Shasta’s College’s information technology services departments have provided planning support for both large-scale multi-year endeavors and smaller scope requests.

Large scale support has included the Datatel implementation, new construction projects (infrastructure—equipment and wiring, electronic access, classroom/lab computer configurations and peripherals, ITV equipment, specialty software, and furniture), and major infrastructure maintenance and upgrades (core routing and switching to support network convergence, backup system and multi-conferencing system upgrades to support business continuity).

 Large scale planning support has resulted in the determination of major hardware (mainframe) and comprehensive computing packages for registration and business applications, the software and hardware for on-line instruction, hardware and software for anti-virus protection and spam filtering, and staff data storage. 

Additional planning support has included classroom/lab upgrades and the cascading of assets from such upgrades.  The two information technology departments (Administrative Computing Systems and Network & Technology Support) have assisted in planning the college’s five-year Title III purchases and provided support for State Instructional Equipment Fund purchases and other specialized funding sources such as CalWORKS, grants, and other categorical funds.