Managed Services

• LOGIS offers a comprehensive set of technical Managed Services to our members.
• LOGIS staff manage member’s servers, databases, backups, IP Telephony systems and other infrastructure.
• Our members eliminate significant operational labor, hardware, licensing and other costs, saving them thousands of dollars per year.

Internet Services

• LOGIS offers its members a presence (home page) on the Internet for a fraction of the cost of an outside vendor.
• E-government applications such as online permits, park/rec registration, and utility billing payments are available Internet services to citizens.
• We can also provide an Internet gateway (which allows city staff to access the Internet) including Web site monitoring (disallowing access to certain Web site categories) at similar cost savings.
• Internet email, including Spam filtering, is another part of LOGIS’s Internet Services.

Technical Expertise

• Members have easy access to the LOGIS staff, which represents a great breadth of technical knowledge.
• LOGIS is committed to the ongoing investigation of new technologies. Funding and staff resources are set aside specifically for this function.

Purchasing

• The LOGIS membership represents a large bloc of purchasing power.
• We are able to negotiate favorable deals with computer hardware and software vendors and pass the savings along to our members. (LOGIS takes no mark-up.)
• LOGIS members can buy name brand PCs, printers, and other computer equipment through LOGIS at prices lower than purchasing directly from a vendor.
• LOGIS can also purchase sophisticated application software that an individual city or agency would find unaffordable on their own.

Wide Area Network

• Our high speed, fiber-optic based WAN (Wide Area Network) allows your LAN to connect with the networks of other LOGIS member agencies and organizations.
• Benefits of the LOGIS WAN include remote network diagnostic capabilities, access to shared public safety information (for LOGIS Police System users), inter-city electronic mail, access to shared peripheral devices and other enhanced cooperative abilities.
• The security of your data is never a problem–you share only what you want to share.

Training

• LOGIS provides comprehensive training on its applications as part of membership.
• The LOGIS offices contain modern training facilities and a full-time, professional Training Specialist.
• Each member is provided an unlimited number of free training hours each year.

Disaster Recovery

• LOGIS maintains a remote back up site facility in Brooklyn Center, which includes duplicate online services to run police, financial applications and other applications.

• A SAN (storage area network) is included, keeping a live online duplicate of all LOGIS application databases.

Professional Association

• LOGIS membership provides an ideal forum for government professionals to share their ideas and perceptions.
• LOGIS sponsors regular user group meetings for our applications.