5a Memo
PORT OF SEATTLE MEMORANDUM COMMISSION AGENDA Item No. 5a Date of Meeting April 27, 2010 DATE: March 31, 2010 TO: Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer FROM: Peter Garlock, Chief Information Officer SUBJECT: Internap Data Center Contract FIVE YEAR AMOUNT: $1,800,000 SOURCE OF FUNDS: ICT Expense Budget, 100% General Fund ACTION REQUESTED: Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute appropriate contract documents to continue Internap data center contract for up to five years and $1.8 million. SYNOPSIS: Internap provides server co-location and internet connectivity data center services to the Port of Seattle. BACKGROUND: Internap provides the Port's secondary data center located at Fisher Plaza. It houses all of the Port's servers that provide redundancy for the primary data center at the airport. In addition, Fisher Plaza is the primary data center for the Port's PeopleSoft Financials system. Finally, Internet access for all Port waterfront locations, including Pier 69, is provided through Fisher Plaza. In July 2003, the Commission approved the IT Infrastructure Improvement Plan, including the selection of a secondary data center. This approval led to executing the Internap contract in October 2003. The contract is perpetual, with termination on 60 days notice by either party. The agreement with Internap does not fit completely into categories established by Resolution No. 3605, because the agreement has aspects of a purchased service and a lease. It is a lease since the Port leases the space for its servers from Internap, and receives associated electric power. It is a purchased service due to the Internet connectivity provided by Internap. COMMISSION AGENDA Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer March 31, 2010 Page 2 of 2 Internap bills the Port monthly. The 2010 annual cost of the Internap agreement is approximately $350,000. The amount stated is for five years and reflects Internap's recent patterns of fee increases. ICT will revisit this arrangement within the next five years. The rates charged by Fisher Plaza are competitive. Moving to another location would cost approximately one million dollars, and would cause significant disruption of the Port's information systems and Port operations. SOURCE OF FUNDS: Payments to Internap for 2010 are already included in the ICT expense budget which is 100% General Fund. Payments for future years will be included in future ICT annual expense budgets. PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTION: There has been no previous Commission action related to the Internap contract.
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