Digital Storage Task Force
ISU’s new Digital Storage Task Force will begin with a kickoff meeting March 15th. The task force was formed after examining the recent data storage limits* Google placed upon ISU.
ISU’s Chief Information Officer, Renae Scott, explained, “ISU needs a holistic, strategic plan for how Digital Storage is purchased and consumed across campus. We have pieced together multiple cloud solutions over the years without taking the time to step back and create a strategic plan.”
Scott wants the Task Force to remedy this situation, starting with the following charge:
- identify all digital storage needs for campus
- inventory all ISU current digital storage solutions
- recommend holistic digital storage solutions
- recommend best practices for digital storage
- determine financial impact of recommendations
- recommend policy
The following people will serve on the task force, chosen to represent the university’s varied digital and data storage needs:
Renae Scott, ITS
Bob Houghton, COB, Faculty Senate
Lori Austill, ITRC
Brennan Pickett, MarCom
Lyle Castle, Dean's Council
Michael Ennis, Research
Ray Ludwig, HR, Operations
Karen Matteucci, Advancement
Misty Olmsted, General Counsel, HIPAA
Patience Ternus, Finance
Keith Weber, GIS
Sandra Shropshire, Library
Sarah Godsey, COSE, Research
Scott hopes the task force can meet its charge by Spring of 2025.
For more information, we encourage you to visit our Google Data Limits web page, or go to the FAQ page we have assembled just for Google storage questions.
If you have concerns or questions not answered by these resources, please reach out to the Service Desk for assistance at help@isu.edu
*Google will no longer provide ISU with unlimited data storage as part of our education service agreement with them. Adjustments may need to be made to your Google storage to avoid losing access to important files. Access to Google Photos will be turned off for students, faculty, and staff April 15th. All ISU Google Accounts will need to be under their storage limits by May 7, 2024. Alumni and retirees are on a separate timeline.
If you have additional questions not addressed in any of these websites, the IT Service Desk is available to help. Contact them at help@isu.edu.