Disaster Recovery. Just recently we finished upgrading our plan and our annual test. We have chosen a new employee hotsite provider and are also considering other options for our offsite server needs.
Network Infrastructure. Tons of budget items here. Our SAN install, patch management/tracking, ticketing system upgrade, server upgrades per schedule, internal employee network segment apart from servers, replacement tape drive autoloader/library, remote access improvements, addition to UPS, and lots more minor stuff.
Software Development. A struggle has ensued as to how much software development we should complete internally versus through the use of individual contractors or through the use of outsourcing or a combination. This topic is under discussion with our software development manager and others within the IT organization. We pushed for more full time developers but were already shot-down on that. It is acceptable to continue use of contractors but there are pros and cons to that approach. More on this as it develops.
Finance System. Our current finance system is archaic and in 2005 we will perform a software acquisition management (SAM) process to identify candidate replacement systems, issue an RFP, and choose a solution.
Windows XP Migration. Yes, not all our desktops and laptops are running XP yet although they are all on Win2k at least. We will get this completed in 2005.
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