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Good Morning,<br><br>
The survey announced last week is scheduled to be closed on
Saturday. We've had a number of questions about who should fill out
this survey, so some clarification may be generally helpful.<br><br>
This survey is intended for all Departments, Lab's and Centers (DLCs)
which have or are interested in local implementations of any database
products. For instance if your department runs a FileMaker,
Microsoft Access, or any other database solutions we'd be very interested
in hearing your thoughts on any services that would be valuable to you
and your colleagues. We will be using this information to make
recommendations on how MIT might better support these kinds of needs
across the community. That is to say, what services would improve
the effectiveness of database needs across the DLCs. This is truly
a very broad topic from both a business and a technical point of
view.<br><br>
You voice matters. So please be encouraged to let us know about
your needs.<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/survey.html">http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/survey.html</a><br><br>
We will also be hosting a few small focus group sessions soon for survey
participants who wish to discuss their needs in more depth than a survey
can facilitate.<br><br>
Once again, our thanks,<br>
DDADP@mit.edu - The Departmental Database Applications Development
Project Team<br>
Bill Barrasso - IS&T, Client Support
Services, Departmental IT Resources <br>
Bil Huxley - IS&T,
Administrative Computing<br>
Cecilia Marra - DUE, Academic Services, Tech
Support Specialist<br>
Mike Sherman - Dept. of Facilities, Manager, Applications
and Network Services <br>
Craig Thomas - Libraries, Local Technology Expert
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Dave Woodruff - Lab for Nuclear Science, Sponsored Research
Technical Staff<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 11:42:39
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To: AAC-AOQuery@mit.edu, ITPartners@mit.edu, IT-Lead@mit.edu,
MacPartners@mit.edu, FMUG@mit.edu, ed-tech@mit.edu, ugadmins@mit.edu,
gradadmins@mit.edu, ugofficers@mit.edu<br>
From: "Huxley, Bil" <huxley@mit.edu><br>
Subject: Invitation for input on Departmental Databases<br>
Cc: IST-LT@mit.edu, IST-Mgrs@mit.edu, DDADP@mit.edu<br><br>
Greetings,<br><br>
In response to community feedback, Information Services & Technology
(IS&T) has formed a cross-departmental team to make recommendations
for services in support of Departmental Database Applications at
MIT. We are seeking input from the community through a web survey
at
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/survey.html">http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/survey.html</a>.
We are particularly interested in receiving input from business and
technical staff who have primary responsibilities for applications and
business processes.<br><br>
Please allow 10 to 20 minutes to complete this survey with a majority of
that time spent on question 10 regarding services. This survey will be
available through Friday, January 14. We plan to deliver our
recommendations to IT Leadership at MIT later this winter.<br><br>
For more information, please read our project charter at: <br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/DDADP-Charter.pdf">http://web.mit.edu/ist/org/admincomputing/notebooks/DDADP/DDADP-Charter.pdf</a>
or send e-mail to <a href="mailto:DDAPD@mit.edu">DDADP@mit.edu</a>. <br><br>
Please forward this message to colleagues who may be interested in completing the survey.<br><br>
Thank you in advance for your collaboration,<br><br>
The Departmental Database Applications Development Project Team<br>
Bill Barrasso - IS&T, Client Support Services, Departmental IT Resources <br>
Bil Huxley - IS&T, Administrative Computing<br>
Cecilia Marra - DUE, Academic Services, Tech Support Specialist<br>
Mike Sherman - Dept. of Facilities, Manager, Applications and Network Services <br>
Craig Thomas - Libraries, Local Technology Expert <br>
Dave Woodruff - Lab for Nuclear Science, Sponsored Research Technical Staff<br>
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Bil Huxley<br><br>
Manager, Administrative Computing<br>
Information Services & Technology (IS&T)<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<br>
Room W92-210<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
huxley@mit.edu, 617.253.8553</body>
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