Agenda
The Real Cost of Technical Debt
Track: Technical and Reporting
Session Number: 9633
Date: Wed, Mar 1st, 2023
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Description:
In the world of IT, it is not uncommon for systems to run well beyond their expected lifetime. But how long is too long? Who is responsible for making sure antiquated systems are patched, secured and supported? When does maintaining an old system outweigh replacing it with a modern solution? And most importantly, what is the cost of carrying old systems along for the ride to our institutions? The cost of technical debt isn't simply financial. Sure, there is a cost associated with any hardware and/or software licensing, support staff, and data center resources, but technical debt can cost an institution more than just dollars. Technical debt leaves doors open for bad actors to exploit; when this happens. it can erode trust and ruin reputations as well.
Sub-Categorization: Other
Session Type: Presentation
Session Length: Regular Length (60 min)
ERP Systems: Non-ERP Related
Platform Type: N/A
Target Audience: All
Knowledge level: Basic
Tell us about you!: With over 25 years of Oracle database experience, and 20 years of PeopleSoft development and administration, Brad has played many roles including DBA, application developer, systems administrator and architect.
A current member of the University of Minnesota's Database Administration team, Brad acts as an Oracle DBA supporting the institutions enterprise databases and the infrastructure they run on, while also juggling the role of Product Owner in the UofMN adoption of Scaled Agile methodologies.
In his previous role with the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft System Support and Administration (PSSA) Team, Brad was instrumental in the support and advancement of the PeopleSoft Enterprise, including Campus Solutions, HRMS, Finance and Interaction Hub within the University system.
Brad was a driving force behind the database consolidation for the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft applications, which reduced the required databases to support the applications from 60 to 12. Brad also wrote an internal integration broker monitoring system which has been in use for over 10 years, providing a robust solution to ensure asynchronous messages into and out of PeopleSoft are problem free. This monitoring tool was released as Open Source in October of 2016. Brad was also part of a large enterprise systems upgrade that included implementing the PeopleSoft architecture on Oracle Exadata and Exalogic appliances.
A current member of the University of Minnesota's Database Administration team, Brad acts as an Oracle DBA supporting the institutions enterprise databases and the infrastructure they run on, while also juggling the role of Product Owner in the UofMN adoption of Scaled Agile methodologies.
In his previous role with the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft System Support and Administration (PSSA) Team, Brad was instrumental in the support and advancement of the PeopleSoft Enterprise, including Campus Solutions, HRMS, Finance and Interaction Hub within the University system.
Brad was a driving force behind the database consolidation for the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft applications, which reduced the required databases to support the applications from 60 to 12. Brad also wrote an internal integration broker monitoring system which has been in use for over 10 years, providing a robust solution to ensure asynchronous messages into and out of PeopleSoft are problem free. This monitoring tool was released as Open Source in October of 2016. Brad was also part of a large enterprise systems upgrade that included implementing the PeopleSoft architecture on Oracle Exadata and Exalogic appliances.
Sub-Categorization: Other
Session Type: Presentation
Session Length: Regular Length (60 min)
ERP Systems: Non-ERP Related
Platform Type: N/A
Target Audience: All
Knowledge level: Basic
Tell us about you!: With over 25 years of Oracle database experience, and 20 years of PeopleSoft development and administration, Brad has played many roles including DBA, application developer, systems administrator and architect.
A current member of the University of Minnesota's Database Administration team, Brad acts as an Oracle DBA supporting the institutions enterprise databases and the infrastructure they run on, while also juggling the role of Product Owner in the UofMN adoption of Scaled Agile methodologies.
In his previous role with the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft System Support and Administration (PSSA) Team, Brad was instrumental in the support and advancement of the PeopleSoft Enterprise, including Campus Solutions, HRMS, Finance and Interaction Hub within the University system.
Brad was a driving force behind the database consolidation for the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft applications, which reduced the required databases to support the applications from 60 to 12. Brad also wrote an internal integration broker monitoring system which has been in use for over 10 years, providing a robust solution to ensure asynchronous messages into and out of PeopleSoft are problem free. This monitoring tool was released as Open Source in October of 2016. Brad was also part of a large enterprise systems upgrade that included implementing the PeopleSoft architecture on Oracle Exadata and Exalogic appliances.
A current member of the University of Minnesota's Database Administration team, Brad acts as an Oracle DBA supporting the institutions enterprise databases and the infrastructure they run on, while also juggling the role of Product Owner in the UofMN adoption of Scaled Agile methodologies.
In his previous role with the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft System Support and Administration (PSSA) Team, Brad was instrumental in the support and advancement of the PeopleSoft Enterprise, including Campus Solutions, HRMS, Finance and Interaction Hub within the University system.
Brad was a driving force behind the database consolidation for the University of Minnesota’s PeopleSoft applications, which reduced the required databases to support the applications from 60 to 12. Brad also wrote an internal integration broker monitoring system which has been in use for over 10 years, providing a robust solution to ensure asynchronous messages into and out of PeopleSoft are problem free. This monitoring tool was released as Open Source in October of 2016. Brad was also part of a large enterprise systems upgrade that included implementing the PeopleSoft architecture on Oracle Exadata and Exalogic appliances.
Speakers
Primary Presenter
Brad Carlson
Oracle Database Administrator
University of Minnesota
