This is really a question for those at universities and colleges, the rest of you can ignore and I apologize for using the bandwidth. We getting in a bind with staffing issues and a growing backlog. I'd appreciate some general input on staffing levels and organizational forms at other University computer centers. But also, more specifcally, some perspective on software development. We support in-house administrative systems on our HP3000/967 and Internet (mostly academic) servcies on a HP9000/K400. Our Office of Development is asking to move off of a powerhouse application on the HP3000 and on to an NT based client-server system (using MS SQL server as the database). Some help and perspective from others would be appreciated (feel free to skip any questions you can't or won't answer): 1. How large is your University (headcount, total annual student semester hours or total annual unduplicated student FTE, faculty FTE, whatever)? 2. How is computing support organized at your university? 3. What are the staffing levels of each area of responsibility in computing? 4. Do you do in-house administrative software, or use purchased? Is there pressure or a move to change directions on this? 5. What does your University use for fund rasing/development or alumni software? 6. What platform does in run on? 7. Is it in-house or purchased? 8. How integrated is it with other database systems (GL, Aid, Student records, etc.)? What data is shared, etc. Do administrators from outside development have on-line access to donation and alumni records? 9. How satisfied, would you say, your development office is with the solution? Thanks! Any comments or suggestions would also be appreciated. Please send replies back to me directly, since I'm sure a lot of folks on the list would not be interested. If your interested, I'll compile answers and post them to you or to the list. Richard (email: [log in to unmask]) Mgr. of Technical Services Xavier Univeristy of Louisiana New Orlenas, LA 70125 Phone: 1-504-483-7454 Fax: 1-504-482-1561