Recent Changes

Date Service(s) Description
2015/12/17
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2042362
Added AIX Submittal on
Application Hosting - AIX - Administration
Service Catalog - Downloads

2015/12/09
  • California Project Management Office

Work Order #2041881
Updated Rates web page.

2015/12/09
  • CalCloud - VHSS

Work Order #2041817
Updated Rates web page.

2015/12/08
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2041730
Replace DB2 LUW Submittal on Service Catalog/Downloads web page.

2015/12/02
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2041108
WHS Submittal Changes on
Application Hosting - Windows - Administration
Application Hosting - Windows - Rates
Application Hosting - Windows - Specifications
Service Catalog - Downloads

2015/11/18
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2040247
WHS Submittal Changes on
Application Hosting - Windows - Administration
Service Catalog - Downloads

2015/11/17
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2040207
Replace AIX/Linux Guideline on the Service Catalog/Downloads web page.

2015/11/17
  • Service Catalog Site

Work Order #2040189
Replace Linux Submittal on the Service Catalog/Downloads web page.

2015/10/06
  • California Project Management Office

Work Order #2037038
Removed text from CA-PMO overview page.

2015/10/02
  • California Project Management Office

Work Order #2035714
Added all new CA-PMO service pages.
Updated Serivces and Rates pages.

2015/08/26
  • Geographic Information System

Work Order #2033709
Added all new GIS service pages.
Updated Serivces and Rates pages.

2015/09/01
  • Network Services
    • Domain Name System (DNS)

Work Order #2031278
Update Domain Name Request Guideline document; new 1.6.5 Exemption Protocol.

2015/08/25
  • CA Web Publishing

Work Order #2033808
New FAQ Questions

2015/08/25
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting

Work Order #2033698 & 2033786
Update Downloads
Update DB2 LUW Submittal form.
Update DB2 LUW Guideline.

2015/08/18
  • Information Technology Project Oversight Division (ITPOD)

Work Order #2032745
Complete name change from ITPOC to ITPOD
All files in /services/professional/itpoc/ modified and changed to /services/professional/itpod/
Also Changed:
/services/overview.html
/services/professional/overview.html

2015/08/24
  • CalCloud -IaaS

Work Order #2033096
Update Overview page: classification & CCU equivalent

2015/07/31
  • CA Web Publishing

Work Order #2031959
New FAQ page

2015/07/30
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Windows
      • Linux

Work Order #2031907
Update Overivew, Specification, Administration pages and the WindowsSubmittal.xltx form.

Update Linux Overview page

2015/07/29
  • Service Catalog Website

Work Order #2031415
Remove "Page last updated" text from entire site

2015/07/23
  • AIX

Work Order #2031295
Updates to Overview, Specifications, and Rates
Master Rates page updated

2015/07/23
  • CA Web Publishing

Work Order #2031220
Update to Overview and Rates pages
Master Rates page updated

2015/07/21
  • Professional
    • Project Management

Work Order #2031107
Update OPB FactSheet document.

2015/07/09
  • OTech Projects Branch
  • (Formerly Project Management Branch)

Name changes on 3 pages to "OPB":

2015/06/30
  • Service Catalog Development website

Created domain name for the Test environment (http://134.186.61.5/)
http://test-www.servicecatalog.dts.ca.gov/
http://test-www.servicecatalog.otech.ca.gov/

