Transcript Presentation Slides 2

Independent Viewpoint of
Integration between a State
Network and a Voluntary
Agency Network
Benefits to State
Benefits to Voluntary Agency
Disadvantages to Voluntary
Agency
Details
Steve Anderson
 Independent Contractor working with New
York State Office For Technology, on their
Network Integration
 Disclaimer – the views and opinions that I
express are my own observations on the
process of integration and in no way can
they be construed as the opinion of any
New York State Agency or official.

Further Questions and Information
 Must
be directed through David
Wallach.
 Cannot be directed to any New York
State Telephone or email address.
Initial Process
 Request
from various Individual
Agencies – Largely Ignored.
 Request from Collective Agency
Group Association – Not Ignored.
 OCFS requests evaluation from OFT
of what could be available.
 OCFS evaluates legal and fiscal
implications of options.
Initial Process
Initial Process
 Security
and Network Integrity
Issues.
 Each Agency will be different so
cross representative sample
requested of Agencies willing to be
part of Pilot.
 Rules and various permutations of
options laid out in Menu Form for
discussion with Agencies.
Benefits to State.

Approximate
Annual Costs of
Frame Relay Circuit
Connectivity to
each site
56k
 256k
 384k
 512k
 768k
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$2000
$8500
$10500
$13000
$13500
Benefits to Voluntary Agency
 Less
involvement with State Help
Desk.
 Faster connections.
 Greater overall bandwidth.
 Independent flexibility when
changing your internal network.
 Add and remove sites with no
waiting for State to organize things.
Existing situation
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A
B
C
State Lan
K
State Lan
State Lan
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State Lan
D
State Lan
Dial-up Modem
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State
Core
State Lan
State Lan
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State Lan
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State Lan
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Drawing 1
Current Configuration
Integrated Configuration
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A
B
C
K
State Lan
Pipe to the
Door
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State Lan
State
Core
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Drawing 2
NIS Suggested Configuration
Between 2 Configurations
9 Frame relay
Circuits
 Help Desk
Maintenance of 12
sites
 Total Coordination
needed when
Agency ad extra
sites.

3 Frame Relay
Circuits
 Help Desk
Maintenance of 3
sites
 Agency can move
at their own speed
when adding or
moving sites.
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Cost Saving to State on Frame
Relay Costs in Example Given

Total Annual Cost
of Frame Relay +
Modem Calls
$102,212
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Cost Equivalent
After Network
Integration
$30,660
Approximate Annual
Cost Reduction
$71,552
Assistance with Configuration and
Routing?
 With
those sort of annual savings
just from one Agency, will they assist
you to get this up and running?
You
Bet They Will.
What Do You Need?
 An
Agency WAN
 An Addressable Port on an Agency
Router, that is capable of running a
NAT Pool. (The issue of IP address
ranges needs to be coordinated by
the State to avert routing conflicts)
 A Thin Client
Ongoing Issues


Microsoft design issue – There is no way that you
can effect a Password change in one Domain
from a different Domain.
Email interoperability – must have compatibility
between Agency and State mail systems – Use of
Custom Recipient facility within Outlook can be
used to automatically send mail directly to the
Agency Mail Server, however, reverse lookup back
into State Global Address list from within Agency,
can only be achieved using LDAP on each
individual workstation, if the Agency system is
LDAP compatible.
Ongoing Issues
Legacy Systems – some ‘In House’ legacy
applications may not be TCP/IP friendly,
especially those that have been set up to
use 3270 terminal emulation, for
Mainframe Applications.
 Abuse by Agencies of State resources.
 Lack of coordination between different
departments within the State!
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