Here, dare and everywhere by Sharlene Jobson and John Townsend

HEAR

& Everywhere

- What is it?• UMF funded project 2011-12 to develop on-line delivery of

degree certificates, transcripts, HEAR reports and other student data and documents via secure cloud-based architecture for Software as a Service to a range of users and institutions

• Seven partner institutions, Digitary as SaaS provider• Involved development of technical and organisational

solutions, including identification of Cloud provider & engagement with Nexus ESB

• Solution successfully tested and deployed, now available as an operational service

• See http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/umf/DARE.aspx

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/umf/DARE.aspx



DARE Governance

DIGITARY DEVELOPMENT/DARE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT

MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY

DIGITARY USER

GROUP

DAREADVISORY

BOARDCONTRACTS

1. Issue

2. Distribute

3. Verify

University

Employer Graduate

Cloud-based services for delivery of academic records

Universities Modernisation Fund

Cost and Benefit

Data

Partnerships

EA model for shared service

http://www.shef.ac.uk/

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/

http://www.soas.ac.uk/

http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/

http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/

ULCC

DARE

Nexus ESB

Bath Spa SOASSheffield

LJMUCranfieldDe MontfortCoventry

Student and graduate authentication via UKAMF, credential upload or web service.

Next U

Nexus DARE Use Cases

WS02 Data Services Server

WS02 Governance Registry

Nexus ESB Business Services – WS02 ESB

WS02 Enterprise Service Bus

Cranfield SRS

Nexus ESB Components

De Montfort SRS LJMU SRS SOAS SRS

Digitary Secure Documents

Data Aggregation

Data Aggregation

Data Aggregation

Data Aggregation

Heartbeat

View Audit Log

Upload Data

Nexus Adapters reduce data aggregation and integration costs

Nexus provides heartbeat and audit logging features for handling errors and issues

Nexus standardises and simplifies the integration to the Digitary secure documents service

Nexus Integration Benefits

• Nexus Adapters reduce data aggregation and integration costs

• Nexus provides heartbeat and audit logging features not currently provided for handling errors and issues

• Nexus standardises and simplifies the integration to the Digitary secure documents service

– Lessons Learned

• Web services are not as easy as you might think - & Nexus can help

• The project allowed engagement with new approaches & technologies: SOA, EA, ESB

• There can be cost savings – particularly as the range of documents/uses is extended

• The Nexus ESB will provide even greater value as more services become available via this route

• Undertaking this needs technical & business input• The governance model worked – collaboration can produce

results – but needs a clearly defined service delivery model

Where to next?• Operational service considerations, governance, Service

Advisory Board (SAB)• DARE 2, UMF funded to encourage take up of DARE & Nexus,

& Nexus-based integration with

• New developments guided by SAB: additional documents, multi-tenancy

• For further information contact:– John Townsend, LJMU [email protected]– Jonathan Dempsey, Digitary [email protected]– Sharlene Jobson, Nexus [email protected]– Jayne Rowley, Graduate Prospects [email protected]

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Here, dare and everywhere by Sharlene Jobson and John Townsend

Education

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