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FROM: William Walker, M.D. Health Services Director Costa
DATE: November 4, 2008
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SUBJECT: Purchase of SQL Server 2008 Licenses
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to execute a
Purchase Order, in an amount not to exceed $240,271.70,for the purchase of 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Client Access Licenses.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Total cost of$240,271.70 is budgeted in the Enterprise I.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
Microsoft SQL Servers are databases that store the data for many of our vendor-supplied systems and many of
our mission-critical, in-house developed applications including, but not limited to, the Enterprise Master Patient
Index (eMPI) which supports the phone routing of incoming calls by patients to obtain outpatient clinic
appointments, the Immunization Registry and Basic Health Care/Healthcare Coverage Initiative. All users who
need to have access to any of these databases must have their Client Access Licenses upgraded to match the
new version of the backend database now that it is SQL Server version 2008.
Microsoft has ended support for SQL Server 2000 therefore the Health Services Department is required to move to
the latest version of this software. Besides, new security threats to older backend databases, if those are
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CONTACT: Pat Godley 5-5405 DAVID TWA,CLERK OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: County Administrator's Office
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discovered in the future, may not receive the attention from the vendor who must provide the fixes. All new
database application development or purchases therefore must be moved or configured to run on the now
currently supported version SQL Server 2008. We will not be legally compliant without buying the new Client
Access Licenses of 2008.