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IT System Portfolio

The IT Systems Portfolio serves as the list of systems, comprising groups of applications, managed by IT Services to support the services available to students, employees and the broader UCD community.

The IT Systems Portfolio is categorised into 4 Tiers to reflect impact on University operations.

Applications that have been purchased or deployed locally within a school or unit, lie outside the control of IT Services, and are not included in this IT Systems Portfolio.

IT System Portfolio

  Tier 0 Systems: Critical Infrastructure & Platforms Tier 1 Systems - Critical Enterprise Applications Tier 2 Systems - Other Key Operational Systems Tier X Systems - Auxiliary Brokered Systems
Description Deliver the shared infrastructure that other systems and services are reliant on. E.g., Core Networking Systems critical to the operation of the university. E.g., Brightspace, InfoHub. Other systems key to the operation of the university. E.g., Student Feedback Typically provide “auxiliary/optional” services “brokered/provided” by IT Services, but where no support is provided.
Criteria Enable delivery of T1 systems
Impact of Downtime - Immediate and severe disruption to university operations.
Systems typically used by all users on a daily basis
Systems typically in use beyond the standard working day
Systems typically used by all students and staff
Systems typically used by students and staff on an “as needs” basis
Systems typically in use during the standard working day
Systems "brokered/provided” by IT Services, where no support is provided, and no SLA is offered/committed.
Agreed Service Time [1] 12x7 (9am-9pm) 12x7 (9am-9pm) 8x5 (9am-5pm) None
Target %Availability 99.95% 99.90% 99.5.% None

[1] The Agreed Service Time is different to the "Window of Operation". Almost all our systems are expected to be available and accessible 24x7 



System Description Business Owner Technical Owner
Business Systems Infrastructure A separate network for Business Servers
On-premises Network and Server infrastructure required to support Business Systems and their interconnectivity
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Campus Network - Core A key network that all devices and applications on campus and some off campus rely on. Hosts productions servers such as DNS, LDAP etc
Core Routing, Server Farm Network/Server pod, DNS and DHCP service.
It does not include the internet link, nor links to individual buildings (which are separately defined services) (includes ANAME , CNAME)
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Data Centre Centralised DC Infrastructure and
Facility Management. Centralised and
Research IT equipment hosting, with KVM for out-of-band remote power and console access for hosted equipment.
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Directory Services Centralised Directory Authentication Services, including AD and LDAPS, provide authentication to a range of services and applications, including Gmail, VLE Brightspace, SSO, Eduroam IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Firewall All traffic enters and leave university via this network. Bus systems, Research, server farm traffic all route via these firewalls
Inspection of UCD inbound internet traffic, and internally inbound and outbound of Business Systems, Server Farm, Research Network and Wireless Networks.
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Network Load Balancing Service Requirement for key system like infohub, sso, sisweb
Network Load Balancing Service (VIPs, SSL termination, etc..) for IT Services approved web services. Includes
SSO, LDAPS, SISweb, ….
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Server Virtualisation Server virtualisation platform for other systems and services IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Storage Area Network FC and iSCSI storage. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)

System Description Business Owner Technical Owner
Campus Network - Building/Wired Each major building has 2 links to our core network, one acting as a resilient link
Routed - CPA, COA, CSA, SPS and NPN and non-routed networks.
Major - Blackrock Campus and Belfield Buildings: Agriculture, Conway, Engineering, Health Science, Sutherland Library, Newman, Quinn, Science East/Hub, Science North, Science South, Science West, Tierney Veterinary Medicine, and Computer Science
Minor - Remote sites: St Vincent’s Hospital, Mater Hospital, Crumlin Hospital, Lyons Farm, Newman House, and BF buildings not listed explicitly
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Google Workspace Staff and Student Email, Calendar, Drive and other secondary Google apps. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
InfoHub & SISWeb InfoHub (Banner web interface for staff). SISWeb (iBanner web interface for students)
InfoHub and SISWeb environment, including the staff, student and alumni portals; management reporting; interfaces to/from enterprise applications such as Banner, Core, eFinancials; custom-build applications including a number of enterprise applications such as Student Registration, Accommodation
Booking, UniShare
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Internet Internet connection is provided directly via our firewalls at 100G
Internet access from outside or inside to UCD services internally or externally
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Novell File Sharing Novell Shared Folders (M:, S:, P:
drives). Does not include personal H:
drives
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Single Sign On SSO / Single Sign On service provides federated authentication to a range of SAML2 enabled services and applications, including G Suite, Brightspace and Library, for both Staff and Student cohorts.

Also covers DUO Platform - coverings DUO MFA, DUO Beyond/Device Health, and DUO SSO
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Staff VPN Allows staff to connnect off UCD network to certain services only available within the UCD network.
Remote access VPN service for UCD Staff and IT Services approved 3rd party Contractors
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Telephony Full telephony solution, including carrier services, contact centre, VM, handset and softphone solution   IT Services (ITS)
UCD Web Availability of the www.ucd.ie website, and the UCD Connect web page IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
VLE - Brightspace Brightspace LE including connected services: Original, Zoom, Ally, Poll Everywhere, peerScholar, Bongo, YuJa (pilot), Integrity Advocate (pilot), H5P (pilot).
Does not include content.
Note Brightspace provides Online Exams
It is reliant on Zoom for virtual classrooms
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Wireless UCD Wireless and Eduroam IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Zoom Virtual meetings and webinars for staff and students and Zoom Rooms for hybrid meetings
includes DTEN devices
Zoom provides virtual classrooms for Brightspace
Zoom is used for remote interviews
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)



