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Missoula County hears technology budget package; authorizes support contract and discusses VxRail, staffing, password and phone-fee changes
Summary
Missoula County technology staff presented a multi-part budget and action package, and commissioners authorized continuation of virtualization support while discussing longer-term funding for hardware, staffing and telephone service fees.
Missoula County technology staff presented a multi-part budget and action package that commissioners discussed and in part approved, covering virtualization support, staffing, software tools and telephone-service funding.
Ken, a county technology department presenter, asked commissioners to authorize signature of a support and licensing agreement for the county's virtualization infrastructure and to consider several budget requests. He described the county—s virtualization platform and said the software vendor landscape had changed after Broadcom bought VMware, which led to higher prices: "they jacked up the price 300%," he said. Commissioners authorized signing the agreement so support and licensing would continue while staff pursue longer-term options.
Ken walked the board through a series of related items: a proposed deputy…
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