UST Technology
Technology Stacks
IT supports two main stacks of technology, a MS Windows stack and a UNIX stack.
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Windows Stack |
UNIX Stack | ||
| Server Hardware | Dell, Sun | Sun | |
| Storage Hardware | Xiotech | Sun, Xiotech | |
| Operating System | MS Windows | Solaris, Linux | |
| Database | MS SQL, Oracle | Oracle, MySQL | |
| Web Server | MS IIS, Apache | Apache | |
| Application Server | IAS | ||
| Application Development & Scripting Languages |
PL/SQL, C, COBOL, PHP, Oracle Forms, Perl, .Net, ASP, Cold Fusion, JSP, VBScript | ||
IT primarily a vendor supported shop. St. Thomas' size, complexity and staffing levels do not scale well for numerous custom built applications. As a result, on the 'build versus buy' spectrum, St. Thomas is generally a buy.
IT staff spend a large portion of their time working on system integration issues and adjustments to systems to meet the needs of the UST community. When necessary IT will build a 'bolt on' to an application on the outside of the vendor code to meet the business need without jeopardizing support or upgrades from the vendor.
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