IT Services

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• Enterprise Infrastructure Services

  The Department of Administrative Services Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (DAS/BITS) Unified Communications Division maintains the local area network within shared-tenant locations for Executive Branch agencies.

• Enterprise Licensing System (eLicense)

  The Enterprise License System is a commercial off the shelf application that agencies can utilize for their licensing and credentialing needs.

• Enterprise Messaging Services

  DAS/BITS Enterprise Messaging provides our customers with a single secure, highly available and flexible solution to meet your agency’s mission critical electronic mail communications and collaboration needs.

• Enterprise Networking Practices & Standards

  The Enterprise Networking Services (ENS) group, in conjunction with other Agencies, establishes the Network domain of the Enterprise Wide Technical Architecture Standards on network implementations and approved vendors.

• Enterprise Secure File Transport Services

  DAS/BITS is pleased to offer Executive Branch state agencies our Enterprise Secure File Transport (SFT) Service for agencies that need to share sensitive content between other agencies, or business partners in a secure manner.

• Enterprise Storage

  The DAS BITS Storage Area Network (SAN) / Network Attached Storage (NAS) service provides a robust disk storage infrastructure utilized by both mainframe and midrange/ enterprise server platforms for the State of Connecticut client/ user community.

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are information systems application used for creating, manage, and analyze spatial information and Maps.

• Information Management Services

  This service provides for the development, execution and supervision of programs, plans, policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full data lifecycle needs of an enterprise.

• IT Policies and Guidelines

  State of Connecticut Information Technology and Internet related policies and guidelines.

• ITSESC

  Information and Telecommunication Systems Executive Steering Committee

• Learning Management System (LMS)

  A learning management system (LMS) is software for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery courses or training programs.

• Mainframe Platforms

  Mainframe computing services consist of the hosting and maintenance of customer applications on mainframe servers at the Groton, Connecticut (GDC) or Springfield, Massachusetts (SDC), secure data processing centers.

• Metropolitan Area Network

  The Enterprise Network Services (ENS) group builds and supports the State of Connecticut Metropolitan Area Network which connects 18 large sites in the greater Hartford area with metro Ethernet connections between 1G and 20G speeds. This connectivity serves 35 state agencies with access to the State’s Data Centers located in geographically diverse areas of the state.

• Multi-factor Authentication

  Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a method of computer access control in which a user is granted access only after successfully presenting several separate pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism.

• Network Management and Support

  The Enterprise Network Services (ENS) supports numerous network infrastructures. The ENS support methodology consists of configuring network infrastructure devices with management protocols and through the use of centralized servers collect alerts, alarms, events and traps that report the network status.