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County approves 5-year VMware support purchase order with termination-for-convenience clause
Summary
Kootenai County approved a multi-year VMware support agreement after IT negotiated a reduced first-year price and secured a termination-for-convenience clause while it evaluates alternatives.
Kootenai County commissioners voted Oct. 7 to approve a five-year VMware support agreement while giving IT staff time to evaluate other vendors.
Grant Kinsey, speaking for the county’s information-technology team, told commissioners the vendor initially proposed a jump from about $20,000 a year to roughly $100,000; negotiations reduced the first-year price to $60,000 but the contract would escalate…
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