ITS Systems: Web Services
The Web plays an important role in virtually every aspect of Institute operations and research. Systems staff support a wide and deep range of Web hosting, publishing, and application services. Whether you need to "just stick something on the Web," need development of a custom Web application, or something in between, Systems staff can advise your group or undertake the work.
Available Services
Systems staff can help if you need...
- an informational site about your group
- assistance with installation of server-side software
- custom Web application development
- collaboration tools
- sharing of large data sets on the Web
- CalNet or other authentication for protected content
- a content management system to allow content owners to easily update their pages
- tools for internal business processes
- site analytics
- media streaming
- document hosting
- online databases
- event registration
- form-to-email tools
Web Site Hosting
There are many options for hosting Web content at the Institute, at the University, and even off-campus. Each offers a different combination of platform, speed, availability, functionality, capacity, accessibility, and cost. Systems staff can help workgroups determine the most efficient and cost-effective hosting option for any particular need. Possible options include:
- Hosting on an existing Institute server
- IST-hosted Web services
- A dedicated server owned by the workgroup
- Third-party hosting services