ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Chief Information Officer to Approve the Renewal of a Three-Year MICROSOFT SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT Adding OFFICE 365 Through CDW-G, in the Amount of $110,154.75, Each Year for a Total of $330,464.25.
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BACKGROUND: The City has had a software enterprise agreement with Microsoft since 2005. The agreement covers licenses for Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Windows Server and Microsoft SQL(database management). Enterprise agreements allow the City to pay a set yearly payment for three years and will streamline the ordering process for new licenses. Within the agreement is Microsoft's Software Assurance that gives us automatic access to new software releases, as they become available during the agreement term. This provides the City with productivity benefits, support, tools and training to help deploy and use the software efficiently. This new enterprise agreement has two major changes; the addition of Microsoft Office 365 and an increase in email accounts to cover the Peoria Fire Department.
The City currently uses Novell GroupWise for email services. For FY 2014 the IS Department has budgeted $121,000 for Novell($37,000) and Microsoft($84,000) software. Replacing both the current Microsoft agreement and Novell for a new enterprise agreement that includes Microsoft Office 365 services would save the City $10,845.25 per year.
Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud based software solution that provides the latest versions of Microsoft Outlook for email, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, and OneNote) for document management, One Drive for document storage, Microsoft SharePoint for document sharing, and Microsoft Lync for instant messaging via text or video conferencing. The Office 365 subscription allows installing all software on up to 5 PCs, tablets, or Macs per user. We will also have 24/7 technical support directly from Microsoft employees.
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