Moving email to the cloud – a regional university experience
Australian Universities are increasingly considering (and deploying) cloud subscription services for applications and services. A highly commoditised service primed for moving to the cloud is email. In considering migrating email to the cloud, a number of business based and technical challenges exist. During 2012, Southern Cross University migrated its legacy email system to MS Office 365. This paper discusses the project responsible for email migration, and provides a valuable insight into the business drivers, project processes, technical aspects and business decisions and responses that ultimately drove the email shift to the cloud. The project was considered highly successful and valuable lessons have been learned that can be shared to facilitate other University or institution cloud take-up ventures.
(Paper to be presented by Tim Lane (A/Infrastructure Operations Manger previously email Project Manager, with Ram Smith attending for technical queries)
| Tim Lane and Ram Smith's Biographies employed at Southern Cross University. His current role is A/Infrastructure Operations Manager. His prior position of Information Security Manager at SCU since 2005 included concurrently operating in diverse project management roles for a number of significant services upgrades for the University. Tim's qualifications include an Associate Diploma of Computing, A Bachelor of Management and Professional Studies (IT), and a Masters IT (Research). Certifications held include 'Certified Information Security Manager' (CISM) and PMBOK Project Management Professional (PMP). Tim's areas of specialisation include security management, Project Management and an interest in organisational behaviour and motivation. Ram Smith
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