With the growth in student and employee headcount, the demand for IT Services at Western Carolina University has increased. Below is a look at then (2009) and now. The Division of IT has increased its data collection since 2009 to more accurately reflect our services and numbers. Recently shared with IT Governance committees and councils, this information may be interesting and useful to students and university employees.
Some interesting observations:
- Number of students has grown 10%
- WCU’s internet connection capacity has increased 10x
- Wireless access points have increased 430%
- Number of servers has increased 100%
- Data center storage has increased over 10x
- Digital signage has gone from none in 2009 to 55 managed displays today
Any questions can be referred to Dr. Anna McFadden at ext. 2411.
| Statistics | 2015 | 2009 |
| WCU Employees | 1623, Fulltime, part time | 1606 |
| Student Headcount | 10, 382 (Fall, 2014) | 9429 |
| Average wireless devices per student | 4 or more (Spring 2013) | Unknown |
| IT Staff | 81 positions | 78 positions |
| IT Locations | 7 | 8 |
| Internet Connection | 1500MB(1.5Gb) | 150MB |
| Percent Utilization | 67% min 80+ during afternoon class hours and evening | Unknown |
| Number of network ports | 15,000 | 14, 000 |
| Number of wireless access points | 1594 | 300 |
| Number of concurrent wireless users | Daily over 6500, with peaks of 7000 | Max 1000 |
| Data Center Servers | 396 | 196 |
| Server virtualization | 74% | 52% |
| Total Datacenter storage | 483 TB usable | 44 TB |
| WCU owned personal computers | 4971 | Unknown |
| Data Center hosted applications | 215 | Unknown |
| Offsite hosted applications | 40+ (15+ Enterprise linked with data center | Unknown |
| Digital Signs | 55 | Unknown |
| Technology Enhanced Instructional Spaces | 399 | Unknown |
| Instructional Technology Installed | $4,500,000
$2,600,000 IT Funded and Managed |
Unknown |