About IT

Mission

Information Technology empowers student success and enhances teaching and learning through the delivery of technology, innovation, and partnerships with Butler and the community.

Vision

Differentiate Butler as the University of choice for students, faculty, and staff by anticipating opportunities and serving as a strategic business engine to drive transformation in the Butler community and beyond.

Guiding Principles

  • Relationship—Serve each person through collaborative leadership and lasting relationships that connect unique goals to the University mission.
  • Value—Focus work efforts consistently on the delivery of services that provide the highest value to the University.
  • Service—Provide excellent service through highly trained and motivated staff.
  • Reliable, Secure, and Sustainable—Utilize good processes and ensure systems are reliable, secure, and current to meet constituents’ needs of today and in the future.
  • Entrepreneurial—Drive ideas to solutions.
  • Teamwork—Cooperate and collaborate to get the job done.

Contact or Visit IT

Irwin Library
4553 Clarendon Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
Technology questions & support: contact the IT Help Desk

Directions to IT

Irwin Library is across from Atherton Union and connected to Dugan Hall. Metered visitor parking is available in front of the Pharmacy and Health Sciences Building.

Organizational Structure

Information Technology is comprised of the following teams:

  • Help Desk
  • Operations
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Information Security
  • Applications and Development
  • Student Systems and Data
  • Partnership

Data Center

Butler University’s 1,500 square foot data center opened in 2009 and houses all major systems including BigDawg, Butler’s supercomputer, and connections to iLight and the Internet.

Butler strives to use efficient and environmentally friendly equipment (more information below) in the data center. A carefully engineered power infrastructure, use of recyclable materials, heat recovery, and high efficiency servers are a few of the ways Butler reduces the data center’s environmental impact.

Redundant cooling, uninterruptible power supply, diesel generator, and gas fire suppression protect the data center from unplanned downtime.

Green Initiatives

As part of Butler’s overall program to become a more sustainable campus, IT continually works to improve the sustainability of our operations and infrastructure. By looking at everything from our data center to the paper used in printers we continue to make strides toward reducing our environmental impact.