Quilting Collaboration: Piecing Together the Best Tools for File Sync and Share

Thursday, October 27, 2016 | 9:10AM–10:00AM | Meeting Room 204C, Level Two
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Multi-Campus Perspective Panel, Talk Show
On-premises storage and collaboration solutions have been eclipsed by the innovation, scale, and convenience of cloud-based solutions. Unfortunately, no single vendor's solution stands alone as the leader. This session will describe four institutions' efforts to sew together best-in-breed solutions in multiple categories (Box, Google Apps for Education, Office 365) to support their users' work.


Outcomes: Understand the configuration and implementation choices of the 4 presenting institutions *Understand the differences and pros/cons of each of the 3 solutions for administrators and end-users *Describe how to tie 3 cloud storage solutions together in an effective way for end users

Presenters

  • Ian Crew

    Architect, bConnected Service, University of California, Berkeley

  • Bob Flynn

    Senior Program Manager, Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services, Internet2

  • MaryBeth Stuenkel

    Independent Consultant, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

  • Nick Young

    Director of Integration, Workflow & Automation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro