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For these reasons, and others discussed later, I am recommending that the county proceed to purchase the Mackin system, but in a step wise process designed to assure a successful result and eliminate as much risk as possible. This process is discussed in the recommendations section. In short, the Mackin system meets the essential criteria as follows: • Compatible with IS technology guidelines • Quick install process to get essential functionality • Sufficient functionality and expandability for future • Installed and supported by proficient personnel A note on the last point -personnel - is in order. Mario Duckett, a Mackin employee has been working for Orange County over the last year in the capacity of consultant. He was engaged originally due to his knowledge of the Pick operating system and the GeneSys data formats. He has performed the conversion of the image data from the GeneSys system and he has assisted in the Y2K transition effort. In that capacity he has become very familiar with the Orange County computing environment and the details of the data storage architecture. This knowledge will be extremely valuable in the work to come. It should be mentioned also that the Mackin system has features desired for future extensions such as: • Internet or Web based access to image data • Full text search of data base records • and others -just ask their salesman ,F `i ,! 2.5.2 Caveats A serious concern is the fact that we have had very little time to thoroughly explore the Mackin approach and the ramifications therein. Consequently in the plan to proceed that follows I have proposed astep-wise approach with checkpoints along the way in order to eliminate as much risk as possible from the recommended path. I will return to that issue in the remainder of the report, primarily in the recommended steps to proceed. Report to Orange County Register of Deeds Apri112, 2000 L.___~_____ r•_____.~.~__ .__ _ ._