IT Consolidation workgroups have been established to evaluate specific areas that will affect the new consolidated organization. The workgroups are composed of IT staff from in-scope agencies who have volunteered their time and expertise. Workgroup members meet regularly to study the issues and resources affecting the services that OTS will provide.
Currently Active Workgroups
- Cloud Services
- Contract Analysis
- Desktop Leasing
- Desktop Support
- Disaster Recovery
- Enterprise Storage
- Floor Space Analysis
- Geographic Information Systems
- Helpdesk Consolidation
- High Capacity Printing
- IT Staffing Requests
- Mainframe Consolidation
- Managed Print
- Microsoft Licensing
- Oracle Managed Service
- Organizational Chart
- Records Management Systems
- Security
- Server Virtualizations
- Service Catalog Refinement
- Staff Survey
- Statewide Active Directory
- VoIP
Additional Workgroups Under Consideration
- Database Management
- SQL Server as a Service
- Hardware Inventory
- Network Management
- Software Inventory
Cloud Services
Scope: Leverage IT services that are made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider’s servers as opposed to being provided from the State’s on-premises servers.
Recent Tasks: Writing an RFP for a 3rd party cloud service provider procurement; workgroup currently defining deliverables for the RFP.
Last meeting held on 06/17/2014
Contract Analysis
Scope: Identify the cost effective IT resource acquisition, maintenance and service provisioning under the consolidated Louisiana IT environment. Provide for the efficient and orderly transfer of agency IT agreements to the new Office of Technology Services (OTS).
Recent Tasks: Lists of both existing agency renewal orders and contracts have been compiled, and these are in the process of being transferred to OTS in ISIS effective July 1. An OTS reporting and approval structure for ISIS has been established, and a consolidated staff augmentation RFP is being drafted. Existing department contracts/agreements are being evaluated to identify efficiencies, duplication, consolidation, or other statewide cost saving measures.
Last meeting held on 06/12/2014
Desktop Leasing
Scope: Identify the pros and cons of Statewide Desktop PC leasing over direct purchasing of the PC units.
Recent Tasks: Creating an ITB to establish statewide multi-vendors desktop leasing options. Reviewing several viable options for ITB requirements. Recommending changes to the PC Request and Budget Guidelines.
Last meeting held on 07/08/2014
Desktop Support
Scope: Establish a statewide Desktop Support service.
Recent Tasks: Defining and creating a deliverable document for statewide desktop support. Creating service level agreements (SLA) for statewide desktop support; defining expectations of statewide desktop support.
Last meeting held on 07/15/2014
Disaster Recovery
Scope: Establish a statewide Disaster Recovery plan to support agencies.
Recent Tasks: Creating workgroup and identifying members.
Last meeting held on 07/28/2014
Enterprise Storage
Scope: Consolidate agency Storage Area Networks (SAN) into a Statewide Enterprise SAN solution. Create a consolidated Enterprise SAN line of service.
Recent Tasks: Compiling list of existing agency SAN information. Reviewing SAN storage technologies for recommendations. Identifying agency needs for migrating existing SANS.
Last meeting held on 07/21/2014
Floor Space Analysis
Scope: Identify floor space requirements and costs to find new space for services build outs.
Recent Tasks: Identifying available agency floor space. Touring existing available IT floor space. Compiling floor plans and cubicle space from all agencies.
Last meeting held on 06/04/2014
Geographic Information Systems
Scope: Analyze/build a statewide GIS strategy to improve technology, promote efficiency, eliminate duplication, and reduce cost.
Recent Tasks: Inventorying all agency GIS related resources. Creating GIS standards.
Last meeting held on 07/23/2014
Helpdesk Consolidation
Scope: Establish a statewide level 1 Helpdesk Service to support the agencies.
Recent Tasks: Defining agency expectations of helpdesk. Creating an RFP to purchase an IT Service Support Management (ITSSM) solution for statewide incident/problem tracking and configuration management. Creating Service Level Agreements (SLA) for helpdesk
Last meeting held on 07/17/2014
High Capacity Printing
Scope: Consolidate statewide high capacity printing.
