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a. Authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department or his designee 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, 2021, adding an additional $47,495 for a total agreement amount of $204,785;
b. Accept additional non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute order forms and change order forms as necessary to secure services as required by the County.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Director of the Information Technology Department or his designee 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, 2021, adding an additional $47,495 for a total agreement amount of $204,785;
b. Accept additional non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Director of Information Technology or his designee to execute order forms and change order forms as necessary to secure services as required by the County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
County ITD data center serves as the regional connection hub for California State Criminal Justice Information Database (CJIS). Equinix Cloud Connect is being used to provide Public Safety Verizon users across the County with mobile data access (MDCS) to CJIS. As more services are moving to the Cloud, Equinix's Cloud Exchange will be utilized by the County to provide consistent and predicable data transport services to and from the Cloud.
In July 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved a one...
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