System Description Business Owner Technical Owner
Academic Advising   Teaching & Learning IT Services (ITS)
Application Delivery Application streaming from UCD Connect and Teaching Applications in labs. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Arc Clinical Placements in School of Nursing School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems IT Services (ITS)
Banner   UCD Registry IT Services (ITS)
CMIS Timetabling and Room Bookings   IT Services (ITS)
CommVault Backup this is modelled separately from Storage Area Network, which was covering Backups . This is to align with DPOs ONETRUST capture IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Content Management System CMS for editing web pages (CMS.ucd.ie) IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
eFinancials Including eProcurement and Supplier Self Service Finance Office IT Services (ITS)
Enterprise Endpoint Security   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Exam Manager Manage the logistics for examinations including externs and exam papers UCD Registry IT Services (ITS)
ezRecruit CRM system for incoming students UCD Registry IT Services (ITS)
Google Analytics Enterprise web analytics IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Google Custom Search Google Custom Search IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
ID Works Client software for the encoding and printing of ID cards for staff and students Estate Services IT Services (ITS)
IDMS Identity & Access Management for InfoHub IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Idvault Identity & Access Management for IT accounts IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Infrastructure Monitoring Network and System Monitoring Tools IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Intranet Provision of pages requiring login for certain units in UCD. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
IT Helpdesk UCD IT Helpdesk and IT Support Hub IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
JIRA EAG support service desk. Cloud service to manage second level support and development projects. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
KX / Kinetics Accommodation System University’s Residences Booking & Property Management System (BPMS) including them student-facing UCD Residences Portal and commercial Stay@UCD websites. Provides
accommodation application, booking, payment and residential services to students and commercial group and individual customers.
Estate Services IT Services (ITS)
Labstats   Estate Services IT Services (ITS)
Mailgun SMTP relay services for IT Services internal use only IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
MailJet email marketing platform IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Managed PC's Imaging and management service for PC's in Lecture theatres and other teaching spaces, Computer labs, and
Library spaces
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Minot SMTP relay services   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Mulesoft Anypoint Integration Platform Data Integration Services IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
NetReg Network Registration Tool IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
NitroSign   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Novell H Drives Novell H Drives / personal H: drive storage IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
NTP Service Network Time Protocol (NTP) Service. On-premise NTP for managed servers. Notes. clients (desktops, laptops, DTEN, etc...) on the UCD network to automatically receive time updates from default configuration (e.g. time.apple.com, time.microsoft.com, time.android.com) IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Office 365 (core) Microsoft Office 365 and OneDrive IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Password Self Service Ability to self-service to change and reset forgotten passwords IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Patch Management   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
PCBS Planning and Budget System Finance Office IT Services (ITS)
People XD HR system, including Payroll &
Pensions module and Employee Self Service (ESS)
Human Resources IT Services (ITS)
Raiser’s Edge (Alumni Portal) Fundraiser & donor management Alumni Development IT Services (ITS)
Research High Performance Computing (HPC) Access to UCD Sonic HPC clusters IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Salesforce Platform Salesforce Platform + applications that run on top of this - e.g. Education Cloud

Education Cloud will be expanded over time to additional business areas (e.g. recruitment).

Marketing Cloud will appear later.
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
SALTO Controls door lock devices IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Security Monitoring Includes specific security monitoring tools, future SIEM platform, Security Scorecard IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Silktide Website accessibility scanning IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Software Downloads Individual Software for U applications (Some of these create a lot of calls when they are not available) IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Stripe Payments Stripe PaymentsThis is natively integrated with Salesforce. Stripe with initally be limited to use with our new UCD Applications System (built in Salesforce). The Applications system is currently in Pilot Phase and is due for go-live end of Sept 2024. The payment system will accept application fee and deposit payments. Finance Office IT Services (ITS)
Student Feedback The solution will be used for module and
teaching evaluation from students, as part of
the annual student feedback cycle.
President, University Relations & Development IT Services (ITS)
Student Health Systems Titanium - Counselling records in Student Health Centre
Socrates / Practice Manager - Patient records for student health centre
Student Health IT Services (ITS)
Survey Monkey SurveyMonkey is an online survey tool you can use to create, send and analyse surveys, polls, and quizzes. These surveys may be emailed or posted on social media and websites. IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Symplectic Platform RMS Profiles - Recording and publishing of the CVs for academic staff

RFS - research funding and grant management functionality
UCD Research IT Services (ITS)
Tableau Cloud based data analytics and reporting application IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Trumba   Human Resources IT Services (ITS)
UCD Connect   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
UCD Mobile / Modolabs Platform UCD Mobile app with interactive map and key online services IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Workday   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Workvivo Engagement Management Platform Human Resources IT Services (ITS)

 
System Description Business Owner Technical Owner
Beyond Trust (Bomgar)   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
CookiePro Cookie Management IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Enterprise Architecture Tool Enterprise Architecture Management Tool
Includes Application Portfolio Management (APM)
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
HEAnet SSL certificates Terena SSL Certificate Authority.
HEAnet provides Signed SSL certificates
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Media Creation facilities   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Office 365 (apps) Apps within O365 for both students and staff
Sharepoint, Teamsites, Skype for Business
IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Office365 Desktop Locally installed Office365 Desktop Products - e.g. Excel, Word, Powerpoint IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Security Awareness Training Security Awareness Training IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Student VPN Not requestable. Limited to selective/predefined student cohorts IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
Toad   Enterprise Application Group (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
UCD Image Catalogue   IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)
UCD IT Services Dashboard Service Availability Dashboard for IT Portfolio IT Services (ITS) IT Services (ITS)

UCD IT Services

Computer Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Contact us via the UCD IT Support Hub: www.ucd.ie/ithelp