Law Enforcement Agencies Follow Different Paths to Optimize Their Data Centers
Summary
In 2022, law enforcement agents at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) issued citations and dispatchers logged calls the same way they did in the 1970s: with pen and paper. Government IT leaders are deploying a mix of new data center hardware, virtualization software and cloud services to improve law enforcement workflow and communication and to support mobile applications in vehicles and body-worn cameras. Now, when officers log into their mobile devices, they can access the apps and data they need, including checking databases to verify that people have registered their boats and have hunting and fishing licenses. Allen wanted to upgrade to new software and build four separate data center environments for testing, training, production and disaster recovery. “It’s also easier management, faster deployment and gives us more flexibility with testing.” The city of Allen, Texas standardized on hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) equipment to run new public safety applications, and it’s allowed the IT staff to manage data center operations so much more efficiently that it’s inspired them to find ways to make public safety even more effective.