Research Collaboration Tools: Moving towards a “suite” spot?

Chuck Powell

September 20, 2006

Agenda

• What they do now• What we do now• Where they are headed• Where we are headed• Any chance our paths converge down the road?

Now

• Remembering yesterday’s workshop they have machines that may or may not be “managed”

• Email is likely still the biggest single tool used in collaboration on and off campus – If it ain’t broke don’t put a quota on it– Talk about a data management task

• Other messaging tools use rising• Data sharing (from pre-prints to large data files)

another common request • Anyone can (and does) run a

Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl server…

Then

• Integrated• Ubiquitous• Quota free• Preserved and accessible• Easy provisioning for on and off campus

collaborators• A framework not a unified solution

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Background materials

Two Quotes to Remember

• “I figure I only get one course management system conversion in my career” – Malcolm

• “I never want to beg, borrow, or buy another CMS in my lifetime” -- Chuck