This week’s speaker was Saira Hasnain from University at Buffalo. The focus of her presentation was Information Technology Infrastructure specifically as it pertains to higher education. The presentation included some facts and figures about UB’s computing infrastructure and services supported by the infrastructure team of the Computing and Information Technology division at UB. As an introduction Saira summarized her education and career journey both prior to and since migrating to USA. Informational video clips about the role of technology in our life and the challenges facing IT leaders in higher education included the following:

Did you know? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrJjfDUzD7M

Did you know with a higher education slant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czQXbv7jqKk

Educause Top 10 IT issues 2014: http://vimeo.com/88781096