DATE: March 22, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: CIO/Director of Information Technology
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with LookingPoint for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and VMWare Refresh in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $300,000
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with LookingPoint for Cisco UCS Server and VMWare refresh in an amount not-to-exceed $300,000.
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SUMMARY
Cisco UCS is a data center server computer product composed of computing hardware, virtualization support and management software. UCS is the hardware that runs VMWare. VMWare is the backbone for City applications. It governs availability, resource allocation, and runs Microsoft servers. It allows for easy access of troubleshooting application performance issues and in the event of recovery, virtualization greatly reduces the restoration time as compared to building new physical servers. This is beneficial for the City and its residents because it enables applications to maximize their uptime to perform daily transactions with City Departments. Without regular updates of the UCS hardware and VMWare, the City’s applications run the risk of poor performance and possible unavailability.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution