IT BYU J Kelly Flanagan Chief Information Officer
IT @ BYU J. Kelly Flanagan Chief Information Officer Brigham Young University
If You’re Interested. . . And You Should Be! n Mashup Corporations n n n One technical marketer had an innovative idea CEO embraced the new business opportunity CIO resisted the nontraditional IT approach Innovation safely expanded their business Office of the CIO web site and blogs – cio. byu. edu
Constant Change n Moore’s law has enabled Core’s law twice as many cores, or processors, every 18 months n Disk storage doubling every 18 months n Memory capacity doubling every 18 months n Network speed
Performance Enhancements Enable Abstraction Ease of Use Abstraction simplifies use, increasing the pool of information technology producers. Machine Code Increase in performance due to Moore’s Law Consume Services Compiled Code Graphical Programming Compiled Code Assembly Code Machine Code Time
Dishwasher Methods: • Fill with water • Heat the water to the appropriate temperature • Automatically open the detergent ABSTRACTED! dispenser at the right time • Shoot the water through jets to get the dishes clean • Drain the dirty water • Spray more water on the dishes to rinse them • Drains itself again • Heat the air to dry the dishes off, if the user has selected that setting • Monitor to make sure everything is running properly • Time to regulate the length of each cycle. • Sense if the water level gets too high and activate the draining function to keep the dishwasher from overflowing. • Sense to detect the dirtiness of the water coming off the dishes. When the water is clear enough, the dishwasher knows the dishes are clean -etc.
Undesirable IT Development
Desirable IT Development IT developers— n Continue to create large / complicated core applications, but with associated Services. n Produce and expose Services that enable access to data and functionality important to IT consumers— n Envision interesting applications and instead of producing a laundry list of requirements, they develop prototypes and applications using simple tools to aggregate and consume Services.
Traditional Interfaces Deliver Limited Access to Core Data Blackboar d Route Y n YJobs n Library Bookstor e Core Data HR AIM Financial s n Functional leaders define application functionality Functional leaders define look and feel Limited set of applications due to finite resource availability Busines s Logic Web User Interface
Web Service Interfaces Transform the Enterprise Blackboar d Route Y Library n YJobs Core Data HR n n Bookstor e Financial s With access to data, consumers fill in the gaps not addressed by traditional organizations AIM Busines s Logic Functional leaders define application functionality, look and feel, and data availability Consumers create alternative interfaces Many applications are developed by an almost unlimited human resource Web Service Interface Web User Interface
Alternative User Interfaces Busines s Logic Web Service Interface Applications such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, and Amazon have alternative interfaces available on various devices. Default Web User Interface Alternate Web Interface Cell Phone Interface
Mashups Not “build it and they will come, ” but rather “they will come and help build it. ” Examples: n 1800 Travel. Booking. com n n Combines Google Maps, Google Spreadsheets, and Geocoder with hotel cost information Zillow i. Phone Application n Combines Virtual. Earth and Zillow n n 13, 600 suppliers are aggregated to offer last minute travel deals. Consume Web Service Interfaces provided by travel suppliers. n Consume Web Service Interface from Google and Twitter lastminutetravel. com twitgraph. com
1800 Travel. Booking. com n Combines Google Maps, Google Spreadsheets, and Geocoder
Zillow i. Phone Application Combines Google Maps, Google Spreadsheets, and Geocoder n Displays homes on n Google Maps n Shows estimated values n Homes for sale and asking price n Homes recently sold and sale price
lastminute. com 13. 600 travel suppliers provide web service interfaces n This site aggregates them to provide access to all in one location n
Twit. Graph Combines Google Apps, Google Visualization, and Twitter
SOA Encourages Innovation Busines s Logic Web Service Interface BYU Examples: Location Service Bookstore Service Library Service Registration Service HR Service Mail Service Web User Interface Alternate Web Interface Cell Phone Interface Other Consum er
n n Abstraction Facilitates Innovation When you expose Web Services you are providing an API n n n It should be intuitive It should be safe It should be documented It should be supported It should be exposed through “the registry” n n Data Services Core application Services There may be hierarchies of Services n n AIM, People. Soft, etc. n GMU Aggregated Services n Not all Services may be exposed to everyone n n Services must be architected from the top down Not necessary to have management and provider services No Service Silos Performance
Services Everywhere n Intermediaries n n n n Encryption / Decryption Data collection / statistics Filtering Authorization Versioning Testing Load balancing Etc.
Current Status n n n EGAB has been active in recommending policy around all aspects of SOA Registry is in place President’s Council has approved and is anticipating broad availability and use A Community of Excellence (Co. E) is being organized Many presentations, like this, have been given across campus – the campus is excited and waiting!
What I need and Expect n I need all of you to hear, understand, and internalize this vision n We won’t be successful until my vision is shared by those who work here I need those who understand share this vision, to evangelize it I need the vision implemented n n Help us find solutions to the problems we are sure to face Don’t deliver only what I am asking for, deliver what I want! Go the second and third mile
Summary n n n Catch the vision Share the vision Implement the vision Find solutions to problems that are in our way Use me to remove road blocks, obtain resources, and clarify direction This is our chance to make IT significantly better on campus, Let’s do it together!
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