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Framingham IT warns of support deadlines for network gear as finance subcommittee reviews $1.6M upgrade
Summary
City IT staff told the finance subcommittee that switches, wireless access points and the core switch purchased in 2017 are approaching end-of-support and recommended prioritizing switches; the subcommittee discussed timing and cost but took no formal vote.
Framingham City Council Finance Subcommittee — City IT staff told the finance subcommittee on June 3 that portions of the city's network infrastructure purchased in 2017 are approaching end-of-support and that delaying replacement risks security vulnerabilities and operational outages.
An IT presenter told members the request covers three major components: network switches at 94 city locations, wireless access points and a dual-core switch for redundancy. "The…
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