The Provider will submit on the last Upon award of the contract, the Apple Project working day of each month a Team will work closely with the MLTI Project detailed monthly progress report to Team to finalize monthly performance the Department’s Project Manager, summary details. starting with the first month of the Agreement. Among other things, this report must include a monthly summary of the performance metrics specified earlier. The Provider may be requested to supply additional information as warranted. 12.1.13. Ongoing Improvements Apple is committed to providing ongoing Since the Department is vitally improvements to the project. The core interested in investing in solutions operating system includes maintenance, which have long-life and providing the MLTI with access to the latest upgradeability to provide versions of the operating system for the continuing and enhanced proposed Macs throughout the term of the capabilities over time, including contract. migration to evolving standards, each Bidder must describe its In addition to providing updated versions of solution’s ability to adapt to or to our core operating system, Apple will provide incorporate improved technology. appropriate upgraded versions of Apple’s iLife Fully describe how you would and iWork suites in our per seat cost. identify progressions in technology and integrate them into products Apple is a leader in the technology industry previously installed at customer and incorporates industry-standard sites. Examples might be technologies and features. Our products and incorporation of an emerging services are able to adapt to evolving wireless standard or upgrades to technology. the core operating system and application software. The Department is seeking a OS X is a proprietary operating systems (as are solution that adheres to industry most commercial operating systems), standards and open systems leveraging industry standard technologies architectures as versus proprietary including TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, HTTP, HTTPS, solutions. Each Bidder must identify SSL, TLS, 802.1X, Bonjour (zeroconf), IPsec, whether its solution includes PPTP, L2TP, DNS, IMAP, SMTP, XML, PDF and
The Provider will submit on the last working day of each month a detailed monthly progress report to the Department’s Project Manager, starting with the first month of the Agreement. Among other things, this report must include a monthly summary of the performance metrics specified earlier. The Provider may be requested to supply additional information as warranted. Upon award of the contract, the Apple Project Team will work closely with the MLTI Project Team to finalize monthly performance summary details. 12.1.13. Ongoing Improvements Since the Department is vitally interested in investing in solutions which have long-life and upgradeability to provide continuing and enhanced capabilities over time, including migration to evolving standards, each Bidder must describe its solution’s ability to adapt to or to incorporate improved technology. Fully describe how you would identify progressions in technology and integrate them into products previously installed at customer sites. Examples might be incorporation of an emerging wireless standard or upgrades to the core operating system and application software. Apple is committed to providing ongoing improvements to the project. The core operating system includes maintenance, providing the MLTI with access to the latest versions of the operating system for the proposed Macs throughout the term of the contract. In addition to providing updated versions of our core operating system, Apple will provide appropriate upgraded versions of Apple’s iLife and iWork suites in our per seat cost. Apple is a leader in the technology industry and incorporates industry-standard technologies and features. Our products and services are able to adapt to evolving technology. The Department is seeking a solution that adheres to industry standards and open systems architectures as versus proprietary solutions. Each Bidder must identify whether its solution includes OS X is a proprietary operating systems (as are most commercial operating systems), leveraging industry standard technologies including TCP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, TLS, 802.1X, Bonjour (zeroconf), IPsec, PPTP, L2TP, DNS, IMAP, SMTP, XML, PDF and
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