REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
September 14, 2021
FROM
LARRY AINSWORTH, Chief Information Officer, Innovation and Technology Department
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Agreement with SUSE LLC, for SUSE Software Licenses
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve non-financial Agreement, 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, 2021, to September 30, 2022.
(Presenter: Larry Ainsworth, Chief Information Officer, 388-5501)
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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 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
ITD manages multiple enterprise systems and hosts countywide departmental applications for many County departments. These systems and applications utilize several different operating systems. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system hosts several critical applications, such as FileNet, InfoSphere, WordPress, GIS, and IBM Cognos.
The usage of SUSE SLES is governed by the terms listed in the respective SLES End User License Agreements (EULA) and the SUSE Volume License Agreement (VLA). On August 25, 2020 (Item No. 26), the Board approved Contract No. 20-867, including non-standard terms, with SUSE LLC, which included an Addendum, the SUS...
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