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Wire New Mexico Rio Grande Backbone. Project Certification Committee September 23, 2009 Deputy Director Maynard M. Salazar Department Of Information Technology. Wire NM-Rio Grande Backbone Goals and Objectives. Provide High Availability and Redundancy of Network Infrastructure
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Wire New MexicoRio Grande Backbone Project Certification Committee September 23, 2009 Deputy Director Maynard M. Salazar Department Of Information Technology
Wire NM-Rio Grande BackboneGoals and Objectives • Provide High Availability and Redundancy of Network Infrastructure • Deploy high speed backbone for collaboration between Universities and State Agencies • Provide cost effective broadband services in the Gigabit range
Wire NM-Rio Grande BackboneApplications and Uses • Disaster Recovery for Network Services • Convergence of Voice, Video and Data services that include VOIP and Tele-Conferencing • Distance Learning • Tele-Medicine • Provide alternate transport for 2-way radio communications • High speed connectivity to NLR at access points in Albuquerque, NM and El Paso TX • High speed connectivity to Encanto (Super Computer) from NMSU, NM Tech
Wire NM-Rio Grande BackboneFinancial Expenditures • $2 million Laws 2004, Chapter 114, Section 8, Sub-section 11 $1,845,751 was expended $154,249 reverted • $72k was expended from DoIT Operational Budget
Wire NM-Rio Grande BackboneLessons Learned • Not enough involvement with technical groups at the beginning of the project. • Better planning to avoid having to expend funds from Operational Budget instead of from Appropriation.
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