Submitted By: Christopher Ramos
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Presentation By: Christopher Ramos
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Department: Information Technology
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Continued utilization of the State of Florida Alternative Source Contract with SHI International Corp. for the one-year renewal of Microsoft 365 cloud subscriptions, endpoint licenses, security tools, and AI licenses with an estimated aggregate expenditure amount of $578,413
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence
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BACKGROUND:
Since 2015, the City of Ocala has utilized Office 365, leveraging Microsoft's SaaS Cloud Solution. The continued use of this product guarantees the seamless and secure operation of City services across all devices within our environment. Additionally, the subscription brings forth the following benefits:
? The flexibility of working remotely and on multiple devices to access emails and Office products on different devices, such as smartphones, tablets, desktops, and laptops, without paying additional license fees for each device.
? AI chat, agents, notebooks, and AI integrations for Microsoft Office products
? Assurance we are adhering to rigorous compliance and security standards.
? Unlimited archiving with unified document discovery and legal hold functionality to comply with Florida Sunshine laws.
? Built-in resiliency and disaster recovery. Data is replicated to multiple data centers and is recoverable in the event of an emergency.
? Continuous threat and vulnerability management.
? Greater investigation capabilities.
? Protection of sensitive data wherever it lives or travels.
? Improved compliance controls for Payment Card Industry (PCI) and personally identifiable information (PII) data.
? Detection and identification of vulnerabilities and suspicious account sign-ins.
As a political subdivision of the state of Florida, the City of Ocala qualifies as an eligible user of Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) alternate cont...
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