Regents OK purchase of new information system

In a special telephone meeting June 14, the UNT System Board of Regents approved the procurement of a new Oracle database enterprise-wide information system (EIS) to replace the outdated computing systems at UNT and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth. According to Richard Harris, associate vice president for computing and communications services, the total license fee and first-year support cost for the initial Oracle products will be $931,762 and the cost of installation is estimated to be another $1 million.

Harris says the total purchase costs (including software, hardware and consulting) of fully implementing all the EIS applications (including purchasing, financial and grant accounting, human resources/payroll and student systems) are not expected to exceed $20 million over the next three to five years. Funding for the new EIS will come from HEAF (Higher Education Assistance Fund) and other institutional funds.

A guest column by Computer Center Director Coy Hoggard explaining the EIS system appears on this InHouse issue's web site.

In other action, the board accepted a recommendation to select the architectural firm of James Kirkpatrick Architect as architect for the renovation of the Clark Hall cafeteria. Another firm had been named at the board's May 4 meeting, but the university was not able to negotiate an acceptable agreement with that group.

BY RODDY WOLPER rwolper@unt.edu

Other featured articles in this issue

• Former UNT regent passes away
• Former regent and TAMS patron remembered
• UNT student named Ms. Wheelchair Texas
• Homecoming 2001 theme unveiled
• Why the UNT System needs a new information system
• Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism awards $200,000
• UNT, DCCCD sign agreement to provide concurrent admissions for the two schools
• Athletic ticket packages now for sale
• UNT to host intensive summer math camp

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