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IT director recommends capital server replacement; Lenovo quote far lower than Dell, commissioners ask for follow-up
Summary
Justin Parks, the county IT director, presented a capital plan to replace aging servers and storage. He shared a Dell hardware quote and a lower-cost Lenovo alternative that included migration services; commissioners asked staff to return with more financial detail for a decision.
Justin Parks, Dickinson County's IT director, told the Board of County Commissioners that key server hardware used for county-wide systems is reaching end of life and that replacement is necessary to preserve critical services including 9-1-1, Tyler records software and other county applications.
Parks showed photos of existing server racks and shared two written quotations. Dell's hardware-only quote for replacement equipment was approximately $288,000; Parks said his earlier total estimate had included…
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