The University of Notre Dame's Office of Information Technology is in the process of implementing their "Cloud First" strategy where it intends to move 80% of its core technical infrastructure into the cloud by the end of 2017, using a tiered prioritization structure starting from hosting (SaaS), AWS (IaaS) and on premise. As a campus technology partner, the Hesburgh Libraries has begun planning for moving many of our services and infrastructure into the cloud. This initiative represents a radical shift in mindset for technology planning, moving from thinking about technology as assets that need replacement every 5 to 7 years to thinking about IT as a monthly utility. This presentation will cover how the Hesburgh Libraries is devising our plan to move a significant amount of our infrastructure to the cloud and the phases we have outlined to meet the OIT's 3 year plan. We will cover:
- our experimentation in Amazon Web Services and how AWS differs from our current infrastructure
- the assessment of library service catalog, both in terms of function and usage
- our determination of which hosting model meets the needs of our services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, or On-Premises)
- how we will budget for the move
- planning for the migration and roll out
- and any other considerations libraries may need to evaluate in this process.
