Danbury Board approves five‑year VMware licensing agreement to avoid server shutdowns

Jul 9, 2025

The Board of Awards approved a five‑year VMware license through GovConnection at $87,904.80 per year to prevent immediate server disruptions after staff warned licenses could lapse and put server farms into maintenance mode. The award was contingent on contract execution and passed unanimously.

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The Danbury City Board of Awards voted July 9 to approve a five‑year VMware licensing agreement with GovConnection to secure annual license renewals at $87,904.80 per year and avoid an imminent disruption to city servers. Frank Gentile, director of technology services, told the board the license must be renewed or the city’s server farms could “shut down and go into maintenance mode.”

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