Abstract
The Information Resources and Technology department at California State University, Sacramento manages a large campus wide file storage system called SacFiles. Every student, faculty and staff members are granted a 2 GB space in a network drive, which they can access from any computer on CSUS domain. One of the major advantages of this system is that the user’s files are always safe from malicious attacks behind firewalls along with many other security features, also users do not have to worry about losing the data as it always backed up on campus-wide servers. Currently the only way users can access their data on the SacFiles drive is by accessing it on campus from a CSUS domain computer or by manually mapping the network drive to either their Mac or a Windows computer. With constantly updating technology where there are hand held devices like iPhone and iPad, the use of laptops and computers is slowly becoming obsolete. If the network drive is inaccessible via such devices, it defies the purpose of this highly advantageous system. The purpose of my project is to design, develop and implement a channel for My Sac State that will provide the users an easy access to the network drive. My Sac State is an online portal where Sac State users can log in using their sac link id and password and access all the information related to the users. By providing the Sac Files channel, the users will be able to access their network drive simply logging into My Sac State. Thus, the drive will be accessible to any user at any place with a browser enabled device and internet connection. The users will be able to download files, upload new files, delete files as well as organize files by creating directories and sub-directories. The successful implementation of the project will not only help users take advantage of facilities provided by the SacFiles network drive, but will also give them an added benefit of accessibility to the drive via any browser-enabled network drive. The accomplishment of this project will be increased efficiency of Sac Files system and My Sac State portal. My Sac State will become a one-stop solution for all user information and data, which will result into increased satisfaction of all the portal users.