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i <br />f <br />t~ver <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Bob Pearson, IT Manager <br />DATE: May I I, 2009 <br />SUBJECT: IT Recovery Update <br />Item # 5.2. <br />The City of Elk River has computerized everything from permitting data to public safety <br />data. One is pressed to come up with data that is not stored in an electronic format. <br />The City's data resides on hardware called servers. The traditional implementation has <br />servers dedicated to an individual application. Examples of this would be our "finance <br />server", "email server", and "video server". The new model for hosting applications is <br />termed virtualization and implements multiple applications residing an shared hardware. <br />The purpose of my presentation is two-fold: to explain some of the benefits of virtualization <br />and also to outline a request for implementation so as to move the Ciry into the next <br />generation of technology. <br />