“Chipmunk Christmas Song”

“The more abundant the information in the world,

the more economics becomes the science of allocating attention.”

— George Gilder

Today we break down the literature for building, maintaining and supporting the computing infrastructure of education communities.  We use the term “infotech” gingerly to explain action for a  broad span of technologies that encompass enterprise servers and software, wireless and wired networks, campus phone networks, and desktop computers that provide administrative services and career tech video production.   The private sector has moved at light speed to respond to the circumstances of the pandemic; so have vertical incumbents evolving their business models to seek conformance revenue in this plasma-hot domain.

Starting 2023 we break down the topic accordingly:

Infotech 100: Survey of the principal standards developing organizations whose catalogs are incorporated by reference into federal and state legislation.  Revision cycles.

Infotech 200: Campus computing facilities for research and education

Infotech 300: Communication networks, wired and unwired at the demarcation point; crucial for defining the responsibilities and boundaries between the service provider and the customer.

Infotech 400:  System, middleware and application for education and research

The literature radiates continually by consortia, open-source, or ad hoc standards-setting domains rather than the private standards system administered by global and standards setting bodies; to wit:

International:

IEC (EN 50600), IET, ISO, ITU

Vocabulary

Freely Available ICT Standards

IEEE Communications Society

United States:

ASHRAE,

Energy Standard for Data Centers

ATIS

BICSI

Information and Communication Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Educational Institutions and Facilities

Information Communication Technology Systems Design and Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare Institutions and Facilities

Data Center Operations and Maintenance Best Practices

INCITS, NFPA, NIST, TIA (942)

Everywhere else:

3GPP & 3GPP2,  Apache Software Foundation,  ISTE,  OneM2M,  Uptime Institute

The ICT domain is huge, replacing physical libraries.  The foregoing is a highly curated sample.

We continue to include teaching and learning media standards on our colloquia however it is likely that will break up this topic into at least two related colloquia as 2023 proceeds; with primary focus on the design, construction and maintenance of the physical ICT infrastructure.  Much depends upon the interest of our clients, colleagues and other stakeholders.  We collaborate closely with the IEEE Education and Healthcare Electrotechnology Committee.

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