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County ITS urges predictable funding for device‑as‑a‑service, firewalls and high‑availability internet
Summary
ITS staff told the board that technology now requires multi‑year lifecycle funding rather than one‑time purchases; they urged continuing a device‑as‑a‑service lease, firewall modernization and higher‑availability internet to avoid security and downtime risks.
Yavapai County ITS presented a lifecycle approach to capital technology spending and warned the board that delaying planned upgrades increases security, reliability and operational risk.
Jared Phelan, assistant director for ITS (interim director), said the county’s technology purchases are ongoing costs — subscriptions, licensing and maintenance — and that lifecycle planning is needed to avoid failures. “When you try to get every bit out of [devices]… it fails on you. It’s, when…
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