Kuali Rice at
UC Davis
UC Davis, Information & Educational Technology
Agenda
1. Kuali Foundation
2. Kuali Applications
3. UC Davis Middleware Infrastructure
4. Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service
5. Resources
Kuali Foundation
Kuali Foundation
• Non-profit responsible for sustaining and
evolving community source administrative
software
• Founded 2005 by Indiana U., U. of Hawaii,
NACUBO & rSmart
• Community Source
• Vision = open, modular and distributed
systems
• Commercial partners can provide support
Kuali Applications
Kuali Applications
Core Applications
• Kuali Financial System (KFS)
• Kuali Coeus (KC)
• Kuali Student (KS)
• Kuali Rice (KR)
Examples of Future Applications
• Kuali Endowment Management (KEM)
• Kuali HR
• Kuali Business Continuity
Kuali Applications
Planned deployments at UC Davis:
• Kuali Financial System (KFS)
• Future Replacement for DaFIS Transaction Processing
• Production implementation phased from ‘10-’12
• Kuali Coeus (KC)
• Fills gap for electronic research/administration app
• Production implementation starting Q2 ‘10
• Kuali Rice
• New Middleware services
• Production implementation Q3-’09
Collaboration (Campus and UC-Wide)
UC Davis Middleware
Infrastructure
UC Davis Middleware
Infrastructure
• Campus Services
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Identity Management
Web Single Sign On
Portal
Online Directory
Davis Mail & Geckomail
• Co-Managed by Curtis Bray and Hampton Sublett
• Reports into App Dev, within IET
Kuali Rice,
a Middleware Service
Kuali Rice, a Middleware
Service
Overview
• Fills a service void currently in Middleware
• Suite of products intended to standardize the:
• Common enterprise workflow engine
• Common look-and-feel for screens
• Common enterprise notification/messaging system
(Not to be confused with emergency messaging)
• Efficient integration with campus identity and access
management information
Kuali Rice, a Middleware
Service
Benefits
• Reduced campus cost for Application Dev
• No duplication of underlying services
• Faster & more consistent Application Dev
• Easier integration between campus applications
(Kuali and Non-Kuali apps)
• Easy replacement of paper based processes
• No software licenses
• Community supported
Kuali Rice, a Middleware
Service
Timelines
• eDocLite (replacement of paper based workflow)
• Pilot – Q3 ‘09
• Production – Q1 ‘10
• Other Rice services
• Production – Q3 ’09 (Driven by MIV Release date)
• Your own service – Contact Middleware if interested
• Draft Rice Roadmap
• https://confluence.ucdavis.edu/confluence/x/bATG
Resources
UC Davis’s central Rice
support model
Information Sources
• Kuali Foundation: (http://www.kuali.org)
• Kuali Rice
• Hampton Sublett (hbsublett@ucdavis.edu)
• Curtis Bray (clbray@ucdavis.edu)
• Kuali Financial Systems
• Katie Stevens (dkstevens@ucdavis.edu)
• Kuali Coeus (Research Administration)
• Safa Hussain (smhussain@ucdavis.edu)
Appendix
Kuali Community