Embracing the Web
Friday, February 2, 2001
Another paper which describes the alignment of Academic Computing Services with the mission of the University. This includes an early description of an n-tier infrastructure for supporting online
A Foundation for eBusiness
Monday, November 27, 2000
This paper provides an overview of the state of SFU’s portal mySFU and the opportunities it enables for personalizing services to the entire SFU community.
ACS Response to the Report of the Review Committee
Monday, October 19, 1998
It is difficult to comment on the comments. This should be read with a copy of the External Review close at hand.
External Review of Academic Computing Services and Operations & Technical Support
Monday, September 28, 1998
This is the report of the external review committee charged with evaluating and suggesting improvements to the structure and services provided by Academic Computing Services and Operations &
Academic Computing Services Three Year Plan
Friday, February 13, 1998
Another paper describing the short term future of information technology and how it relates to the mission of the University. Interestingly in references the 1992 paper ‘Managing the High Cost of
Challenging Conventional Thinking
Friday, October 4, 1996
This paper challenged the conventional thinking about information technology at SFU in an effort to elicit more in depth discussion of the problems and opportunities facing the University. In this
Privatization of the Internet in Canada
Friday, October 4, 1996
This paper was intended to alert the President and Vice-Presidents of SFU, and hopefully The University Presidents’ Council, to the recent activities in the commercial telecommunications sector that
A Three Year Action Plan
Wednesday, June 21, 1995
The University was considering incorporating information technology into its mainstream activities. This paper discusses the five different areas that would require support to make this initiative
Plans, Priorities & Budgets
Monday, October 18, 1993
This report was a response to Acting President Brown’s call for ideas to reduce budgets. Of course enhancing information technology is often the basis for reducing budgets in other areas. This
Analysis of the Costs of Computing Services
Friday, March 5, 1993
This report was the result of a detailed analysis of the cost and range of services provided by the Academic Computing Services and Operations & Technical Support groups, collectively known as
Managing the High Cost of Distributed Computing
Tuesday, December 8, 1992
There was a perception held by some members of the University community that distributed computing would be a less expensive way to meet the computing needs of the University.
It quickly became
The Virtual University
Monday, November 23, 1992
In early November ’92 President John Stubbs asked the community make suggestions as to how to make SFU more relevant. This paper is describes the future of information technology in the hope that
I am using a blog format for archiving and publishing the various reports and papers I’ve prepared since becoming Director of Academic Computing Services. I’ve also included the reports of several committees that have reviewed the services of the various incarnations of Computing Services since 1991. It may be more interesting to read these in chronological order, which is starting at the bottom and working up.
These are all archived in PDF format so should be universally easy to access.
