City of Columbus - File #: 2349-2003

• File #: 2349-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/14/2003
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 11/10/2003
• Final action: 11/12/2003
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a purchase agreement with Compuware Corporation for the purchase of annual software maintenance and support agreement for Network Vantage Software for the Department of Technology, Information Services; to authorize the expenditure of $17,729.00 from the Information Services Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($17,729.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/12/2003	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/11/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/10/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/10/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/30/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/30/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/29/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/29/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/29/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/28/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/23/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/23/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/20/2003	1	TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/20/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/20/2003	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
10/16/2003	1	Technology Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a purchase agreement with Compuware Corporation for the purchase of annual software maintenance and support agreement for Network Vantage Software. Compuware Corporation provides services that help; networking staff to identify and troubleshoot problems that exist between applications and the network, track network usage, alerts unauthorized application traffic, provides documentation of who is running what applications and when, identify what key servers are being accessed, how much data is being transmitted and utilized, manage growth of network usage by providing historical reports that identify trends in network usage, resolves performance problems, measures the impact of non-critical activity on business critical applications and provides around-the-clock performance monitoring. As the utilization of the networks becomes ever- increasing within the daily routine and operational functions, it is a priority for the Department of Technology to protect, monitor, control traffic and secure resources associated with the network systems. Also, Compuware Corporation, Network Vantage Software, provides services which help the City to manage content risk by monitoring, reporting, providing enhancements and updates, while at the same time ensuring the confidentiality of customer information.

The Department of Technology exercised due diligence by evaluating competitive software applications and support services. The services provided under this purchase agreement will begin on July 1, 2003 and end on June 30, 2004.

FISCAL IMPACT:
Previously this year, the Department of Technology expended $6,270.00 for the purchase of Application Vantage Software from Compuware. Currently, the funds of $17,729.00 requested for this purchase agreement is available within the Information Services Fund.

EMERGENCY:
Emergency legislation is requested to allo...