THAT the Council of the Township of North Huron hereby receive the Manager of Employee and Business Services report on the budgeted purchase of a Data Backup and Disaster Recovery solution;
AND FURTHER THAT Council authorizes staff to purchase one (1) primary server unit and one (1) secondary server unit from vendor Compugen Inc. for a combined cost of $10,773.27 plus applicable taxes, in accordance with Ontario Broader Public Sector Vendor of Record established pricing for x86 server equipment;
AND FURTHER THAT Council authorizes staff to purchase appropriate Commvault Data Backup and Disaster Recovery software, licensing and training credits from vendor Compugen Inc. being the lowest received quotation, at a cost of $25,800.85 plus applicable taxes for the initial implementation;
AND FURTHER THAT Council authorizes the inclusion of ongoing maintenance and support fees for Commvault at a cost of approximately $3,062.41 per year, in the 2017 and subsequent budgets.