From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:54:35 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org (account diane@cni.org [192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 27772456; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:26:54 -0500 Subject: Software as Service & Cloud Applications: CNI Exec. Roundtable Report Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--834533794 In-Reply-To: <97388CC8-0FB4-45B8-AF66-EF0508A8E3ED@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:26:53 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: References: <97388CC8-0FB4-45B8-AF66-EF0508A8E3ED@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-3--834533794 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 A report of the CNI Executive Roundtable Software as a Service and Cloud = Based Applications, held at the CNI Spring 2014 Membership Meeting, is = now available: http://www.cni.org/go/software-service-cloud-applications/ Background: There has been a major shift in how some of the largest companies in the = software industry are offering their products to the higher education = community. Some companies are encouraging institutions to license their = software in the cloud and others are providing no choice. The pressure = to access software from a provider=92s cloud service, rather than from a = locally hosted service, is becoming intense. In addition to standard = desktop applications software, many universities have moved enterprise = level systems cloud-hosted services. On the surface, this change may = appear to be merely one of efficiency, but the move to cloud services = has the potential to disrupt the ways in which institutions are able to = manage their information and the information of their community. There = are important procedural and policy questions that must be aired in = addition to the financial and control discussions that usually take = place when moving operations to the cloud. Roundtable participants = discussed their experiences with cloud services, the policies and = procedures they have put into place, and the opportunities and risks = that they perceive in this environment. Held at CNI=92s membership meetings, CNI Executive Roundtables bring = together a group of campus partners, usually senior library and = information technology leaders, to discuss a key digital information = topic and its strategic implications. The events build on the theme of = collaboration that is at the foundation of the Coalition; they serve as = a forum for frank, unattributed intra and inter-institutional dialogue = on digital information issues and their organizational and strategic = implications. In addition, CNI uses roundtable discussions to inform our = ongoing program planning process. Other reports by and related to CNI are at = http://www.cni.org/go/cni-reports/. For questions or comments related to = CNI Executive Roundtables, please contact CNI Associate Executive = Director Joan Lippincott at joan@cni.org. -- Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator | CNI 202-296-5098 | diane@cni.org www.cni.org | twitter.com/cni_org --Apple-Mail-3--834533794 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252
A report of the = CNI Executive Roundtable Software as a Service and Cloud Based = Applications, held at the CNI Spring 2014 Membership Meeting, is now = available:


Background:
There has been a major shift = in how some of the largest companies in the software industry are = offering their products to the higher education community. Some = companies are encouraging institutions to license their software in the = cloud and others are providing no choice. The pressure to access = software from a provider=92s cloud service, rather than from a locally = hosted service, is becoming intense. In addition to standard desktop = applications software, many universities have moved enterprise level = systems cloud-hosted services. On the surface, this change may appear to = be merely one of efficiency, but the move to cloud services has the = potential to disrupt the ways in which institutions are able to manage = their information and the information of their community. There are = important procedural and policy questions that must be aired in addition = to the financial and control discussions that usually take place when = moving operations to the cloud. Roundtable participants discussed their = experiences with cloud services, the policies and procedures they have = put into place, and the opportunities and risks that they perceive in = this environment.

Held at CNI=92s = membership meetings, CNI Executive Roundtables bring together a = group of campus partners, usually senior library and information = technology leaders, to discuss a key digital information topic and its = strategic implications. The events build on the theme of collaboration = that is at the foundation of the Coalition; they serve as a forum for = frank, unattributed intra and inter-institutional dialogue on digital = information issues and their organizational and strategic implications. = In addition, CNI uses roundtable discussions to inform our ongoing = program planning process.

Other reports by and = related to CNI are at http://www.cni.org/go/cni-repo= rts/. For questions or comments related to CNI Executive = Roundtables, please contact CNI Associate Executive Director Joan = Lippincott at joan@cni.org.

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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications = Coordinator | CNI
202-296-5098 | diane@cni.org

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