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County IT reports mainframe elimination, PC upgrades and cybersecurity steps; flags 2026 data-center replacement
Summary
Information Systems staff briefed commissioners on 2025 IT work including a mainframe pension migration, replacement of 225 Windows 10 PCs, expanded wireless and guest Wi‑Fi, and plans for next-year capital items including a data-center replacement and endpoint multifactor authentication tied to CJIS audit requirements.
Chris, an Information Systems staffer, told the Berrien County Board that the county completed several large IT projects in 2025 and identified capital needs for 2026.
Chris said the county completed a pension migration that “eliminate[d] the mainframe,” an effort that reduced ongoing mainframe support costs. He also said the county replaced about 225 personal computers that were running Windows 10, and touched several hundred additional machines that could be upgraded to Windows 11.
“Several 100 PCs that we had to touch at the beginning of the year,” Chris said, noting the work as part of broader efficiency efforts. He said staff…
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