DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
The world of information technology is changing , and it ’ s up to IT departments to change with the times . What started with internal e-mail systems has become an expansive web of sensitive data that must be managed and cared for .
“ I remember when e-mail first came out . In the first years it was the bastion of higher education ,” says Dwight Fischer , CIO at Dalhousie University in Halifax , Nova Scotia . “ But over the last couple decades , not just these applications but our ERPs , research data — you need more and more storage , more and more capacity . You ’ ve got the evolution of technology , so the technology stacks at our universities just grew and grew .”
Technology is evolving and Dalhousie University is evolving to keep pace . This means a total IT transformation to keep the university supporting its faculty and students to the fullest .
Adapting to a new model For Fischer and Dalhousie University , transforming the IT department requires rethinking exactly what IT means and what is in store for its future . As with many universities today , for Dalhousie
32 February 2016