Shared Infrastructure provides technical infrastructure services across the broad spectrum of BU.  These “shared” services generally support all schools and constituent groups in some manner.  Shared Infrastructure is composed of Research Computing, Infrastructure Operations, and Network Services.

Infrastructure Operations provides 24/7 support for technical hardware operations across the whole university and all campuses.  This includes network operations, data center management, server administration, storage management, and monitoring/automation services.

Network Services provides network architecture and engineering services for the entire university for all campuses. This includes connectivity to the Internet and major national and international research networks for the University community, wired and wireless network connectivity in all University buildings, and wireless coverage in some outdoor locations.

Research Computing provides computing and visualization resources and services to support research that has specialized or highly intensive computation, storage, bandwidth, or graphics requirements. Typical applications include scientific and engineering simulation, data analysis, and visualization.