The following words and terms, when used with this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Statewide Technology Centers for Data and Disaster Recovery Services--Will provide implementation and life cycle maintenance, support and technology services (performance tuning, capacity planning and technology roadmap) for:

   1. (A) All server-based computing systems up to and including mainframes for all purposes (production, development, test, training, etc.).
   2. (B) All non-application server-based software including, but not limited to, operating systems, storage management, online transaction management, database management, utilities, communications management, security management, systems management, and other related software.
   3. (C) Disaster recovery capabilities.
   4. (D) Production control and scheduling capabilities.
   5. (E) Data center physical requirements, environmental equipment and management tools, including, but not limited to, raised floor, equipment cabling, electrical power, HVAC, physical security, UPS, generators, interfaces to state-provided data network and other related environmental equipment.
   6. (F) Printers supporting data center requirements.
   7. (G) Media and storage management systems.
   8. (H) All additional equipment required to operate the data center.
2. (2) Expenditures Outside of Data Center Operations--Information technology (IT) expenditures not included in the implementation and life cycle maintenance, support and technology services covered under the Statewide Technology Centers for Data and Disaster Recovery Services. A list of the specific expenditure types is available in the Statewide Technology Centers for Data and Disaster Recovery Services guide available from http://www.dir.state.tx.us.

Source Note:The provisions of this §215.1 adopted to be effective January 4, 2006, 30 TexReg 8853.