Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 10 - DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES › Chapter 215 - STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 215.2 - Applicable Terms and Technologies for Statewide Technology Centers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Administrative
				  Fees--Those fees as authorized under Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.380.
(2) Application--A separately identifiable
				  and interrelated set of information resources technologies that allows for the
				  manipulation of information resources to support specifically defined
				  objectives on a computer.
(3)
				  Application Services Center - A statewide technology center described in 1
				  Texas Administrative Code Chapter 215, Subchapters D - E, and as established by
				  the department pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 2054, Subchapter
				  L.
(4) Application Services Center
				  Customer--Any state or local government entity receiving Application Services
				  Center services.
(5) Bulk Print and
				  Mail--A service capable of offering high-volume printing and mail needs, such
				  as the production of statements, notifications, letters, and other
				  communications in a highly secure and cost-effective manner.
(6) Cloud computing services--As defined by
				  the National Institute of Standards and Technology or other widely accepted
				  industry standard.
(7) Customer
				  Representative--Primary point of contact for a Data Center Services Customer
				  who has authority to request services and obligate funds for Data Center
				  Services.
(8) Data Center--Physical
				  location where computer and data processing equipment is installed and
				  managed.
(9) Data Center Services
				  (DCS)--A statewide technology center consisting of private and public cloud
				  environments, remote business office compute, mainframe, and bulk print/mail
				  for consolidated data services managed by a contracted vendor(s) established by
				  the department pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 2054, Subchapter L and
				  more fully described in subchapters of this rule.
(10) DCS Customer--Any state or local
				  government entity receiving DCS services.
(11) Department--The Department of
				  Information Resources.
(12)
				  Designated State Agency--A state agency selected for required consolidation at
				  a statewide technology center as specified in Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.385.
(13) Disaster Recovery--The process of
				  planning for, and recovering, information infrastructure after a
				  disaster.
(14) Discretionary State
				  Agency--A state agency voluntarily receiving services from a statewide
				  technology center.
(15) Government
				  Entity--A state agency or local government as defined herein and in Texas
				  Government Code §
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				  2054.003.
(16) Information Resources--As defined in
				  Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.003(7).
(17) Information Resources Manager (IRM)--As
				  defined in Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.071.
(18) Information Resources Technologies--As
				  defined in Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.003(8).
(19) Interagency Agreement--An agreement, as
				  authorized by Texas Government Code Chapter 771, entered into between the
				  department and any state agency or institution of higher education Statewide
				  Technology Center customer pursuant to which Services are provided to such
				  customer.
(20) Interlocal
				  Agreement--An agreement, as authorized by Texas Government Code Chapter 791,
				  entered into between the department and any local government Statewide
				  Technology Center customer pursuant to which services are provided to such
				  customer.
(21) ITCHE--Information
				  Technology Council for Higher Education.
(22) Local Government--A county,
				  municipality, special district, school district, junior college district, or
				  other political subdivision of the state.
(23) Mainframe--A high-end computer
				  processor, with related peripheral devices, capable of supporting large volumes
				  of batch processing, high performance on-line transaction processing systems,
				  and extensive data storage and retrieval.
(24) Network--Means collectively, WAN, LAN,
				  and other communication or transport networks.
(25) Partner Group--To effectively engage DCS
				  customers in enterprise decision making, governance committees use a
				  representational approach. DCS customers are organized into groups and each
				  governance committee includes the participation of at least one representative
				  from each group.
(26) Server--Any
				  computer that provides shared processing or resources (e.g. Application
				  processing, identity management, database, mail, proxy, firewalls, backup
				  capabilities, print, and fax services) over the Network. A Server includes
				  associated peripherals (e.g. local storage devices, attachments to centralized
				  storage, monitor, keyboard, pointing device, tape drives, and external disk
				  arrays) and is identified by a unique manufacturer's serial number.
(27) Server Consolidation--The mandatory
				  consolidation of select servers operated by Designated Agencies from the legacy
				  data centers to the Statewide Technology Center.
(28) Service Provider--Multi-sourcing Service
				  Integrator (MSI) and Service Component Provider (SCP) vendors offering managed
				  services through the Statewide Technology Center.
(30) Software-as-a-Service--As defined by the
				  National Institute of Standards and Technology or other widely accepted
				  industry standard.
(31)
				  SMM--Service Management Manual.
(32) Statewide Technology Center--As defined
				  by Texas Government Code §
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				  2054.375(2) and further
				  described in subchapters to this rule.
(33) System environment--As defined by the
				  National Institute of Standards and Technology or other widely accepted
				  industry standard.
(34) Technology
				  Solution Services Group --A technology steering committee that approves
				  technology plans and technology standards for hardware and software
				  configurations related to Data Center Services.
(35) Technology Plan--A Data Center Services
				  Plan that reports how the service provider will support DIR and DCS Customers
				  in advancing their technology objectives and strategies.