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Barnstable County IT director outlines $70,000 security setup, managed‑services plan in FY2027 budget review
Summary
Billy Travers, Barnstable County IT director, told the Cape Cod Regional Government Assembly delegates the FY2027 IT budget includes a one‑time information‑security setup of about $70,000, managed services to scale support, and an expected $30,000 annual hosting savings after moving Munis hosting to Tyler Technologies; the committee voted to recommend the budget to the finance committee.
Billy Travers, IT director for Barnstable County, told the Cape Cod Regional Government Assembly standing committee on telecommunications and energy that the department’s FY2027 proposal emphasizes information security, managed services and license rationalization.
"What we are looking to spend on the information security...approximately $70,000," Travers said, describing the amount as a one‑time setup and configuration cost with recurring maintenance thereafter. He said the county expects some offsets, primarily by changing how it hosts its Tyler Munis enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Why it matters: The committee heard that shifting hosting of the county’s Munis (Tyler ERP) environment to Tyler Technologies’ hosted service would reduce the county’s own cloud hosting liability and was expected to lower hosted‑service costs by roughly $30,000 annually.…
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