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Town and schools report progress on unified IT department, cite cybersecurity and staffing priorities
Summary
Interim CTO Mark Messias and staff updated the Select Board and School Committee on Year 2 of the Town of Needham/Needham Public Schools IT consolidation, highlighting staffing gains, a completed cybersecurity assessment, cloud planning and remaining gaps including an enterprise-applications manager and recurring cybersecurity resources.
Mark Messias, interim chief technology officer for the Town of Needham and Needham Public Schools, told a joint meeting of the Select Board and School Committee that the town’s consolidated information-technology operation has stabilized but still faces several staffing and implementation priorities.
“Over the last year our priorities have been end user support, IT infrastructure and efficiencies,” Messias said. He reported the combined team now numbers 19 and that the departments have standardized device profiles, consolidated printing services and moved toward unified network oversight.
Why it matters: The town and schools moved IT operations together after an emergency several…
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