Information Technology Standards Document
The Information Technology Standards Policy lists all technologies supported by
the organization and serves as a guideline for all technology purchasing and use
decisions, including hardware, software, peripherals, and network components.
The primary goals of developing and implementing such a policy are:
• To ease purchasing decisions by pre-evaluating and pre-approving
technology solutions.
• To reduce training and support costs and create economies of scale by
narrowing the number of technologies and products used.
• To ensure integration and interoperability between technologies.
• To set parameters for future technology innovation and development.
The following standard technologies were selected based on prevalence in the
organization or – in the case where two or more competing technologies
previously existed – on an assessment of relative quality and performance as
dictated by business needs.
Please refer to this document when making a purchasing decision or when
selecting technologies as part of a development project. Sections of this
document may be extracted and used as part of project charters or other
agreements where technology parameters should and must be set, such as in
the case of contracted work.
OPERATING SYSTEMS/DESKTOP
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Operating System Microsoft Windows
XP SP2
Microsoft Vista TBD
Desktop Workstation Dell Latitude 620 Dell Latitude 745 TBD
Laptop Computers Dell Latitude D620 Dell Latitude 630 TBD
Internet Browser Microsoft IE 6.0 Microsoft IE 7.0 TBD
SERVERS
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Application Servers Dell 1950/55, 2650,
IBM 3550, 3650
IBM 3550/3650 TBD
Database Servers Dell 6850, 2950 Dual Processor, Quad Core IBM 3650
TBD
Web Servers Dell 1950, 1955 IBM 3550 TBD
LOCAL AREA NETWORK
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
Protocols TCP/IP N/A TBD
Performance 100mb to desk, 1gb backbone N/A TBD Network Hardware Components Cisco 3750’s, 6500’s, 7200’s N/A TBD Network Operating System IOS N/A TBD
WIDE AREA NETWORK
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
Protocol Ethernet N/A TBD
Performance 100mb on Primary links
N/A TBD
Topology Point to Point MPLS TBD
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Management
Software
TBD TBD TBD
Monitoring Software Open TBD TBD
Remote Control Software
Open TBD TBD
Asset Management Wasp Asset Management SW
TBD TBD
Backup/Availability Cirrus TBD TBD
Software Distribution Cirrus TBD TBD
STORAGE
Media EMC DMX and Clarion SAN
TBD TBD
Backup Software EMC Networker TBD TBD
WIRING
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
Topology Open Open TBD
Media SAN – Fiber 4gb – LAN CAT6
Datacenter Backbone 10gb
TBD
SECURITY
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Firewalls Cisco Pix Nokia/Checkpoint TBD
Server Certificates Verisign TBD TBD
Client Certificates TBD TBD TBD
Virus Detection Symantec AV TBD TBD
Intrusion Detection Open TBD TBD
REMOTE ACCESS AND VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
Connections 200 TBD TBD
Remote Access Servers
Microsoft RAS TBD TBD
INTERNET ACCESS
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Connections Corporate Wide TBD TBD
Availability of Sites Websense Managed
TBD TBD
Video/Audio Streaming
Available – Yes TBD TBD
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Electronic Mail Microsoft Outlook TBD TBD
Fax Rightfax TBD TBD
Telephony System Siemens Hipath 4000 – VoIP
N/A TBD
Voice Mail Siemens Expressions
N/A TBD
Instant Messaging Microsoft Office Communicator
TBD TBD
Directory Services Microsoft Active Directory
TBD TBD
Message Broker Open TBD
OFFICE AUTOMATION
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Word Processing Microsoft Word
2003
Microsoft Office 2007 TBD
Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel 2003 Microsoft Office 2007 TBD Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Microsoft Office 2007 TBD
DOCUMENT COPYING/IMAGING
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Imaging Scanners Kodak 640 TBD TBD
Photocopiers Varied TBD TBD
MOBILE/WIRELESS COMPUTING
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
Protocol TBD Handheld Operating System Blackberry N/A TBD Personal Digital Assistants Blackberry N/A TBD
Cellular Phones Blackberry/Sprint Handheld units
TBD TBD
DATA MANAGEMENT
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Databases Microsoft SQL Server 2000, DB2 8.2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, DB2 9.0 TBD
Query Tools Varied, Cognos, Crystal
TBD TBD
VIDEO CONFERENCING
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments High End Polycom 8000 TBD TBD
Midrange Polycom 500 TBD TBD
Desktop Polycom Desktop TBD TBD
HTML AUTHORING AND WEB PUBLISHING
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Web Site
Content/Design
Varied – Need list. Training, Portal
TBD
Accessibility Standard TBD
HTML Creation/ Conversion/Editing
Varied – Need list. Training, Portal
TBD
Drawing/Illustration Varied – Need list. Training, Portal
TBD
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY AND SOFTWARE
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Design/Analysis/Data Modeling Open Open TBD Graphical User Interface Open Open TBD
Compilers Open Open TBD
Developer Support Tools
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments Project Management
Software
Microsoft Project 2003
N/A TBD
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Component Current Standard Emerging Standard Next Review Comments
General TBD
