this effort is the nearly complete upgrade of the Maine School and Library Network (MSLN) and the beginning of the Maine State government network upgrade. These two networks together serve over 1,000 State offices, schools, and libraries State-wide. AREAS OF FOCUS 2013-2014 – OIT’s areas of focus over the next two years include: Agency partnership Project management, governance, methodology Risk management (cyber security, business continuity / disaster recovery (BC/DR), data integrity) sourcing Big data, analytics, business intelligence Business process management Workforce development Public / private partnership Data center right-sizing and efficiencies Cloud-based desktop application delivery Cloud-based storage and archiving Other areas of long-term focus for OIT: Data Center Right-Sizing and Efficiencies: As OIT relocated its primary data center from leased space on Edison Drive to a facility on Sewall Street, it has leveraged emerging technologies to reduce its footprint size and limit electrical power consumption. This was accomplished through use of technologies such as in-line cooling. Cloud-based Desktop Application Delivery: Outsourcing to companies that provide IT services via an Internet connection is referred to as computing. “cloud” OIT is in the process of evaluating emerging cloud-based desktop application delivery alternatives. The promise of cloud-based application services is to free OIT from many application management, upgrade, and deployment expenses, as well as to allow the use of less-expensive desktop or portable systems without sacrificing functionality. Cloud-based Storage and Archiving: Cloud-based data storage and archiving promises to reduce the cost of user file storage. This will be a critical response to the cost growth caused by the rapidly-increasing consumption of storage capacity in response to the continuing accumulation of files and data on state systems.
this effort is the nearly complete upgrade of the Maine School and Library Network (MSLN) and the beginning of the Maine State government network upgrade. These two networks together serve over 1,000 State offices, schools, and libraries State-wide. AREAS OF FOCUS – 2013-2014 OIT’s areas of focus over the next two years include: Agency partnership Project management, governance, methodology Risk management (cyber security, business continuity / disaster recovery (BC/DR), data integrity) sourcing Big data, analytics, business intelligence Business process management Workforce development Public / private partnership Data center right-sizing and efficiencies Cloud-based desktop application delivery Cloud-based storage and archiving Other areas of long-term focus for OIT: Data Center Right-Sizing and Efficiencies: As OIT relocated its primary data center from leased space on Edison Drive to a facility on Sewall Street, it has leveraged emerging technologies to reduce its footprint size and limit electrical power consumption. This was accomplished through use of technologies such as in-line cooling. Cloud-based Desktop Application Delivery: Outsourcing to companies that provide IT services via an Internet connection is referred to as “cloud” computing. OIT is in the process of evaluating emerging cloud-based desktop application delivery alternatives. The promise of cloud-based application services is to free OIT from many application management, upgrade, and deployment expenses, as well as to allow the use of less-expensive desktop or portable systems without sacrificing functionality. Cloud-based Storage and Archiving: Cloud-based data storage and archiving promises to reduce the cost of user file storage. This will be a critical response to the cost growth caused by the rapidly-increasing consumption of storage capacity in response to the continuing accumulation of files and data on state systems.
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