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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan 1 7 <br /> • Flexibility to move County operations to and from <br /> various locations in the event of an emergency <br /> • Ability to share data across departments and locations, <br /> previously only supported through cumbersome and <br /> time-consuming manual data transfer <br /> • Overall increase in internet access, access to state <br /> systems and other systems beyond the user's current <br /> physical location <br /> • Ability to centralize server equipment, thus increasing <br /> our ability to protect equipment from intrusion, disaster <br /> and environmental hazards <br /> • Ability to leverage centralized data backup methods, <br /> thus increasing data retention for archival information <br /> Orange County has pressing needs for further network <br /> upgrades. Specifically: <br /> Public Works <br /> the current network connection to the Public Works facility <br /> is Frame Relay. Support of their equipment is problematic <br /> due to environmental conditions. Their servers are <br /> susceptible to lightening strikes and power outages far <br /> more often than the more vigilantly protected central <br /> server facility Also, without high speed fiber, we cannot <br /> deploy an enterprise SQL server to run their applications <br /> with other SQL applications, thus saving costs, increasing <br /> reliability and freeing up IT resources to reduce the need <br /> for additional positions in IT <br /> Wireless Access Points <br /> The increased use of mobile technology has provided <br /> significant efficiencies for many Orange County <br /> departments. However, the lack of reliable network <br /> connectivity from the field finds the County not fully able <br /> to realize the benefits of this technology. Many field <br /> workers currently gather information in the field and <br /> upload back into County servers when they return to the <br /> Page 16 of 25 2/9/2009 <br />