1) Waiver of Formal Competitive Bidding Procedures; and 2) Approval of an Agreement with Forsythe Inc. (El Segundo CA) for the Purchase of Hewlett Packard Virtual Server Virtual Storage Hardware and VMware Virtual Storage Software to Refresh Servers and Enhance Storage Capacity in the City s Data Center. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 05/26/09 Item Number: C 5 AGENDA ITEM: 1) Waiver of Formal Competitive Bidding Procedures; and 2) Approval of an Agreement with Forsythe Inc. (El Segundo CA) for the Purchase of Hewlett Packard Virtual Server Virtual Storage Hardware and VMware Virtual Storage Software to Refresh Servers and Enhance Storage Capacity in the City s Data Center. Contact Person/Dept.: John Richo Phone Number: 310 253 5950 Fiscal Impact: Yes X No General Fund: Yes X No Attachments: X Action Item: Public Hearing: Public Notification: Master E Mail Notification List (05/20/09) Emilya Svadjan Forsythe Inc. (05/19/09) Department Approval: John Richo (05/14/09) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (05/20/09) City Manager Approval: Jerry B. Fulwood (05/20/09) City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (05/19/09) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council (1) waive the formal competitive bidding procedures; and (2) approve an agreement with the Forsythe Inc. for the purchase of Hewlett Packard virtual server storage hardware and VMware virtual storage to refresh servers and enhance storage capacity in the City s Data Center. BACKGROUND: At the December 10 2007 and March 24 2008 meetings the City Council approved the purchase of virtual server virtual storage and virtualization software. Server consolidation or virtualization is not complicated in its conception. Simply put one physical server is configured with virtualization software so that by its sharing physical resources (hard drive memory CPU power supplies etc.) it can host a number of virtual servers which are isolated from each other. The...
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