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Information Technologies Department recommending the Board:
1) Waive formal bid requirements in accordance with Purchasing Ordinance 3.12.160, Exemptions from competitive process, Section D;
2) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to utilize California Multiple Award Schedule contract 3-18-70-3164H with DSA Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of a Rubrik Cloud Data Management Solution;
3) Approve the addition of two (2) Rubrik Backup Appliances to Information Technologies’ Fiscal Year 2019-20 fixed asset list in the total amount of $52,677;
4) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a budget transfer increasing the Information Technologies Fixed Asset appropriations by $52,677, and reducing Services and Supplies appropriations commensurately; and
5) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to sign and issue a purchase order to DSA Technologies, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $240,000, plus an estimated $3,982 in applicable taxes, for the procurement of Rubrik Cloud Data Management Solutions, inclusive of two (2) Rubrik Backup Appliances and three (3) years of Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery software and support services. (4/5 vote required).
FUNDING: General Fund with partial cost recovery in future years through the County's Cost Allocation Plan (A-87).
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BACKGROUND
The Information Technologies Department needs to protect County data and provide mission critical services/functions in the event of a natural disaster (loss of one or more facilities), equipment failure, corruption of data (data becomes un-stable), and the ability to recover in the event of a Cyber-attack, emphasizing the need for a backup and recovery strategy for the County.
The backup and recovery strategy is intended to provide data restore and system recovery capabilities for the County's systems deemed mission critical, using the least resources possible to restore systems/data in a timely manner. Fewer resources mean less capital expense. In redesigning the backup architecture, focus i...
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