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a. Authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department to execute an Order Form with Equinix, LLC. for continued colocation of County technology infrastructure within an Equinix-hosted facility, for an additional 12-month period, resulting in a revised agreement term of July 25, 2017 through October 14, 2020, adding an additional $43,078.80 to the current agreement amount of $83,726, for a total agreement amount of $126,804.80;
b. Accept additional non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology to execute order forms and change order forms as necessary to secure services as required by the County.
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RECOMMENDATION:
a. Authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department to execute an Order Form with Equinix, LLC. for continued colocation of County technology infrastructure within an Equinix-hosted facility, for an additional 12-month period, resulting in a revised agreement term of July 25, 2017 through October 14, 2020, adding an additional $43,078.80 to the current agreement amount of $83,726, for a total agreement amount of $126,804.80;
b. Accept additional non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology to execute order forms and change order forms as necessary to secure services as required by the County.
SUMMARY:
In July of 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved a one (1) year agreement for colocation services with Equinix, LLC. In September of 2018, the Board approved a one (1) year extension. The IT Department is now asking to extend that agreement for one additional year in order to continue services.
As more services are moving to the Cloud, Equinix's Cloud Exchange can be utilized by the County to provide consistent and predicable data transport services to and from the Cloud. County ITD will be utilizing Equinix to pro...
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