1. Mendel University IS/ICT Strategy For 2005-2010
Milan Šorm, Hana Netrefová, Arnošt Motyčka
Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Business and Economics
Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic
EUNIS 2005
Manchester, June 21 – 24, 2005

2. Current University IS/ICT Strategy
Mendel University in Brno
University Strategy Plan for
IS/ICT Strategy has been a part of this plan
Three fundamental aims
Accomplished in late 2003
Two years of improvements around old plan
Currently we spent 200 EUR by year on student
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

3. Current Strategy – Infrastructure
Aim: To build a modern communication infrastructure for data and voice transfer in such a way so as no user of these infrastructures would be limited in any way in his/her activities
Increasing number of computers
Building wireless network
GigaPoP, HA network, Cisco homogenous
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

4. Current Strategy – Information System
Aim: To rebuild existing separate IS so as to build a single central IS which could be further extended
Form special team of developers
In-house development – UIS, ELIS
Outsourcing – SAP R/3, Anete, KPwin
Integration, portal building, HA background
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

5. Current Strategy – Computer Literacy
Aim: To ensure sufficient computer literacy among students as well as university staff
Adapting the study plans to the needs of modern society
Integrating informatics courses among the obligatory courses
Positive effect of daily usage of IS by staff
Some courses for staff in computer literacy
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

6. New University IS/ICT Strategy
University Strategy Plan for
In-house made strategy
Four basic aims
Adjusts the original aims according to the needs of the academic community, taking into consideration the potential of contemporary information science and the expectations of the development in this field
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

7. New Strategy – Infrastructure
Aim: to guarantee all users of the IS an access to the university network from any point connected to Internet, the geographical location must playing no part either in the services provided or the form of the working environment
HA by redundancies, improve security
New technologies (IPv6, RFID, PKI …)
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

8. New Strategy – Infrastructure
The final aspiration is that the members of the academic community must not be disrupted in their work either by the geographical location, the computer equipment or the variety of applications required
Same conditions for access our users in Colombia, Asia or in our campus
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

9. New Strategy – Information System
Aim: a gradual development of the university central IS in order to include all applications in use and individual UIS as well as to offer such access naturally, in the form of omnipresent information portal
User equipment is unimportant, we must support all of them – computers, PDA, mobiles, IP phones, stall terminals, voice centers, projections in halls etc.
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

10. New Strategy – Information System
Emphasis: user-friendliness, adaptability of all applications to the daily routines and ergonometric of the user, building data warehouse, security, HA
In-house development combined with outsourcing some modules, own integration process with portal building
Try to sell our solution to other universities
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

11. New Strategy – Computer Literacy
Aim: to systematically increase the computer literacy of all users
Main effort in developing the basic skills for using ICT on the daily basis
Looking for new ways to decrease users’ administrative process, new forms of education (e-learning, online lectures)
Assistance in science and research process
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

12. New Strategy – Security
Aim: to secure the data against possible attack on technological equipment of the university and also to protect for internal misuse of the data by authorized users, administrators or heads of the university
Try to find sensible way to protect data and secure an access in order to increase the level of confidence of the common users
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

13. New Strategy – Security
A clash-point between the pressure of modern society, demanding a transition to fully electronic form of communication, including the use of electronic indices or workflow with state administration, and the users protesting against anything new, untested and potentially dangerous
The major ambition is not only passive defense, but also active public education
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

14. Conclusions
The aims stated above represent the mainstays of the university new information and communication strategy for the next five years
To achieve and accomplished this aims we need good IT staff (development team), very good budget for new IT technologies and highly cooperating top management at university (taste to chage the university life)
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester

15. Thank you for your attention
Milan Šorm:
Hana Netrefová:
Arnošt Motyčka:
June 21-24, 2005
EUNIS 2005, Manchester