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NDUS outlines Core Technology Services costs, ERP migration and cybersecurity challenges

2107446 · January 8, 2025
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NDUS presented Core Technology Services (CTS) responsibilities and a budget increase tied to software migration, licensing escalation and a planned enterprise resource planning replacement; testimony flagged security, recurring subscription costs and the need for preparatory work for cloud migrations.

Core Technology Services (CTS) staff told the Appropriations Committee that escalating software subscription costs, an impending enterprise resource‑planning (ERP) migration and ongoing cybersecurity needs drive a large portion of the system’s requested increase for information‑technology funding.

"We have 14 key on‑premise systems and another 37 cloud‑based systems that the institutions use," Thomas Danford, vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer, told the committee while describing CTS scope. He said those systems require substantial…

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