> 1. Texas Cloud Computing Lessons Learned
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> From: PeterK <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: August 12, 2012 11:25:14 AM EDT
> Subject: Texas Cloud Computing Lessons Learned
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> Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Texas Cloud Computing Lessons Learned
> Late last week the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)
> released an important whitepaper that reviewed it's multi-year Pilot Texas
> Cloud Offering (PTCO)<http://www.slideshare.net/kvjacksn/pilot-texas-cloud-offering.>.
> This project was designed to allow a small group of agencies to choose a
> virtual private cloud-based infrastructure as a service from a marketplace
> of service providers made available by a cloud broker.
>
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Texas was a very early adopter of Class 125 Media Vaulting in their own offsite back up center. They protect their agencies media in computer tape and microfilm master back ups in Class 125 Data Vaults. They were cutting edge when other states did not even view computer tapes, disk drives and such as part of the records management equation. This goes back to 1984 and the Bill Dyess had to fight to develop the level of protection desired.
Indiana was also a very early adopter under Jerry Handfield in the Secretary of State's office. They even designed the vault so it could change in volume from 60% microfilm and 40% computer tapes by simply moving a portable wall to allow them to stay at the proper ratio of storage volumes without moving the actual media. Pretty slick.
Mr. Handfield then left to go to Washington State where he develop a total on-line records program for the state. He built the first Electronic Records Platform (that worked) where every record allowable could be viewed through computer access. He also continued the process of protecting the computer back up tapes in a vault system designed to provide Class 125 protection and he had a Zone IV Seismic Vault with magnetic shielding when up to that point only the military was employing this strategy.
Records Managers have done some amazing things in moving records management into a whole new frontier and should be recognized as pioneers in moving the Records Management profession softly into the Disaster Recovery and Business Resumption arena and the IT guys were not the drivers here. This was Records Managers at the cutting edge.
Larry Medina was also a pioneer as he helped guide the NFPA Technical Committee to adopt records protection in a totally new version of "Protection of Records" and for the first time vaults considered what was protected within and this addressed the proper temperature protecting and clean agent protection for media if that was part of the vault collection deemed vital by the Owner.
And if you have a list, Juanita Skillman should be on it. She put her career at stake to protect the NFPA 232 Work from those who wanted to dumb it down. Her personal presentation to the NFPA Appeals Committee allowed the new Standard to survive against incredible odds.
These and many more represent the integrity that has been the backbone of true Records Management professionals.
Hugh Smith
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