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Orange County Information Technologies <br />Similarly, Orange County has replaced a significant portion of its aging application <br />servers. By migrating critical services from aging standalone servers to modern SAN <br />based servers, we enjoy greater reliability and more manageable costs. <br />Orange County has made some strides in replacing aging network equipment, although <br />much of the funding earmarked for networking equipment has gone to address new <br />facilities coming on line. <br />Email and Server Operating System <br />Orange County has undergone a wholesale conversion of its enterprise email system from <br />the aging and unreliable Novell Groupwise platform to Microsoft Outlook/Exchange. <br />This has resulted in a far more reliable email platform, which is easier to support and has <br />a great number of tools and capabilities built around it. <br />Similarly, we have migrated from the Novell Netware server operating system to <br />Microsoft Active Directory. This migration gives us an environment with a wealth of <br />security tools and network management tools. Much of our security enhancements were <br />made possible through the use of this server operating system deployment <br />County Website <br />Orange County has employed an unusual, low-cost strategy to improving its web <br />presence. Information Technology, in concert with departmental webmasters, have re- <br />architected and redesigned the information on the County website using in-house <br />resources. To date, this activity has achieved the following benefits for the upgraded <br />pages on the website: <br />• Web' information is much easier to maintain <br />• Web information is meets accessibility requirements <br />• Web information is more consistent across departments.. <br />• Web design can be globally controlled <br />• Smart Search tool allows customers greater access to information <br />While further evolution of the website will continue this important upgrade to the <br />County's public outreach, the improvements noted above position the County well for <br />cost-effective functionality additions to accommodate further growth. <br />New eGovernment Services added to the County website include: Register of Deeds web- <br />inquiry improvements which have given land researchers significantly improved remote <br />access capabilities. Animal Shelter adoptions .and lost pet capabilities on the web are <br />now fully integrated with the Shelter management software, providing up-to-date web <br />based information on lost and surrendered pets without additional effort from the Shelter <br />staff. The aforementioned Smart Search tool, developed by Orange County IT, provides <br />a convenient and intuitive mechanism for precisely locating information on the County <br />website. <br /> <br />Page 3 6/12/2008 <br />