Primary Department: Universal Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Managing Department: Universal Services
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Infrastructure Enhancement & Replacements
Project ID (if applicable): NI008
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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Incremental Authorization Requested: $4,000,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $5,300,000 (FY2027)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Infrastructure Enhancements & Replacements project for an incremental authorization of $5,000,000 for a total authorization of $5,300,000 for FY2027 and request for commercial paper funding in the amount of $4,000,000.
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Project Description:
The project involves replacement of Harris County's (HC) compute (virtualization) and monitoring infrastructure that supports all of our enterprise services and applications. These services include but are not limited to the following mission critical systems: JWEB, PeopleSoft, Computer Aided Dispatch / Record Management System (CAD/RMS), Email, Active Directory Services, etc. The county is moving from the existing virtualization platform to Nutanix to reduce significant increases in General Fund expenses caused by a significant increase in current vendor's licensing fees. Functional capabilities are like-for-like and have been fully assessed. Migration will deliver no loss of functionality.
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