Technology Magazine September 2019 | Page 169

169 engineers back on the table to lead architecture and design while collaborating with multiple partners to hone our strategies and ensure our larger portfolio of services is enabled . The unique difference of this collaborative structure contractually requires all parties ( external and internal to ASU ) to hold each other accountable for SLAs and performance metrics .” By bringing the network under the UTO ’ s influence , tailoring the functions of the network to manage the workload of the university ’ s smart campus ambitions becomes significantly easier . “ FY2019 was a busy year for the network operations teams ,” Evans elaborates . “ ASU embarked on a very aggressive and innovative approach to soliciting vendors through the RFP process . The creative restructuring of how we ask vendors to collaborate with other competing vendors to package the
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