Core components comprise network, data model and critical processing functions.

1. Network infrastructure includes:

• campus backbone network linking buildings and major affinity groups with redundant fibre cables linked by multiport routers
• network wiring within buildings
• domain name service, central name and ip address registration
• central servers for post-office functions & email routing
• connections off-campus to ONet and the Internet
• support, error-correction and reliability planning

2. Data model components includes:

• data integrity and security planning & procedures
• data model and its implementation on distributed servers
• integration of departmentally 'owned' data with central data
• central data server operation and data backup
• standards for access, security and desktop query and update

3. Critical business application examples might include:

• payroll, cheque processing, T4 generation
• that transaction processing which has critical demand for real-time concurrency of data