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To: Bocor who wrote (9226)	7/31/2001 8:28:12 AM
From: Mariah Smyth	Respond to of 208838

1st cut enhancements that are nice to have rather than needs to have ... will be cut 2nd cut overall salary increases will be curtailed .. cpi + 0 we spend a great deal on system integration which i would put as a second to security, as the cost is often recouped through the gain in production .. within the sw budget, there are nice to haves and needs to have - the nice toos for the majority are purely bells and whistles - or are present for asthetic reasons .. and are not viewed as essential to overall performance .. in evaluating security, this has come out on top, as any, degradation here would be costly. the nature of the business dictates the importance of security as well, system integration through the procurement of various api's.. we are in the process of building a new facilty which will focus its support on fiber, micro, frame and 800mhz whereas, are current facility is based on a combination of old and new tech, vhf, 800mhz, analog, frame, isdn, and microwave >