change easily or quickly • Introducing new offers takes too long • Can’t introduce fine grained services • Student and staff experience is sub-optimal • Data quality is poor • Cost of IT is high
Service Oriented Architecture • At the intersection of IT architecture and working practices • Process steps delivered by services orchestrated into a work flow • Internet technologies enable remote services and the use of public information
Nexus SOA Platform Elements • Messaging • Enterprise Service Bus • Workflow orchestration • Business rules engine • Registry • Adapters
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Benefits to the community • Affordable platform Open Source platform Central ESB costs shared Adaptors freely available– build once: use many Standard integrations reduce cost and risk Community has a say in what we build and what the priorities are
Flexible deployment • Common message set makes implementation simpler • Independent, sector based help • Plug and play services • Location independent services • Enables most economic infrastructure selection
Process Agility • Integrations are simpler • New services can be added • Existing services can be modified and versioned • Processes can be personalised Quickly and easily!
In practice we can help to • Make processes better/faster and/or cheaper to run • Improve data quality • Automate information provision • Free up administrator time • Improve student and staff experience • Minimise provisioning delays • Improve cash flows • Reduce the cost of IT
Want to know more? • See the demonstration • Join our Linkedin group JISC Advance-Nexus • Twitter: @JISCNexus • Email • les.ormonde@jiscadvance.ac.uk • clare.mckenzie@jiscadvance.ac.uk • charles.gibbons@jiscadvance.ac.uk • Phone - 020 3006 6054
Any questions? Les Ormonde Project Director