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City IT director asks for $50,000 and hardware replacements to address end-of-life servers, UPS and VPN
Summary
IT representatives told the committee the city faces end-of-support SQL databases, an aging UPS in the main server room and a deprecated VPN product; wireless access-point replacements and third-party risk management were also proposed.
City IT staff presented a multi-part capital request July 17 focused on IT resiliency and security, saying several core systems are at or near end of support and need replacement or re‑licensing.
The presentation described three prioritized components: (1) Microsoft SQL Server instances that are at end‑of‑support and must be relicensed and updated; (2) the main server room infrastructure (backup environment, air handling and an aging UPS from 2004) with replacement battery stacks and control units; and (3) the city’s remote access (VPN) environment, which the presenter said runs on Cisco AnyConnect and…
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