University of Wisconsin–Madison

Service Category: Infrastructure

Enterprise-level hardware, software, systems, and network infrastructure that provide underlying support for institutional activities. Includes data centers, network backbone, wireless, central storage and system backup solutions, server virtualization, and systems management and operations.

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is supported by UW Cloud Services, a CIO-sponsored initiative to deliver public cloud computing services to UW–‍Madison faculty, staff and departments. These offerings focus on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) in the form of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform that specializes in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Google Cloud Platform

Last updated: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)  is supported by UW Cloud Services, a CIO-sponsored initiative to deliver public cloud computing services to UW–‍Madison faculty, staff, and departments. These offerings focus on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) in the form of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. We recommend …

Storage (Object/S3)

DoIT is offering on-premise object storage utilizing the S3 protocol. S3 is an industry standard object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.

Server administration

Provides applications and systems architecture, design, engineering, and administration services to campus constituents with enterprise requirements.
In addition to technical expertise, enterprise system administration provides on-call support, monitoring and event management, 24/7 operations, incident response, and comprehensive IT service management.

MS SQL database hosting

DoIT’s Microsoft Database Hosting Team provides a wide range of Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database consulting and hosting options for your application.

Network electronics UPS backup power

Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) to support DoIT network electronics for departments that would like to install UPS equipment in their building’s wiring closets.

Network Time Protocol

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol designed to time-synchronize a network of machines. NTP runs on User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which, in turns, runs on IP. NTP appliances are used for this Stratum 1 service and are synchronized directly from GPS.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service allows a host (PC, laptop, etc.) to dynamically connect to a UW network and automatically obtain a valid IP address, as well as other configuration parameters, thereby giving the host the ability to access Campus and internal networks.

Firewall

UW–‍Madison purchased the Palo Alto virtual firewall service with (Panorama) web interface to configure each firewall.