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Utah County information systems director outlines 2021 budget needs, cites pandemic-driven upgrades and new projects
Summary
Information Systems Director Patrick Guarow told the Utah County Board of County Commissioners that recent investments in backups, connectivity and applications improved pandemic response and county services; he requested limited staff reclassifications and one new integration-engineer position while proposing operating-cost increases for equipment and maintenance.
Patrick Guarow, director of the Utah County information systems department, told county commissioners during a budget work session that recent investments in infrastructure and software have strengthened county operations and supported pandemic response, but the department is seeking targeted operating increases and one new integration-engineer position.
Guarow said accurate, dependable and accessible information "is absolutely essential for government transparency and accountability to its citizens," and outlined three divisions in the department: IT support, programming and geographic information systems (GIS). He stressed that most budget growth requested for 2021 is for equipment support, maintenance and software licensing rather than new full-time hires.
Among the upgrades Guarow described, the county implemented an off-site disaster-recovery solution using Oracle Data Guard and an ExaGrid backup system that he said totals "over 600 terabytes" and keeps county data replicated across sites. He said the data center also will…
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