For a comprehensive and effective strategy planning of university information systems, CNU asked Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. to provide long-term information system strategy planning (ISSP) for CNU. In an effort to encourage university-supporting activities to enhance administrative information system, introduced in 1998, CNU decided to invest 130 million won for setting up the ISSP. This five-year-long program will prevent double investments for the university informatization projects. Information consulting is a design process to enhance an organization
s ability in simultaneous and systematic consideration of the organization
s strategies, goals and information technologies. The process offers opportunities to optimize the configuration of the organization
s resources and to improve efficiency by using ISP (Information Strategy Planning) to design definite IT solutions. Samsung SDS, a company providing comprehensive services in information system consulting, will evaluate current information systems and check out the problems which need to be solved for the management efficiency of the information systems. Besides the system planning, Samsung will present a roadmap of a long-term plan for university development in line with the university roles in the decentralization era. Information in higher education institutions is one of important resources in achieving the institutions
mission and goals. It can be the success factor for the institution to compete with other organizations. Furthermore, the use of information can support and control the academic system so that the institution can provide a better service to its students and staff, as well as to the people outside the institution. Based on the newly developed IT environment, CNU will be enabled to enhance competitiveness and innovation with other universities left behind. At the end of last year, CNU received a top prize for information protection from the Ministry of Information and Communication. The award was given to the university for its contribution to preparing effective measures against possible Internet-infiltration accidents, including hacking and computer virus spread, and actively fostering professional manpower in the information protection sector.