2012-Annual Town Report - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Report of the Town Of Mashpee "114;z Director of Information /Wireless Backbone;,",",, 9 , Technology Department } To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee z- 3 r 2012 was another busy year for the Information Technology Department. We have accomplished much d in the 9 years that I have had the privilege of working e for the Town of Mashpee, and many of the new '` e features,enhancements and products we have provided e to our town employees and residents would not have been possible without proper funding and the support �s that our department receives from the Selectmen's office. May I also express my gratitude and thanks to e the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Technology I Advisory Board for their generous support this past y year in funding enhancements to Mooring Tracker :w. �.• )f software,VEEM Backup and Replication software,and ""m it anew UPS for the Town Hall server rack. `-> :e K��m `•�. rte, �- .,� r n I also would like to welcome aboard our newest "" I , )f team member Clay Nicholson who started in May as the GIS Coordinator and the Assistant Town Manager ��.gym tea„ �ucona.cwwu,we.owmi.ean,.c.cbw a.c� Tom Mayo for transitioning his GIS functions to Clay in a smooth and efficient manner, as well as being Department Mission available as an expert resource. A special thanks to Bruce Stello for his strong work ethic,enthusiasm,and To provide 24 geographically dispersed can do attitude. departments in Mashpee with consistent,cost effective, j and secure connectivity to all current and future j The wireless network that runs our computing information systems. To create an Information environment and voice network is pictured below. This Systems infrastructure that provides increased accessibility to information for all citizens of the Town image is a Map of Mashpee with Icons that represent network antennas, their locations, and our coverage. of Mashpee. This is actually 2 complete wireless networks. In 2011 we completed the project of adding antenna masts on This includes telephony,local and wide area data networks,e-mail and internet access,network operating all buildings and separated the antennas for better systems, desktop operating systems, anti-virus redundancy. The primary wireless network was purchased and installed in 2010 the backup wireless protection, firewall protection, anti-spam and anti- Network was installed in December 2006 and is still in spyware initiatives, backup and disaster recovery use. Both networks are running simultaneously. This services, software licensing and maintenance, configuration provides us with a complete redundant networked printers and other related technology. wireless backbone which better utilizes bandwidth Major Activities of the previous Year 2012 between sites and enables 100%redundancy. This year we saw the fiber installation completed at Town Hall, • Provided data processing services to 24 town Mashpee High School, and the Library to support departments. joining the OpenCape backbone in the future. Our Installed Virtual Servers at Police and Fire Plans are to join these buildings to O enCa a as soon J g p p Departments. as possible to augment our existing wireless infrastructure. 1.19