REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
August 25, 2020
FROM
LARRY AINSWORTH, Chief Information Officer, Information Services Department
SUBJECT
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Contract with SUSE LLC, for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Manager Software
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve Contract, including non-standard terms, with SUSE LLC, which includes an Addendum, the SUSE Volume License Agreement, and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server End User License Agreements, applicable to SUSE license subscriptions for the period of October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.
(Presenter: Jake Cordova, Information Services Division Chief, 388-0503)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this Contract will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The cost for SUSE LLC's (SUSE) license subscriptions are included in the Information Services Department (ISD) Computer Operations 2020-21 budget and will be included in future recommended budgets. Operating costs are recovered via service rates approved annually by the Board of Supervisors (Board).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ISD manages multiple enterprise systems that serve many County departments and host countywide departmental applications. These systems utilize several different operating systems. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system hosts different critical applications that run on those systems, such as FileNet, EMACS, InfoSphere, WordPress, GIS, and IBM Cognos. SUSE Manager is software used to automate both the deployment of patches and maintenance for the SLES.
SUSE Manager and SLES are software available as subscriptions only. The usage of SUSE Manager and SLES is governed by the terms listed in their respective End User License Agreements (EULA) a...
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