The Future Vision of Enterprise Technology
Strategic Pillars for 2025-2026
Infrastructure
Building Strong Foundations for a Digital Campus
Delivering reliable, scalable, and resilient technology foundations — including networks, data center, cloud, and computing environments — to ensure the university’s digital ecosystem is always available, high-performing, and future-ready.
Security & Compliance
Safeguarding people, systems, and spaces
Ensuring the security, management, and integrity of campus endpoints and physical assets, protecting people, systems, and spaces, and enabling a safe and resilient digital and physical environment for the University of Texas at Austin.
Campus Experience
Delivering seamless digital experiences for all Longhorns
Enhancing the daily experience of students, faculty, staff, alumni, families, and partners by providing intuitive, integrated, and accessible digital services that make it easier to learn, work, and connect across the UT community.
Teaching and Learning
Empowering teaching & learning through technology
Partnering with academic leaders to enable cutting-edge teaching methods and learning environments through innovative instructional technologies, digital classrooms, and academic support tools.
ERP Modernization
Transforming with modern systems for a modern university
Transforming the university’s core administrative systems into modern, efficient, and user-centered platforms that streamline processes, improve decision-making, and align with the university’s long-term strategy.
Innovation
Driving purposeful IT discovery for UT
Fostering experimentation, emerging technology adoption, and forward-looking solutions that advance the university’s mission and position UT Austin as a leader in higher education technology.
Research
Advancing discovery through technology
Empowering researchers with advanced computing, data, and collaboration tools to accelerate discovery, enable secure and compliant partnerships, and extend the global impact of UT Austin’s research enterprise.
Operations
Ensuring efficient, aligned, and accountable operations
Driving organizational alignment and operational excellence by standardizing processes, optimizing resources, and ensuring that technology services are delivered with efficiency, transparency, and accountability.
Data
Leveraging data as a trusted campus asset
Building a trusted, enterprise-wide data ecosystem that supports analytics, governance, and decision-making, while enabling the university community to leverage data as a strategic asset.
Driving Impact Together
Enterprise Technology at UT Austin provides secure, innovative solutions that enable teaching, research, and operations across campus. Guided by nine strategic pillars, we strengthen infrastructure, enhance experiences, and drive innovation while ensuring security and compliance. Our goal is a connected, resilient, and future-ready University where technology empowers every Longhorn. Explore how our strategy is shaping the future of UT Austin—discover the initiatives driving innovation and impact.
Three Pillars of Focus: 2024-2025
1. Organizational Roadmap
Create an organization that can envision, develop, and support enterprise technology endeavors at scale.
2. IT Modernization
Vastly enhance the digital lives of all Longhorns, improve operational effectiveness, and support our mission.
3. Service Delivery Modernization
Bring common good services, practices, and people together to deliver at scale and delight the community.