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Community College Perspective
Ken Ingle, CIO Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Who am I?
Developera.k.a. Programmer, Geek, Nerd….
Background
• telecom
• publishing
• nascar / motorsports
• consulting
• higher education
CPCCExecutive Director of Emerging Technology
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeChief Information Officer
About RCCC
• 25,000+ students
• 5 campuses
• 2 counties
• Just outside of Charlotte, NC
• large community growth
Challenges
• Shrinking Budgets
• Wide ranging demographic
• Socio/Economic status of community
• Competitive IT community
• Staying relevant
• Second choice for many students
Really Opportunities
The Problem in IT
Too Busy Crying….
Focused on the WRONG Things!
Control Control Control Control
….
The Many Faces of Control
• hardware
• software
• access
• methods
• communication
• and …..
If it doesn’t come from IT
IT IS NOT APPROVED!!!!!
IT is not an ivory tower.
Society is more technology savvy than ever before….
Focus on providing service regardless of hardware
Determine Real SuccessSuccess for CC student may not = degree
A New Focus
• Personalized • Contextual • Relevant • Informed
Consumer (ize) of technologyBYOD … more like BYOx
Service OrientedAPI / Integration driven development
around internal and externally developed tools.
!Application Virtualization, remote
service delivery.
SaaS, IaaS, PaaS….
Cloud Computing
more than just Google Apps / Office 365; Re-defining the data
center (network centric).
Big Data<< b/c we needed one more buzzword>>
!Analyze all activity and all data to
better customize solutions produced. !
In other words: !
TRACK EVERYTHING
Partnership Driven
Operate more like a startupiterate quickly, adjust as necessary, empower your team
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