Hardware and Software Standards

The California Department of Technology (CDT) provides on-premises secure and reliable IT solutions by offering a wide selection of operating systems, databases, and middleware on multiple platforms. The hardware and software components used in CDT’s infrastructure need to be stable, secure, fault-tolerant, and scalable. End-of-life Operating Systems and outdated software and/or hardware pose considerable risks to not only the non-compliant customers but also to the State Data Center and critical state services.

Due to the age of some of the hardware, CDT may be delayed or unable to recover services if a hardware component should fail, since parts are no longer available.  Additionally, CDT cannot offer service level agreements for outdated hardware or software components, nor are we liable for any negative impact to business applications running on these systems. Although security patches or extended support may be available through a vendor, outdated software and hardware do not meet CDT’s standards and will not satisfy regulatory compliance requirements.

The following rates have been established to charge customers utilizing outdated versions of hardware and software for on-premises platform services. 

Hardware Standards

Operating System Standards

Database Standards

Middleware Standards