National Partnerships
Information Management has a significant leadership role in the following national organizations:
This committee advises EDUCAUSE on matters related to the application of information technologies to the enterprise IT areas of the institution. The committee provides advice and direction on topics such as cloud computing, BYOD, mobile technologies, CRM, ERP, community/open source, infrastructure, virtualization, e-business, Web development, learning management systems, leadership, staffing strategies, strategic planning, governance and other enterprise areas. Sara Gomez, Committee Member, 2011-2014
Kuali is a public benefit corporation dedicated to the design and development of collaborative, open-source code, software efforts that are targeted at supporting administrative and related scholarly activities for colleges, universities, and the education sector. Sara Gomez, Board Member, through 2013
Kuali Rice is a set of open source foundational middleware, infrastructure and development tools that enable institutions to construct sophisticated application software. There are many components and technology strategies that work in a coordinated fashion to allow quick development and implementation of application software. Rice represents an opportunity for colleges and universities to collectively understand and manage their resources and activities and integrate applications across their enterprise. It enables improvements in productivity and business process efficiencies. Bill Yock, Board Member 2008 - 2012, Chair 2010 – 2012
Kuali Student (KS) is a community-source, next-generation information system designed to meet the business needs of students, faculty and institutions throughout the academic lifecycle. The software is being incrementally produced by a dedicated community of international higher education partners and distributed through the Open Source license. Sara Gomez, Board Member
