Kuali Rice atUC Davis

UC Davis, Information & Educational Technology

Agenda

1. Kuali Foundation

2. Kuali Applications

3. UC Davis Middleware Infrastructure

4. Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service

5. Resources

Kuali Foundation

Kuali Foundation

• Non-profit responsible for sustaining and evolving community source administrative software

• Founded 2005 by Indiana U., U. of Hawaii, NACUBO & rSmart

• Community Source

• Vision = open, modular and distributed systems

• Commercial partners can provide support

Kuali Applications

Kuali Applications

Core Applications

• Kuali Financial System (KFS)

• Kuali Coeus (KC)

• Kuali Student (KS)

• Kuali Rice (KR)

Examples of Future Applications

• Kuali Endowment Management (KEM)

• Kuali HR

• Kuali Business Continuity

Kuali ApplicationsPlanned deployments at UC Davis:

• Kuali Financial System (KFS)• Future Replacement for DaFIS Transaction Processing

• Production implementation phased from ‘10-’12

• Kuali Coeus (KC)• Fills gap for electronic research/administration app

• Production implementation starting Q2 ‘10

• Kuali Rice • New Middleware services

• Production implementation Q3-’09

Collaboration (Campus and UC-Wide)

UC Davis Middleware Infrastructure

UC Davis Middleware Infrastructure

• Campus Services• Identity Management

• Web Single Sign On

• Portal

• Online Directory

• Davis Mail & Geckomail

• Co-Managed by Curtis Bray and Hampton Sublett

• Reports into App Dev, within IET

Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service

Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service

Overview

• Fills a service void currently in Middleware

• Suite of products intended to standardize the:• Common enterprise workflow engine

• Common look-and-feel for screens

• Common enterprise notification/messaging system (Not to be confused with emergency messaging)

• Efficient integration with campus identity and access management information

Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service

Benefits

• Reduced campus cost for Application Dev• No duplication of underlying services

• Faster & more consistent Application Dev

• Easier integration between campus applications (Kuali and Non-Kuali apps)

• Easy replacement of paper based processes

• No software licenses

• Community supported

Kuali Rice, a Middleware Service

Timelines

• eDocLite (replacement of paper based workflow)• Pilot – Q3 ‘09

• Production – Q1 ‘10

• Other Rice services • Production – Q3 ’09 (Driven by MIV Release date)

• Your own service – Contact Middleware if interested

• Draft Rice Roadmap• https://confluence.ucdavis.edu/confluence/x/bATG

Resources

UC Davis’s central Rice support model

Information Sources• Kuali Foundation: (http://www.kuali.org)

• Kuali Rice• Hampton Sublett (hbsublett@ucdavis.edu)• Curtis Bray (clbray@ucdavis.edu)

• Kuali Financial Systems• Katie Stevens (dkstevens@ucdavis.edu)

• Kuali Coeus (Research Administration)• Safa Hussain (smhussain@ucdavis.edu)

Appendix

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