2015/06/26
  • Recent Changes page

Recent Changes page removed from Production

2015/06/25
  • Downloads page

Updated all documents on Downloads page under Security > Standards

2015/06/24
  • Security
    • Forms

WO#2028958
Download page
Updated the 254 OTech - Property Transaction Form

2015/06/19
  • Professional
    • Project Management
Changed the name of Project Management Branch to OTech Project Branch.
2015/06/04
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Enterprise Linux
Added Enterprise Linux as a new service offering.
2015/06/02
  • Hosting Services
    • Tenant Managed Services (TMS)
Updated TMS Basic Equipment Survey TMSBasicEquipmentSurvey.xls
2015/05/19
  • Information Technology Project Oversight & Consulting (ITPOC)
Updated information on overview section for Information Technology Project Oversight & Consulting (ITPOC).
2015/05/19
  • Consulting and Planning
Updated information on overview and FAQ sections for Consulting and Planning.
2015/05/19
  • Information Security Program Audit
Updated information on overview section for Information Security Program Audit.
2015/04/14
  • ITPOC
To correct Comp Code from G121 to D121
2015/04/14
  • Professional
    • Consulting
Changed "Consulting" title to "OTech Consulting".
2015/04/14
  • Professional
    • Consulting and Planning
Added Consulting and Planning as a new service offering.
2015/04/14
  • Professional
    • Information Security Program Audit
Added Information Security Program Audit as a new service offering.
2015/04/14
  • Secure Certificates
"Verisign SLL" reference was removed from Current Pricing section.
2015/04/03
  • CalCloud IaaS
Revised overview page to reflect the IaaS service model.
2015/03/24
  • Professional Services
    • Security
Changed the name for all references to OTech Security Management Section or Branch to just "Security Management Branch" since the Security Management is no longer a Section and got moved out from underneath the OTech in the org. chart.
2015/03/10
  • CalCloud - IaaS
Updated CalCloud to CalCloud - IaaS throughout service catalog pages. Updated FAQ's.
2015/03/10
  • Domain Name Request
Domain Name Request Guideline - Updated the request for work table and quality control section.
2015/03/03
  • Administrative Fee
DGS posted their approved 2014-15 Price Book. This requires an adjustment to the current Administrative Fee based on the DGS price book %. The OTech Administrative Fee is effective February 2015. The attached is the detail of the revised Administrative Fee = 6.30%.

Fee Charged To Total Order Excluding Tax
Dept. Of Technology administrative fee 4.88%
DGS procurement fee 1.15%
DGS Small Business Procurement Fee 0.27%
TOTAL 6.30%
2015/02/24
  • CalCloud
Updated CalCloud Portal User Setup Questionnaire
2015/01/27
  • Professional Services
    • Information Technology Project Oversight & Consulting (ITPOC)
Added Information Technology Project Oversight & Consulting (ITPOC) as a new service offering.
2015/01/20
  • Project Management Consulting
Modified the section under Project Charter from 'a OTech project charter' to 'an OTech project charter'.
2015/01/13
  • Domain Name Request
Domain Name Request Guideline - Clarifications were made to the Quality Assurance and Quality Control sections. Unnecessary information in the Quality Assurance tables were removed.
2014/12/16
  • Courier
Noted that Courier service is no longer available to new customers and eliminated all references to tapes, including "Emergency Courier-Offsite Tape Retrieval"
2014/12/16
  • CSGnet
Updated service classification, other minor corrections
2014/12/16
  • Project Management
Initial release of Service and Submittal Form.
2014/12/02
  • Hosting Services
    • Tenant Managed Services (TMS)
Updated FAQ regarding deliveries - delivery notifications must now be scheduled in Remedy
2014/12/02
  • CALNET 3 Contract
Updated the Network/Telecommunication Services and the Rate sections with CALNET 3 information.
2014/12/02
  • Professional Services
    • Security
Format change to OTech policies and procedures.
2014/11/12
  • Email Services
    • CES
The Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) released SSAE 16 in January 2010 which affectively replaced SAS70. The SSAE 16 designation is now the correct reference for this.
2014/11/12
  • Network Services
    • Fiber Ring Service (FRS)
Updated the FRS Fact Sheet and made other minor corrections to location, specification and rates .
2014/11/12
  • CALNET 3 Contract
Added CALNET 3 Services as a future service offering.
2014/10/28
  • Future Services
    • CA Web Publishing
Added CA Web Publishing as a future service offering.
2014/10/28
  • Email Services
    • CA.mail
Included the Compliance Archiving / eDiscovery Service offering and Data Replication; updated the Overview page to include the Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam through Trend Micro and updated the Rates page to include the new services and its Rates.
2014/10/21
  • Professional Services
    • Computer Network Defense (CND) Services
Added Computer Network Defense services as a new service offering.
2014/10/14
  • Hosting Services
    • Tenant Managed Services (TMS)
Property Transaction Form - The form has been updated to include a signature line for TMS or OHMS to sign off on equipment leaving Gold Camp.

