REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
October 5, 2021
FROM
LARRY AINSWORTH, Chief Information Officer, Innovation and Technology Department
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Software License Agreement and Foundation Agreement for Symantec Software Products and Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve non-financial Software License Agreement with Symantec Corporation, for Symantec software products and services, for a perpetual term, terminating when the software products and services are no longer in use by the County.
2. Approve non-financial Foundation Agreement with Broadcom Inc., for Symantec software products and services, for a perpetual term, terminating when the software products and services are no longer in use by the County.
(Presenter: Larry Ainsworth, Chief Information Officer, 388-5501)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of the Software License Agreement and the Foundation Agreement will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). This Agreement is non-financial in nature and does not commit the County to make any purchases. If future purchases are made under this Agreement, the Innovation and Technology Department (ITD) will adhere to County purchasing policies and return to the Board of Supervisors (Board) for approval, if necessary.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The County utilizes Symantec cybersecurity and network management software products and services to protect against malware and other cyber threats, to secure workloads processed in a multi-cloud environment, to provide comprehensive analysis of network activity, and to provide a detection and response solution.
Broadcom owns the Symantec name and the Symantec cybersecurity and network management software products and services. The Symantec Software License Agreem...
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