Town of WaylandTechnology Crossroads

Joe Schwendt2009/2/19

Problem StatementThe Town of Wayland is at a technology crossroads.  The Intratown communication needs are evolving as the existing infrastructure is degrading beyond the point of usability.  Architectural decisions need to be made in order to move forward.  These have both a short and long term economic impact on the town and on-going negotiations with third parties.

Possible Directions• Do nothing - Status Quo• Implement a town-wide backbone where all communication

is based, then migrate to it over time using:o Town-owned backbone (fiber, private WiMax)o Leased private backbone (EPL, etc.)o Leased semi-private backbone (SONET, Frame Relay,

ATM, EVPL, etc.)o VPN backbone (over public Internet)

Options To Consider

• Existing INET• New Fiber INET• Video-over-IP using

matched encoder/decoder pairs

• Video-over-IP using matched IP Cameras/decoder pairs

• Existing technologies (T1s, ISDN lines, DSL lines, Cable Modems, etc.)

• FiOS Internet based VPNs• WiMAX based VPNs• Wireless MAN• Town owned fiber• EPL (Ethernet Private

Line)• EVPL (Ethernet Virtual

Private Line)

Video Casting Intranet Backbone

VoIP (Voice over IP)• Moving to VoIP is a "no brainer"• Many solutions would pay for themselves within 2 years• Would provide many new features• All existing infrastructure would need to be EOL'd• Centralized or dispersed topology design options• Possibly consider Hosted PBX

Email/Calendaring• Managing internally is quite costly and limiting• Moving to Google Apps provides more capability at a

fraction of the cost...Immediately!!!• Bonus of other included applications (Instant Messaging,

Word Processing, Presentations, etc.)

Wifi• All public buildings need to get a handle on managing Wifi• Upgrade existing connections to 802.11n• Centrally manage with a proven solution• Cost is minimal and could offset further investments of wired

infrastructure