Ravensbourne IT Welcome Back 2008-2009: Technology Transformation

Technology Transformation

Miles Metcalfe, September 2008

Welcome to the future

Technology transformation in the creative industries

“User-owned” technology

Creative enterprise and entrepreneurs

Institutional response

Fewer old-fashioned computer labs

Self-service walk-in resources

Always-on connectedness

Service complements

New and improvedWOW

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*Highlights only. Yes, there’s more!

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Communication and Collaboration

Lots of good stuff coming

Network improvements over the summer, including wireless

Eduardo is here to tell you about MLE2

More to come – watch for announcements

Laptop Rollout

Subsidised laptops for Foundation Degree and Level 0 students

Fairness in user-owned technology

Vocationalism and opportunity

A team effort, thanks to...

Genevieve Cowcher, John O’Boyle, Tracey Damerum, Graham Reed, Ian Hole, Mike Dixson, Elisa Simone, Jake Durrant, Alex Hulse, James Norman, Mike Smith, John Gulliver

Rapid Prototyping

£120,000 modernisation of CAVE prototyping resources

Health and safety concerns addressed

New technology in modelling, prototyping, and visualisation

Thanks to John and Jake Durrant

Fashion Protoyping

Emerald lab upgrades and updates

Software easier and more fun to use

Thanks to Chip Harris, Dorota Watson, Jenny Udale, Alex Hulse, Simon Osborne, Nizam Shaikh, Nicholas Pinnock, Nick Ford

Video SAN

Think of it like a local hard drive for video that follows you around

Masses of storage, high performance, professional workflows, easier assessment

Complement to user-owned technology

Thanks to Dan Shane, Paul Marchant, Howard Austen, James Uren

Render/Transcode Farm

Think of it as lots of computers you can use for rendering animations or creating videos

Realistic animations, video to target many platforms simultaneously

Complement to user-owned technology

Thanks to Simon Osborne, Dan Shane, Paul Marchant, Howard Austen, Alex Hulse

Printing Upgrades

New printers and copiers

Improvements include scan-to-disk for paperless workflows

Better compatibility with all platforms

Complements user-owned technology

Thanks to Steven Forrester and Pam Graves

miniNet

College-wide media presentation network

Marketing and promotion

Exhibitions and events

News and information

Thanks to Dan Shane, Ian Cownley, Lisa Connolly

Have fun!