web applications and functional business / data recovery scott nicewarner, it manager city of...
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Web Applications and Functional Business / Data Recovery
Scott Nicewarner, IT ManagerCity of Hagerstown, [email protected]
Agenda
Hagerstown IT Strategic Plan
Web Application Development
Functional Recovery Plans for “New Legacy Systems”
Developing Partnerships......
City of Hagerstown IT Strategic Plan
First Plan Developed for the City.
Focus on Migrating HP3000 Legacy systems to LINUX environment.
Internet / Intranet based application access.
Citizen – Centric Design
Create a “High Availability” Government Portal
Emphasis on Data Recovery / Business Continuity
Web Application Development
New Legacy PlatformOne Database StructureHigh Availability
Seamless integrationBandwidth ControlSecurity Issues
High Availability Web Applications
Availability of IT resources at all times during core business operation times.
Business Drivers in Government. Service Level Requirement Business Continuity Improve Revenue Collection Improve government effectiveness
Other Factors: Many components in various languages. Multiple machines Different database forms Multiple scripting languages
Functional Recovery Needs
Not the typical disaster recovery situation.
Systems continually susceptible to multitude of outage scenarios.
Minimal downtime a requirement.
Basic revenue-accepting functions a priority.
Minimal budget / maximum need.
Resource constraint
Developing Partnerships....
Functional Recovery sites.
Shared Resources Among Municipalities including storage / transport.
Real-time Data Synchronization / Replication
Cost / benefit
True Distributed Data Archiving.
Manageability
Conclusion
Four Questions That Could Save Your Company
What essential service must survive failure?
What affect will failure have on the company?
What changes in architecture, processes and requirements can improve survivability?
Which changes offer the best payoff?
Web Applications and Functional Business / Data Recovery
Scott Nicewarner, IT ManagerCity of Hagerstown, [email protected]