Industry Insider — California is pleased to welcome Allied Network Solutions to the Insider family. The Rocklin, Calif.-based firm was founded in 2001 and has grown into one of the state’s largest Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) IT resellers serving federal, state and local government. Allied Network Solutions provides a full range of IT and resource management services with the mission of delivering innovative, process-driven solutions that solve their clients’ real-world business challenges.
Early successes with the city’s Real-Time Information Center and drone program have officials evaluating where the program and technology that supports it could evolve in the new year.
Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw described the budget, which includes a modest increase in spending from the prior year, as a "snapshot in time" ahead of the May Revision, when any number of factors could influence the budget. In the meantime, the proposal includes funding for several big-ticket IT projects.
John McCurry has served as an account manager with the industry giant since 2021 and is now setting his sights on serving the company’s California state agency clients.
The state has tried to modernize the payroll system that is responsible for these errors, but those efforts have fallen short. The current attempt to design a more modern system began a decade ago, and just last year, the state selected a vendor to build it.
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