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Mark Poore ~ Director of IT Projects
Roanoke College ~ Salem, Virginia
Roanoke College
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Independent, coeducational, four-year liberal arts
college
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Salem, Virginia
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Approximately 2,000 full-time students
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131 tenure-track faculty
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Average class size is 18
Roanoke College
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Information Technology Division
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5 Departments
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19 full-time professional staff
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1 part-time administrative assistant
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XX part-time student assistants for 2014-2015
Fun Facts
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173 ERP users
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468 wireless access points
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2 GB redundant bandwidth
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121 TB storage
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800 IP desk telephones
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130 network switches
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7.59 tons of e-waste recycling
event, October 2014
Roanoke College
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Reese’s Puffs is the # 1 cereal at Roanoke College
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600 pounds served last year
Roanoke College
•
2013-2014 Academic Year – Roanoke College used
2,236 miles
of jumbo toilet paper
– that would stretch from Roanoke to Las Vegas
Project One
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Ellucian Colleague ERP
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Multi-year migration from Unidata to Microsoft SQL
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New reporting database
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Multi-faceted project
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Customizations
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Integrations
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Data cleanup
Why PM Software?
Requirements
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Easy to use
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Hosted solution
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Free
Contenders
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Microsoft Project
 Not easy to use
 Not hosted
 Not free

Basecamp
 Easy to use
 Hosted
 Not free ($20/month)
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Zoho
 Easy to use
 Hosted
 Free (1 project, 10 MB Storage)
Why Zoho Projects?
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Basic project planning tools
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Collaborative
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Dashboard
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Charts
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Reports
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Mobile app
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Bug tracker
See
https://www.zoho.com/projects/features.html
for a complete list of features
Zoho Application Family
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Sales & Marketing

Email & Collaboration

Human Resources
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Finance
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Help Desk
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Business Process
Established 2005
13 million users
See
https://www.zoho.com/
for a complete list of Zoho applications
Zoho Tour
https://projects.zoho.com/portal/roanokecollege#myfeed
Lessons Learned
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Not everyone is as enthusiastic as you are
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Online collaboration may be best for teams that don’t sit
within 10 feet of each other
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Be cognizant of the data and
information you store on hosted
sites not owned by your
institution
Questions & Contact
Information
Mark Poore ~ Director of IT Projects
Roanoke College ~ Salem, Virginia
[email protected] ~ 540.375.2403