I. RECOMMENDATION:
Police Chief and American Office Solutions, our contract IT provider, recommend purchasing a cloud based back up for all city wide computer servers.
II. BACKGROUND:
Staff has been approached my American Office Solutions who provides computer services to the City and is recommending we go to a cloud based backup system to help protect the city and its files from ransom ware.
III. DISCUSSION:
Staff will refer this portion of the topic to AOS owner, Jeff Jones, should the Council have any questions.
Please refer to the YouTube video for additional information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5We4VpRqOA
IV. ALTERNATIVES:
The City can opt not to go with the Cloud backup system and can continue to backup the city's data locally.
V. FISCAL IMPACT:
This would be an unbudgeted item and would cost the City $9,816 per year. The cost would be divided between various funds with an estimated impact to the General Fund of approximately $7,365. |