Principles & Process
We enable university partners to leverage data through a wide range of data services and solutions.
Sustainability and self-service are priorities by design, and we strive to achieve the university mission by empowering partners with a data-as-a-product mindset. Our team actively participates in and contributes to the University's Data Governance process.
Service Offerings
Data Discovery
Democratize data access and increase data literacy with a self-service platform.
Data Flow Orchestration
Easily schedule, automate and monitor data pipelines to collect and deliver data.
Data Storage
Read, write and save data of any size with secure and scalable object storage.
Database Administration
Install, configure, monitor, patch, migrate, optimize and restore database systems.
Database Maintenance
Provide disaster recovery, full incremental backups, and database integrity checks.
Database Consultation
Offer expertise in database systems, architecture design, reporting and recoverability.
Data Integrations
Connect CU data sources to internal applications and external vendor solutions.
Data Streaming
Stream real-time event data to applications and systems in a data mesh ecosystem.
Other campus-supported data services
- Business Intelligence and Reporting - Office of Data Analytics
- Cognos or CU Data Reporting - Office of the Registrar
- PeopleSoft or Campus Solutions Interface Needs - University Information Services
Who can get it
- Anyone who is a data owner, data steward, or data user at CU Boulder can request Data Services support
- External customers and clients, including vendors
- Application and app builders who need data and consulting (ORM, GraphQL, data-at-scale, security)
- Higher education community locally, regionally, nationally or globally (i.e., "shaping tomorrow's leaders" via influence, shareability, collaboration)
Cost
The Data Services team provides campus-wide custom data service solutions as a common good to the Boulder campus, which means there is no direct cost to you or your department.
Support
To change your current Data Service or report an issue, fill out the Data Services Request Form. For access assistance, please contact the IT Service Center at oithelp@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357.
