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State Tech Agency's Top IT Goods Buys in June

The purchases, ranging in price from several million to several hundred thousand dollars, seem to indicate the department aims to improve existing hardware and software while keeping an eye on cybersecurity.

The California Department of Technology, which includes in its mission assisting other state departments with their own IT projects, including tools aimed at the COVID-19 pandemic, notched these five top purchases of IT goods in the month of June.

Their precise purpose isn’t specified; however, it seems clear the department aims to modernize existing hardware and software while maintaining and improving its security posture. According to state data, CDT’s five largest buys by dollar amount are:

• $3.6 million to Crayon Software Experts for Microsoft 365 E3 government community cloud shared servers, specifically, replacing SKU AAA-11984 with “the new SKU AAD-34700.”

• $700,000 with Kovarus for production support and a subscription for VMware IT service delivery pack for two “two processors for three years technical support.”

• $396,000 with Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc. (ENS-Inc) for Palo Alto Networks PA-5250 “with redundant AC power supplies” – part of its PA-5200 Series firewalls.

• $288,000 with NWN Corp. for HP 830 G6 laptops and PCs, with 16 GB of RAM and apps including Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64.

• $287,000 with Taborda Solutions for Oracle “PeopleSoft Enterprises Human Resources – Employee Count Perpetual.”

Theo Douglas is Assistant Managing Editor of Industry Insider — California.