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Pierce County, Wash. Expands GIS Capabilities

Pierce County, Wash., installs IBM blade servers and storage systems to boost capacity and lower maintenance costs.

Pierce County, Wash., has deployed blade servers and storage devices from IBM to run its geographic information system. The deployment, disclosed Monday, will yield savings of $3 million in maintenance costs over the three-year life cycle of the equipment’s lease while providing municipalities and agencies with access to GIS data.

The county has been using the GIS, from software company ESRI, since the mid-1980s. It provides county residents with neighborhood crime statistics, polling locations, property-tax information, and property-surveying reports via the Web. Law-enforcement and emergency-services personnel access the GIS via wireless devices to locate crime offenders, analyze crime patterns, and view maps and floor plans of public facilities. Overall, the GIS is accessed by 35 county agencies spanning law enforcement, natural resources management, land development, and utilities, as well as several municipal governments.

By Steven Marlin
InformationWeek

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