HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10162001 - C.109 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Steven Steinbrecher ot - :R•v
CIO, Department of Information Technology
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DATE: September 27, 2001
SUBJECT: Telecommunications County Standard
Specific Request(s)or Recommendations(s)&Background&Justification
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE DOITs Telecommunication's division to adopt the Harris 20/20 PBX
switch and Toshiba DK Electronic Telephone Systems as a County standard for all departments.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION AND BACKGROUND:
In 1987 Telecommunication selected the Harris 20/20 PBX telephone switches and the Toshiba DK
electronic key telephone systems as the unofficial standard for County departments. Prior to 1987 each
department selected their own telephone systems,which meant a variety of vendors installed and maintained
the systems. If vendors were not:available or had gone out of business, departments had to depend on
General Services for support. General Services was not be able to maintain all of these systems because of
their volume, the lack of certified staff and the inability to maintain adequate parts inventory for all the
systems. Additionally, none of the systems could communicate with each other, which made networking
impossible.
The Harris and Toshiba systems were selected because they are widely used by both private companies and
public agencies and are well supported by the manufactures both locally and nationally and training is readily
available for,county staff. Training was a big issue for departments as they rely on Telecommunications for
support. The equipment can also be connected to create a single countywide communications network. One
other benefit for the County is that both manufactures are migrating to (VOIP)Voice Over Internet Protocol,
which allows voice and data to be transported seamlessly over the same line.
Currently the county has 22 Harris PBX switches and approximately 50 Toshiba telephone,systems.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: SIGNATURE: -
_Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
_Approve Other
Si nature(s):
Action of Boar /n: Dom/ Approved as Recommended _Other
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: _ Noes: _ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
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cc: (4) Department of Information Technology John Sweeten, Clerk of the Board of
of Supervisors and County Administrator
By:
DEPUTY
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