Responsibilities of Information Services and Technology Department at MIT
The Department's role:
- Provide efficient and cost effective IT utility (network services, data centers, software infrastructure) to the MIT community
- Partner with administrative units to develop administrative processes and solutions which improve service and decision making, and lower administrative cost
- Maintain receptivity to leading edge IT knowledge embedded in MIT's academic community and leverage it where appropriate
Work within the complexities of IS&T services at MIT, including:
- Improve functionality and interoperability of MIT's administrative systems environment
- Develop a practical next generation approach for MIT's "operating system" for the educational enterprise (the "student system")
- Work with academic leadership on identifying appropriate research computing capabilities
- Continue to build a strong, focused IS&T organization which is capable of meeting evolving campus needs in an environment of tight resources
The Information Services and Technology Department will strive to deliver robust core services to the Community based on currently available technologies and will assure that MIT positions itself to benefit in the future from advances in technology which would allow superior service at reduced cost to the Institute.