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OUR MISSION Enable UW students, faculty and staff to be more effective Help the UW manage risks and resources Encourage collaboration, creativity and UW's competitiveness other research institutions through the Pacific Northwest Gigapop and Internet2. This is coupled with a major upgrade to our campus network backbone, from 10G to 40G, to support increased daily demand and Big Data transfers. In addition, Hyak, UW's shared research computing cluster, and lolo, our large-scale data archiving and collaboration service, both dramatically increased power and performance this past year. On the horizon is an expanded software toolset for researchers, plus consulting services to help them find the best technology resources to support their work. Our efforts to modernize the University's aging administrative infrastructure are reaching a major turning point as we prepare to launch the new Workday HR/Payroll system in December 2015. In addition to supporting this initiative, led by Senior Vice President V'Ella Warren, UW-IT is working directly with UW units to ensure their systems are ready. With our partners, we're piloting a new Enterprise Document Management System to help UW units go paperless, increase efficiencies and reduce risk. We continue to engage the UW community through three IT governance boards, ensuring we're making the right strategic decisions and investments for the future. Students are a strategic differentiator for higher education. They represent limitless possibilities. They push us to inno- vate faster and to deliver advanced technologies that enable everyone at the University to pursue their best workâleading scientific discovery, enhancing health and creating a world of good. Kelli Trosvig VICE PRESIDENT FOR UW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER " Students represent limitless possibilities. They push us to innovate faster and to deliver advanced technologies that enable everyone at the University to pursue their best work." U W- I T 2 0 1 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T 1