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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan <br />office, creating time lags in the information's accuracy. <br />Some field workers use mobile data technology that <br />interfaces with County servers through cell phone circuits, <br />but these solutions are costly, slow and impractical for <br />many critical County applications. <br />Information Technologies needs to investigate the <br />deployment of Wireless Access Points in the County. <br />These points would allow mobile workers to reconnect <br />with the County servers to upload and download data <br />throughout their work day without having to come back <br />into the office. These Wireless Access Points would be in <br />specific geographic locations, requiring mobile workers to <br />come into a designated parking areas for this <br />synchronization. <br />Desktop Replacement Project <br />This program has been very well received by the Orange <br />County staff, and it has enabled OCIT to standardize on <br />desktop computing environments. <br />The oldest machines in service are approximately 5.5 <br />year old Pentium IV machines. They are capable of <br />running most County applications, however their vintage <br />prevents them from running the latest security programs, <br />thus exposing the entire Orange County network to <br />malicious attacks. In some cases, they can run security <br />programs, but at the expense of slowing the computer <br />down for other work. Additionally, the older machines are <br />beyond their life expectancy. As such, we will see a <br />marked increase in equipment failures, some of which <br />can be addressed only through the purchase of used <br />spare parts available on auction sites on the Internet. <br />It is important that Orange County adhere to the 4 year <br />PC Replacement cycle that has been suspended for two <br />out of the past five years. <br />18 <br />Page 17 of 25 12/1 /2008 <br />