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April 2017 update to the four-year technology roadmap

The April 2017 update (revision 52) to the four-year University-wide technology roadmap is available to University constituents as a PDF document on Penn+Box at:

https://upenn.box.com/v/techroadmaps

The primary goal of this technology roadmap is to help Penn’s technology professionals make contextual decisions within the overall University technology environment. It is intended for internal use—please do not forward it to non-Penn individuals.

This sixth update to the roadmap that was initially released eighteen months ago has 42 of the 172 existing technologies modified in some way. Six new technologies have been added—Undergraduate Catalog, 802.11ax, Datacenter VPN Service, On-Premises Web Hosting, Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and Windows 10 Creator Update. In addition, one technology has been removed; (Unified Communications Integration is now tracked within other technologies. All modified technologies are delineated by an orange box next to their name and described in the change logs on the final pages of the roadmap.

This roadmap represents a best current estimate of the status of these technologies. It will often revise over time and will be completely re-evaluated every quarter. My thanks go to the approximately 35 individuals across the University who have assisted in compiling this seventh release of the roadmap.