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Blount County IT to upgrade cameras, network switches and email; opens talks with schools on shared services
Summary
Blount County IT staff told the county IT committee they plan to replace the commission-room camera and monitors, replace aging network switches, raise internet bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 5 Gbps, and migrate email from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365; county staff also discussed early talks about shared IT services with Blount County Schools.
Blount County IT staff announced plans at an IT committee meeting to upgrade the commission-room camera system and monitors, replace aging network switches, increase county internet bandwidth from 1 gigabit to 5 gigabits per second, and move the county email system from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.
Justin McClure, Blount County IT staff, told the committee that the current single commission-room camera "is not a very good quality" and that the county will install a five-camera system that will "get a little bit closer, a better picture" of whoever is speaking. He said the existing monitors will be replaced with lower-profile, tablet-like monitors already on-site and that the full update will likely roll out in the next couple…
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