TMS Premium Tenant Equipment Survey - Removed multiple columns from Server Rack Equipment worksheet to simplify the document. Removed Storage Zoning worksheet. This information is now recorded in the Storage Environment (Premium) form.

TMS Basic Tenant Equipment Survey - Removed multiple columns from Rack Equipment worksheet to simplify the document.
2014/09/23
  • Hosting Services
    • Tenant Managed Services (TMS)
Added TMS Premium Storage Environment, a form required for TMS Premium customers who utilize the Managed SAN service.
2014/09/16
  • Cloud Services
    • CalCloud
Updated CalCloud Downloads to include two new documents, the Tenant Onboarding Questionnaire and Portal User Setup Questionnaire.
2014/09/16
  • Domain Name Request
Updated Domain Name Request Guideline.

Clarified 1.3 Submittals to include charter submissions by Cross-Agency Collaborative Review requests. Added section 1.6.4 regarding those CACR submissions. Removed the "Date" column under references.
2014/09/09
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Database
        • DB2 - Mainframe
Changed the support end date from N/A to September 30, 2017.
2014/09/09
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Database
        • SQL Server
Database Webpage: Added version SQL 2014 to the SC webpage.

SQL Server Guideline: Modified section 2 products by removing references to 2008/R2 and adding 2014 and it's components. Cleaned up out dated hyperlinks.

SQL Server Submittal: modified the submittal by removing 2008/r2 references and features and added 2014 components.
2014/09/09
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Linux
Updated AIX/Linux Guideline.

1.2 Reference - dates replaced with "NA"; temp resolution of static site/download issue.

2.1.1.2 Lx Operating System Standards change per linux super, Cramer.
2014/08/26
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Linux
Rate adjustments to Linux, effective March 2014.

The Linux Specifications, Guideline, and Submittal have been updated to reflect the change in hardware specifications, changes to supported OS versions, and deletion of the Courier feature.
2014/08/19
  • Hosting Services
    • Tenant Managed Services (TMS)
Columns were added to the TMS Basic Equipment Survey (AE, AF, & AG) to capture important dates relating to tenant equipment installations.

New Contact List (Basic) and Tenant Guide (Basic) documents.
2014/08/19
  • Hosting Services
    • Website Hosting
      • Domain Name Request
Deleted Exceptions section and revised OTech responsibilities in the Domain Name Request Guideline.
2014/08/19
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Database
        • DB2 - Mainframe
Changed the supported database version from 9.1 to 10.1
2014/07/22
  • Secure Certificates
Minor corrections to the Guideline and Submittal.
2014/07/22
  • Hosting Services
    • Website Hosting
      • Domain Name Request
Renamed Domain Name Registration to Domain Name Request.
2014/07/22
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Enterprise Linux
Added Enterprise Linux rates.
2014/07/15
  • Secure Certificates
Updated Guideline and Submittal to reflect changes in product name and unit price.
2014/07/08
  • Cloud
    • CalCloud
CalCloud has been reclassified as an Emerging service. Added the Specifications and Administration webpages.
2014/07/08
  • All Services
Correction to the administrative fee.
2014/07/01
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • z/OS
Deleted obsolete physical tape rates.
2014/07/01
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • DB2 (LUW)
Created a separate DB2 LUW Database Setup Service Code.
2014/07/01
  • All Services
Rate adjustment to the administrative fee.
2014/07/01
  • Hosting Services
    • TMS
Rate adjustments for Basic - Cabinet (Rancho Cordova), Basic - Cabinet (Vacaville), Premium - Cabinet (Rancho Cordova), Managed LAN, and Managed SAN.
2014/05/20
  • Email Services
    • CA.mail
Removed old CA.mail monthly reports.
2014/05/20
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Enterprise Linux
New Enterprise Linux Guideline and Enterprise Linux Submittal.
2014/04/29
  • Certificates
Removed the reference to the Credit Reimbursement Process and added link to the Submittal in the Secure Certificate Guideline.
2014/04/15
  • Future Services
    • CalCloud
Changed the estimated availability to July 2014.

