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The U.S. State department IT infrastructure by the end of 2001 was described not only as obsolete but dangerously inadequate jeopardizing the strategic missions of the United States. The State department with 260 posts overseas, mainly concentrates on relations with foreign government and foreign trade and only secondary in people issues such as protection of American citizen abroad and immigration to the United States. “ Fundamentally, security and communication is what the department is all about,” explained Gartner electronic government analyst Christopher Baum. The problems the IT out-of-date technology caused can be summarize below. • As vital as the classified telecommunications systems, only 60 percent of the department’s posts have it. • Another 28 percent (50 posts) have systems that are so old they are outdated Banyan products that Banyan no longer supports. • They used the cable system that was installed during World War 1