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County IT Warns of Rising Subscription Costs, Cybersecurity Needs and Staffing Shortages
Summary
Information Technology director MC (surname not provided) told the board the county faces rising subscription costs as vendors retire perpetual licenses, needs improved disaster recovery and cybersecurity, plans to create an AI policy, and struggles to recruit and retain staff amid lower local pay scales.
MC (IT director) told the Champaign County Board that the county’s information-technology budget is largely steady year-to-year but that rising costs and changing vendor models will require new recurring expenditures and additional staffing.
MC said many software vendors are moving away from perpetual licenses to subscription models, increasing recurring costs for tools the county has historically purchased once. He also described an ongoing need for…
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