Data Center Services
About Us
Who We Are and What We Do
The mission of the Data Center Services department is to maintain all operating systems, hardware, and database infrastructure in regards to UTRGV critical IT Services. Data Center Services assist in maintaining Microsoft Office 365 service offerings. We also oversee Data Center operations for several Data Centers located in Edinburg, Arlington, and Brownsville.
Our Services
- Active Directory
- Banner 3rd Party Application Infrastructure
- Banner Student Information System Infrastructure
- Data Center Operations
- Departmental Email creations
- File Shares
- Microsoft SQL Database Services
- Office 365 Cloud Offering
- Office of Faculty and Research (OFR) Virtual Servers
- OFR HPC (Thumper) Access
- Oracle Database Services
- Physical Server Hardware
- Police Department Genetec System (Video Surveillance) Infrastructure
- Privileged Account management
- Virtual Servers including:
- Linux Operating System
- Windows Operating System
Our Team

Benito Salinas
IT Dir Data Center Services

Jesus Aguero
Data Center Operations Specialist

Rene G. Alaniz
Senior Data Center Operations Specialist

Franciso Arteaga
Technology Support Specialist II

Francisco Cantu-Castro
Data Center Systems Engineer III

Daniel Casas
Systems Database Administrator II

America De La Rosa
Assistant Director Data Center Services

Jose Antonio Escamilla
Data Center Systems Engineer III

Fernando Florez
Data Center Systems Engineer I

Joseph A. Guerra
Data Center Systems Engineer II

Jose Antonio Ibarra
Systems Database Administrator II

Roberto Jimenez
Data Center Systems Engineer II

Carlos M. Magaña
Programmer Analyst IV

Jaime M. Núñez
Data Center Systems Engineer III

Jesus Ontiveros
Systems Database Administrator II

Arturo Salinas
Systems Database Administrator I

William Schoening
Data Center Systems Engineer I

David Torres
Data Center Systems Engineer II

David Treviño
Technology Systems Architect

Louis Vasquez
Data Center Systems Engineer I
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