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Network World 2010 PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Next-Gen IT Ecosystem A Jefferson County Perspective
James Lindauer
Chief Architect
http://www.jeffco.us
Agenda
Background
The Challenge
Objectives
Implementation
Results/benefits
Advice
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Residents
Visitors
Business
Online Services
• Business
• Stack
• Technology Stack
Jefferson County Architecture
Government
Jefferson County Background
Local county government
540,000 citizens, 3,000 employees, 82 technology employees
West of Denver covering the foothills and mountains
Fiscally conservative
Innovative
Creative
Collaborative (shared services)
Leader in many areas
Background
Assessors and Treasurers from four major political jurisdictions in
the metropolitan Denver area have formed a consortium for the
purpose of acquiring new software systems to support their
respective business operations. This consortium is made up of
elected and appointed officials from Arapahoe County, City and
County of Broomfield, City and County of Denver, and Jefferson
County. (PTOC – Property Tax Officials of Colorado)
The Challenge
Business drivers for the projects:
The implementation of a new Assessor and Treasurer system
Courtroom Expansion driving the relocation of IT Services to a different campus location
Departments storing more data (audio, video, data)
Implementation of a new C&R Recording system
The Challenge
Implementation of an Enterprise Architecture solution that meets business and technology needs of today, and the future
Challenge
Project objectives
Modern Tier 2 data center 99.74% uptime
New 10GE data center
New SAN
Improved operational reliability and capacity
Improved service delivery
Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) of technology
Business agility (disaster recovery / provisioning)
Project objectives (cont.)
Save money through economies of scale
Improve citizen services
Consistent business processes
Collaboration, sharing of best practices
Common technology, communication, information sharing
Improve B2B processes
Modernized business practices
Implementation
Executive Approval for the Capital Improvement Projects
RFPs submitted
Subject Matter Experts reviewed vendor responses
Selection of solutions that met the technical and business needs from an architecture enterprise perspective
Cross-domain collaboration between technologists and business experts
Implementation
Modern Technologies
Data Center CISCO UCS (Less is more)
– Cisco Blade Center
Storage management EMC SAN / Data Domain Deduplication
Virtualization VMWARE 4.0 ESX
Flexible agile architecture
Cloud Solutions
New Assessor / Treasurer implementation is in progress
New Data Center - in progress 2010
New SAN - 2010
Implementation
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Vision Requirements RFP
Mini Fit Gap
Full Fit Gap
Contract
Implementation
Implementation
Majority of work involved internal staff
Procurement process took longer than anticipated
Support of ongoing operational activities
Vendors as partners
Coordination
Implementation
Results
• Service Management Service-now
• Project Management Innotas
• Job Applicants NeoGov
• Performance Management EchoSpan
• Election Results Clarity
Cloud
• Financial System
• Community Services
• Case Management
• Property Valuation
• Public Recorded Documents
Business
• Storage
• Virtualization
• Laptops, Mobile Devices, Net books, Desktops
• Network
Infrastructure
Results
Functional Benefits
Less Resources to Support Data Center
More Investment Dollars focused on Value / Business Needs
Effective and Efficient Storage Management
Reduced application server downtime due to virtualization
Improved service delivery by provisioning environments quicker
Standardized architecture resulting in less support issues
Increased capacity to manage business growth
Reduced $$$ maintenance costs, older equipment more expensive
Better services for citizens and county departments
Advice
Looking back, what steps are you especially glad that you took, if any?
Project Management Discipline
Governance Structure
Defining the Technical Operating Environment
Advice
Be realistic about the COMMITMENT (cost, time and resources)
Assess your CAPABILITY (skills) and CAPACITY
Enjoy the JOURNEY
Spend plenty of time in PLANNING and DESIGN
Thank You
James Lindauer
Chief Architect
http://www.jeffco.us