MBTA MassDOT An Alternative Approach to Modernization Whitepaper

WHITEPAPER - “An Alternative Approach to Modernization: IT Appliances Offer a Viable Path to Consolidation and Cost Savings” published in the January 2017 edition of Government Technology magazine.

The whitepaper features an interview with Gary Foster the CIO / CTO of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) & MassDOT.   Gary’s team worked closely with Mythics and our consulting and managed services team to help solve a significant challenge their team was facing.

The MBTA coordinates over 1 million metropolitan Boston-area residents, orchestrating all of the buses, subways and trains enabling people to get to work, school or leisure activities every day.  The whitepaper details the journey Gary and his team faced, surrounding the replacement of one of MBTA’s most important systems that tracked ridership, fare payments and created regulatory reports. 

Whitepaper highlights include:

• A review of 4 enterprise challenges facing CIOs which IT appliances are uniquely qualified to solve.
• A checklist describing 6 problems an organization could be experiencing, where an IT appliance should be considered to help solve those problems.
• Implementation strategies and best practices with input by Gary and his team to maximize a projects success. 
• A review of how IT Appliances can act as a “bridge to the future” including public, private or hybrid cloud balancing the unique needs of the public sector surrounding data security and legacy applications.

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