Any sufficiently advanced technology is
                                     indistinguishable from magic

                                                                                                                     -Clarke's Third Law

• Our current desktop computer is a Dell GX280, the next generation OptiPlex line of enterprise desktops.  It has 2.80GHz processor, 800FSB, 512 MB memory, 40GB SATA hard drive, 16.0" viewable image size monitor with built-in speakers and 48X CD-ROM.  Workstations include a USB keyboard, USB mouse, and the Microsoft Windows XP Operating System.      
   
• Mobile county employees carry Dell D800 laptops with 1.40GHz, 15.4" screens, 512 MB memory, 30 GB hard drive, 24X CD-ROM, a USB mouse, 56K internal modem, and a docking station with 17" monitor and standard keyboard.
   
• The County operates on Microsoft Office 2003.   
   
• DoIT backs up approximately 4,500 County PCs with Altiris Recovery Solution, a powerful system that recovers lost data or rolls back to a known good state.  Daily snapshots automatically capture changes and secure data without requiring user intervention.   
   
• DoIT recently completed a migration to BrightMail 5.5.1.  In its new configuration, BrightMail filters approximately 100,000 spam e-mails a day, or 80 percent of the County's incoming e-mails.  This new software also separates "grey e-mails" by warning users in the subject line with "<Suspected Spam>".  Each BrightMail client is configured to use two BrightMail servers and to fail over if the current server is down.
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• Senior and emergency-oriented county employees use some 190 BlackBerry Handhelds that include the RIM 950 Wireless Handheld and Cellphone/Blackberry combinations from Verizon and Nextel, on the nationwide wireless network.

• Instead of using a more traditional client/server approach to software development, DoIT takes a multi-tier approach by separating user presentation, business logic and data layers.
   
• Most development work is done on Java (J2EE) and delivered via internal or public websites.
   
• The department's primary databases are Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
   
• When we were addressing Y2K concerns, DoIT tended to buy off-the-shelf software because of deadline pressures.  Since then, we have moved toward building our software internally.  We continue however to purchase software components from third parties.
   
• We seek software solutions that transcend department divisions and satisfy the needs of the enterprise as whole. 

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