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between Town buildings. This image is a Map of Report of the Mashpee with Icons that represent network antennas, Director of Information their locations, and our coverage. The fiber Technology Department connections are also located at all wireless locations except for DPW,Transfer Station, and the Recreation Department at Heritage Park. The wireless backbone To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the network was purchased and installed in 2010, and is Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: the primary network for locations not served by Open Cape's fiber initiative, those locations being DPW, The year 2015 was another busy one for the Transfer Station,Recreation at Heritage Park and Fire Information Technology Department. We have Substation. accomplished much in the 12 years that I have had the privilege of working for the Town of Mashpee. Many of the new features, enhancements and products we Town of Mashpee have provided to our Town employees and residents /Wireless Backbone would not have been possible without funding and support that our Department receives from the Selectmen's office. May I also express my gratitude' n and thanks to the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Technology Advisory Board for their generous support this past year in funding the installation of 47 new Wireless Access Points to enhance wireless coverage in all Town Buildings, enabling quicker and more secure network access for mobile devices. The Access Points were installed at Town Hall,Mashpee Archives, l j DPW, Police, Fire, Council on Aging, Library, Fire Substation, Heritage Park, Kid's Klub, and Mashpee Community Park. The I.T.Department also completed d� . tl fiber installation at Kid's Klub,Mashpee Archives,and the Library. The fiber installation for the Department of Public Works will complete the goal of upgrading our data, voice, and video sharing capabilities across G Town and school facilities and should be completed in the next 2 years in conjunction with road work. The wireless backbone will still be maintained by our Department as it backs up these fiber connections and I will be the only connection for DPW,Transfer Station, and the Recreation Department at Heritage Park. yl I would like to thank the members of the Information Technology and G.I.S Departments,Bruce Department Mission Stello and Clay Nicholson for theircontinued hard To provide 24 geographically dispersed work and efforts to maintain,enhance,and secure our departments in Mashpee with consistent,cost effective, network environment and service offerings for and secure connectivity to all current and future Residents and employees of the Town of Mashpee. I information systems. To create an Information also welcome our newest member, Rob Segrin to the Systems infrastructure that provides increased Information Technology Department in his role as accessibility to information for all citizens of the Town Desktop Support Technician. of Mashpee. This includes telephony, local and wide area data networks,e-mail and internet access,network The wireless backbone network that functions as operating systems, desktop operating systems, anti- a backup to our fiber based network is pictured below. virus protection, firewall protection, anti-spam and These networks support Data, Voice, and Video 111