Integration

Our second primary focus on the systems has been integration.  Integration clearly refers to much more than having a common interface.  Rather the interdependence of the operations each of the subsystems automate must be taken into account.  Various examples of failure of integration can be sited in systems that have been deployed in universities including independent operation of finance from student information systems, failure to create computer accounts based on SIS data, failure of human resource data to be identified automatically by library systems etc.  We have painstakingly tried to identify the interdependence of the systems and have come up with a complex integration plan to fully satisfy the needs of the universities.  The illustration below describes the interdependence of these systems.

In addition various external systems, including computer account directories, payment processing systems etc. might play roles in the functioning of the colleges.  Our intranet system provides the ability to integrate with these predefined systems and comes with provisions for exchanging data with other future external system with limited disruption of operations.

Furthermore, access to all this systems is attained through a single log on and synchronization of accounts and passwords with the required privileges automatically set by the system to ascertain no breaches occur. 

We believe that the above integration plan provides the maximum level of seamless intranet system any university can strive for.

Illustration: Internal Integration

Illustration:External Integration