David Fletcher: Utah GovernmentIssues in State of Utah GovernmentBusy Week for IT- August 27, 2004 The Region 41 700MHz Regional Planning Committee meets today,August 27 at the Weber County Sheriff's Office, 10:00 am. The address is 721 West 12th South in Ogden. We took the Utah's IT directors on a quick flight down to Richfield yesterday to tour the alternate state data center. CIO Val Oveson stated his support for making proper use of the facility and ensuring that systems build adequate business continuity plans when developing new critical systems. I shared..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2004/08/27.html#a1444 More thoughts on Government IT Procurement- August 13, 2004 San Jose's former chief technology officer is currently under investigation for improprieties regarding procurement of Cisco networking products. Government procurement is a sticky issue. It is always a challenge to be fair and objective, yet efficient productive, yet that is something that we always attempt to do. Certainly, technical people, like anyone else, tend to prefer certain products, usually those with which they have some knowledge and expertise. Each month,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2004/08/13.html#a1434 Top Ten Strategic Projects- August 3, 2004 Last week, I identified the current top 10 strategic projects for the Utah Division of Information Technology Services. I will also create a top 10 list of operational projects in order to focus our efforts. (Our implementation of VMWare for server virtualization will be one of these). Mobile Data NetworkProject Manager: Doug Chandler The wireless group successfully implemented a mobile data network on 450 MHZ channels in Cache, Tooele, and Summit counties. With the allocation of...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2004/08/03.html#a1424 |