AJUSD moving server infrastructure online for $49K a year
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The district will have seven terabytes of cloud storage, with one copy of backups in the Phoenix area and one copy of backups on a public online server, according to a written quote document from Chris Muench of HyeTech Network and Security Solutions LLC.
The Apache Junction Unified School District is to pay $49,019.09 a year for five years to move its server infrastructure online.
The AJUSD governing board voted unanimously April 28 to approve an agreement with HyeTech Network and Security Solutions LLC in Phoenix.
The district will have seven terabytes of cloud storage, with one copy of backups in the Phoenix area and one copy of backups on a public online server, according to a written quote document from Chris Muench of HyeTech Network and Security Solutions LLC.
“What this does for us, it takes away the servers... It’s all in the cloud,” AJUSD Superintendent Robert Pappalardo said. “We don’t end up replacing it anymore. So over time you save money even though you have the outlay right now. So it’s more reliable, you’re not dependent on our server being kept up.”
“So we save money doing that,” Board President Dena Kimble said.
AJUSD has three elementary schools; a K-5 school designed to provide students with a traditional, liberal arts education; a junior high school; and a high school. The district boundaries run from Meridian Road on the west to the town of Queen Valley on the east and from the Goldfield Mountains to the north, south into the San Tan Corridor. Communities served include Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Peralta Trail, Queen Valley and unincorporated Pinal County land in-between.
Richard H. Dyer can be reached at rdyer@iniusa.org, or on X @rhdyer. Please submit comments at yourvalley.net/letters or email them to AzOpinions@iniusa.org. We are committed to publishing a wide variety of reader opinions, as long as they meet our Civility Guidelines, https://www.yourvalley.net/civility-checklist/.
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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