The system uses Lotus Notes Domino 5.0 for e-mail and electronic documents, Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 5.2 productivity suite, and Netscape Navigator 4.7 browser. All processing in the Tech Ready system is performed on centralized, shared machines. Everything runs in a session on a SunSoft Solaris 7 server. Teachers use a Sun Hot Desk smart card to access a user session. Idaho Falls, population 50,000, has put its building permit system online.
Users select their state and city from a pull-down menu.
The site accepts credit card information over Secure Sockets Layer Protocol. It expects to buy between 450 and 500 portable public safety-grade radios and to commission up to three new towers for a simulcast system that will improve transmission. Marion County has contracted with Convergent Group Corp. of Englewood, Colo., to upgrade its tax and land records systems. The county is implementing Integrated Assessment System Suite software from Cole, Layer and Trumble Inc. of Dayton, Ohio. The system also automates the county's tax billing functions and tracks delinquent tax payments.