Recent Tasks: Analyzing existing agency print services through surveys and site visits. Printing services of the Office of Group Benefits (OGB) and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (WLF) are in the process of being consolidated into the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). DCFS is now inserting all of WLF mail outs and printing some WLF letters; DCFS is testing printing of WLF special forms and testing OGB mail outs. Evaluating potential need regarding hardware purchases in order to meet the increased work load and printing of special forms.
Last meeting held on 05/16/2014
IT Staffing Requests
Scope: Manage ongoing IT staffing requests to find available resources within the current organization.
Recent Tasks: Implemented formal request and review procedure.
Last meeting held on 06/25/2014
Mainframe Consolidation
Scope: Establish a consolidated mainframe line of service.
Recent Tasks: Analyzing existing agency mainframes. Posted an ITB to purchase a consolidated mainframe; bid opening was July 10, 2014; review process is ongoing.
Last meeting held on 07/15/2014
Managed Print
Scope: Establish a consolidated managed print line of service for small network and desktop printers.
Recent Tasks: Analyzing existing statewide print needs to find efficiencies through managed print service. Beginning cost benefit analysis between managed print and agency purchased print. Four qualified vendors have submitted participation agreements.
Last meeting held on 07/29/2014
Microsoft Licensing
Scope: Identify cost saving on Microsoft Licensing by possibly leveraging a complete Statewide Enterprise Agreement.
Recent Tasks: Analyzing existing statewide Microsoft licenses and users to determine the greatest cost savings for the state. Reviewing quote with 3 options for Licensing. Identifying quantities (existing/new) for all in-scope agencies to get a quote. Scheduling Office 365 demo and discussions.
Last meeting held on 07/10/2014
Oracle Managed Service
Scope: Identify cost savings on Oracle Licensing by leveraging a complete Statewide Enterprise Agreement.
Recent Tasks: Creating a line of service 3-tier diagram and hosting environment document. Researching/assessing the following: broad perspective for the Oracle line of service document; cloud options for line of service entry tier; technical suitability of IBM Power 8 hardware for line of service middle tier; Red Hat or Oracle Linux options as fallback for line of service middle tier; dedicated server options for line of service high tier.
Last meeting held on 07/15/2014
Organizational Chart
Scope: Build OTS organizational chart and identify structure for entire OTS IT staff.
Recent Tasks: Top-tier organizational overview posted on Reinvent Web site (http://reinvenit.la.gov/OTS_OrgUnitOverview.pdf) on 7/9/2014.
Last meeting held on 07/24/2014
Records Management Systems
Scope: Establish a statewide records management service that will support agencies.
Recent Tasks: Creating workgroup and identifying members.
This new Workgroup has not scheduled a meeting.
Security
Scope: Establish a secure IT environment to support the agencies.
Recent Tasks: Identifying, analyzing, updating, and developing statewide security standards and policies.
Last meeting held on 07/17/2014
Server Virtualization
Scope: Establish a statewide server virtualization service to support agencies.
Recent Tasks: Creating workgroup and identifying members.
Last meeting held on 07/24/2014
Service Catalog Refinement
Scope: Create the OTS service catalog for agencies and users to request IT lines of service.
Recent Tasks: Analyzing services catalog deliverable to align with OTS’s future needs and expectations.
Last meeting held on 05/14/2014
Staff Survey
Scope: Design a staff survey that results in a skills assessment of the entire OTS IT staff.
Recent Tasks: Survey was disseminated on 6/3/2014 and the deadline for completion was 6/13/2014. Currently analyzing survey data.
Last meeting held on 06/18/2014
Statewide Active Directory
Scope: Establish a statewide Active Directory AD for consolidated staff.
Recent Tasks: Testing user and workstation migration at DEQ. Renamed groups tested successfully. Migrating a large user account to production as a test during the week of 7/7/2014.
Last meeting held on 07/14/2014
VoIP
Scope: Identify cost savings and technology improvements by moving to Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Recent Tasks: Analyzing agency needs for moving to VoIP and beginning cost benefit analysis.
Last meeting held on 07/17/2014