Purpose

Report setting out options and recommendation
for the replacement of IT infrastructure - Wi-Fi and LAN

Content

The Cabinet has
considered proposals to commission a capital scheme that would
enable the replacement of the existing Local Area Network (LAN) and
Wi-Fi system, and has given approval to:-
 
(1) The replacement of
the existing Aruba wifi solution with a
completely new Cisco solution, this would tie in more with the
strategic direction of the GM One network.
 
(2) The replacement of
all local Area Network (LAN) equipment with new cisco switching
infrastructure.
 
(3) The council moving
to an industry standard 5 year lifecycle
management programme for this critical network infrastructure.
 
(4) The funding of the
capital and revenue costs of the recommended options as set out in
section 8 of the report.