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Webinar/Working Calls

Hi All,

The ITANA Spring 2009 Face2Face has been canceled as you all know. Instead, we will hold a series of webinars using Internet2's Adobe Connect and our phone bridge. Each of these Webinar/Working sessions will be 90 minutes long. There will be an opening Webinar presentation with discussion followed by a working session.

I hope that we can use these sessions to bring the Face2Face sessions to the members. I also hope that we will be able to still have the dynamic conversations and discussions that we have had at our Face2Face meetings.

I believe that we will develop a model for making these Webinars with Working Sessions productive and useful. I also believe that this model of collaboration will be an opportunity for each of you to present to your peers and get feedback from the group.

You can see what is planned on for the first Webinar and Working Session on the Conference Calls page.

Best Regards,

Jim Phelps, Chair

ITANA is a professional organization of I.T. Architects (Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure Architects et al) who work in higher education. This group is focused on:

  • professional development
  • tools and tricks of the trade
  • forming working groups on topics of interest
  • producing common frameworks, diagrams, whitepapers
  • increasing the understanding about the role of architects in the enterprise and
  • providing support and outreach

You can see our charter here:ITANA Charter.  For more information about how to join ITANA, see our document here: How To Join ITANA.  IMPORTANT: Please Join the Educause CG to take part in the email discussions and to get the news and hear about upcoming events.

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ITANA Face2Face Spring 2009

This meeting has been cancelled.

Next Conference Call:

Agenda under Conference Calls


Quick Links:

Hot Topics

ITANA is actively working on three topics that were identified as key areas in the Face2Face 2008 meeting. These areas: Data Management, Architecture Implementation Case Studies and Selling Points for Architecture are outlined below. If you are interested in participating, please join the EDUCAUSE ITANA Constituent Group and participate in the Conference Calls.

Data Management

With collaborative research taking place everywhere how do we classify the research data, protect it while the research is going on and then enable everyone to see after the research is published? How do we collaborate with the libraries on this one? How do we arrive at data management policies that cut across the whole institution? What are some of the examples of institutions doing it successfully today?

Case Studies

Descriptions of ongoing Enterprise Architecture programs in your university. How, Who, What, and any impacts the program has had/is having on your IT environment. Descriptions of specific projects that have been significantly impacted (positively) by the Enterprise Architecture program.

Selling Points

How do you describe Enterprise Architecture/I.T. Architecture and/or other architecture practices to leadership on your campus? What does your leadership find valuable in having an architecture group? Do you gather metrics? How could you show ROI for practicing architecture?

Conference Call and Meeting Information

Next Call

Agenda under Conference Calls

Minutes from previous calls
Face2Face Meetings

Next Face 2 Face: EDUCAUSE 2008 - Look for the ITANA Discussion Group on Thursday afternoon

Past Face 2 Face Meetings:

  • Face2Face 2008 - Thanks for great meeting. Agenda and notes are posted here: Face2Face 2008
  • EDUCAUSE 2007 - October in Seattle. Note: we now have a date and time for our meeting: October, 25 2007 4:55PM to 6:10PM
  • Face-to-face meeting at Columbia University in New York, NY on May 22nd, 2007.

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