Mapleton to purchase new server for network for municipal office
The township will take a technological leap forward with the purchase of a new computer server.
Council authorized the purchase of a replacement for the current computer server in the municipal office from a local company, WireQ, at a cost of $15,328 plus HST.
A quote from the municipality’s current IT service provider, Compugen, for $20,665 was also received. However deputy treasurer Teresa Armstrong reported the WireQ system, “will provide a larger capacity and newer technology by using a network storage device instead of storage tapes, which are becoming obsolete.”
Armstrong pointed out the current server had reached it’s maximum data capacity and the backup drive had become “intermittent and unreliable.”
CAO Patty Sinnamon stated the current server was in need of immediate replacement.
“It was antiquated five years ago,” she observed.
