Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Columbus, Department of Technology (hereafter referred to as the City) is soliciting Proposals (here after referred to as RFP) pursuant to Columbus City Codes from experienced professional firms, (hereafter Offerors) to design, purchase, configure, install, and test a new computing and cloud-based backup solution including hardware, software, licenses and implementation services necessary to implement technologies that replaces the City’s existing converged infrastructure by adopting a Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution. The Offeror’s proposed HCI solution shall be identified by the Gartner Group, Inc. as a HCI product offering. HCI solutions not identified by Gartner (Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Published 2 January 2019 – ID G00353085) as a HCI solution will not be considered by the City as a viable HCI product offering.