AE Business Solutions : Campus IT Infrastructure Inventory Project
Project: Campus IT Infrastructure Inventory and Assessment
Project Sponsor: UW Madison CIO Office
Project Manager: Fred Toney (AEBS)
Project Team: Chris Babcock (AEBS), Gregg Saksefski (AEBS), Jonathan Miller (VMware), Bob
Cole (AEBS), Jeff Shell (AEBS), Sean O’Brien (AEBS) and Jeanne Blachowicz (AEBS)
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An Inventory of the following infrastructure elements:
o Physical Space/Facilities
 Classrooms / learning space / lab equipment (IT resources)
 Data Centers (used space, available space, environmental, physical security,
redundancy / DR plan)
 Server Room (if applicable, same criteria as Data Center)
 Telecommunications Rooms (connections, equipment, environmental,
physical security, redundancy / DR plan)
o Applications
 Business / Financial Systems
 Collaboration Tools (email, calendar, wiki, blog, video conferencing, instant
messaging)
 Human Resource Systems
 Learning Management Systems
 Other Administration Support Systems
 Research Support Systems
 Student Administration Systems
o Software Licenses
 Database Subscriptions (Oracle, SQL)
 Licenses for Individuals
 Licenses for Labs
 Licenses for Data Centers
 Licenses for Schools / Colleges
 Repair and Maintenance Contracts
 Software as a Service Contracts
o Hardware
 Desktops / Laptops
 Network Equipment (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, WAN
optimizers)
 Servers (Windows, UNIX, NetWare, Linux, Mac)
 WLAN Equipment (controllers, access points)
 Special Purpose Equipment (scanners, high-end printers, etc.)
 Storage (SAN, NAS, Tape)
o Staff Resources
 By Area of Expertise (Networking, Applications, Technical Specialist,
Systems, Project Management, Data Management)
 By School / College (Business, Engineering, CALS)
 Annual Operating Budget