Added FAQs.
2014/04/08
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Windows
Rate adjustments to Windows rates.

The Windows Specifications, Guideline, and Submittal have been updated to reflect the change in hardware specifications and the clarification of virtual hosting technologies.
2014/03/25
  • General
Updated General Terms and Conditions.
2014/03/19
  • Hosting Services
    • Website Hosting
      • Domain Name Registration
New Domain Name Registration Guideline and Domain Name Registration Submittal.
2014/03/19
  • Network Services
    • Domain Name System (DNS)
New Domain Name System Guideline and Domain Name System Submittal.
2014/03/17
  • Future Services
    • CalCloud
Updated the estimated availability, included AIX as an optional OS , added the rates, and updated the brochure.
2014/03/04
  • Network Services
    • FRS
Updated the FRS Fact Sheet and FRS Onboarding Timeline.

Rate correction to FRS.
2014/03/04
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Database
Rate adjustments to database rates (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle).

Updated DB2 LUW Comp Code.
2014/03/04
  • SBCS
Rate adjustments to SBCS.
2014/03/04
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Printing
Rate adjustments to printing.
2014/02/25
  • Hosting Services
    • TMS
Deleted Power Connection Type Column from Equipment Survey (Basic).
2014/02/25
  • Email Services
    • CA.mail
Removed ECAT Training Guide v6.0.
2014/02/25
  • All Services
Updated to reflect name change to Office of Technology Services.
2014/02/11
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • z/OS
Rate adjustments to CPU, Disk Storage, and Tape Storage, retroactive to July 1, 2013.

Rate adjustments to Disaster Recover, effective January 1, 2014.
2014/01/21
  • Secure File Transfer
Disaster Recovery is not a current offering. However, it will be available in the future.
2013/11/26
  • Secure Certificates
Effective December 1, 2013 SSL Certificates from DCS are available for one year validity only.
2013/11/19
  • GIS
New GIS Guideline and GIS Submittal.
2013/10/22
  • SBCS
New LISTSERV Guideline and LISTSERV Submittal.
2013/10/01
  • Future Services
    • CalCloud
CalCloud will provide Customers with a private cloud located at the Data Center Services (DCS) data centers.
2013/09/03
  • SBCS
New SBCS Guideline and SBCS Submittal.
2013/09/03
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
Environmental Submittal - Updated Web Server list and added hyperlinks.
2013/08/27
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • Windows
Windows Submittal - Updated instructions for clarity, updated server functions, added RDP as an option, and verified formulas and data validation.
2013/08/27
  • Email Services
    • SMTP Relay
Updated the SMTP Relay enrollment diagram.
2013/08/20
  • Hosting Services
    • TMS
Added new rate, Basic Cabinet - Vacaville.
2013/08/06
  • Future Services
    • Oracle Database as a Service
Added new future service, Oracle Database as a Service.
2013/08/06
  • Email Services
    • E-Hub
Changed Email Hygiene, Email Hygiene with Customer provided ECAL, and Email Encryption billing codes.
2013/07/30
  • Email Services
    • CA.mail
Added new feature, Business Continuity, enabling CA.mail services to be restored in the event the Rancho Cordova Data Center becomes unavailable.
2013/07/16
  • Secure File Transfer (SFT)
Updated supported versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer® and CoreFTP.
2013/07/09
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • z/OS
Updated z/OS CPU, Disk Storage, and Tape Storage rates. For additional information, refer to the FY2012-2013 Mid-Year Billing Rates Changes Memo.
2013/06/28
  • All Services
Updated to reflect organizational change to California Department of Technology / Data Center Services.

The OTech Fiber Ring (OFR) has been renamed to Fiber Ring Service (FRS).
2013/06/28
  • Hosting Services
    • Application Hosting
      • SQL Server
As of January 2014, mainstream support ends for SQL Server versions 2008 R2 / 2008 and extended support exemptions or an upgrade to the currently supported version will be required.

2013/06/28
  • Hosting Services
    • Website Hosting
Updated Web Server Submittal.
2013/06/25
  • Network Services
    • CGEN
Updated CGEN Cost Estimate Tool.
2013/06/13
  • All Services
Launch of the redesigned Service Catalog website.