ICT Implementation

Joe Hellard made this Freedom of Information request to Plymouth City Council

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From: Joe Hellard

19 January 2010

Dear Plymouth City Council,

i) Who are the incumbent suppliers of the "basic connectivity" for
your Wide Area Network Services? Are any contracts due for renewal
in the next six months?

ii) How many sites on your network require high speed (greater than
1Gig) connections?

iii) Do you integrate (or manage) your own network or do you use a
Systems Integrator or Outsourcing company for your network or ICT
services? If so, please specify who and when the contract expires.

iv) How many Data Centres do you use and are they on council
premises or third party premises? If third party please specify the
company and when the contract expires.

v) Do you use "Co-location" Services ? If yes who is the supplier
and when do the contracts need to be renewed?

Yours faithfully,

Joe Hellard

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From: Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT)
Plymouth City Council

5 February 2010

Dear Mr Hellard
Re: Your Request for Information: ICT Implementation. Flare Reference:
764041
The application that was received by Plymouth City Council on Tuesday
19th January 2010 has now been considered and this letter is a full
response to that application.

The Council does hold the information that you have requested and copies
of all the documents that the council holds which are relevant to your
application are enclosed with this letter.

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected
by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for
your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and
for the purposes of news reporting.

Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would require the
permission of the Council.
If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you
may ask for an internal review to take place. I hope that we have now
supplied the information that you have requested.

Q1) Who are the incumbent suppliers of the "basic connectivity" for
your Wide Area Network Services? A: BT & Telewest

Q2) Are any contracts due for renewal in the next six months? A:
Currently circuits are on annual contracts

Q3) How many sites on your network require high speed (greater than
1Gig) connections? A: None

Q4) Do you integrate (or manage) your own network or do you use a
Systems Integrator or Outsourcing company for your network or ICT
services? If so, please specify who and when the contract expires.
A: Manage own network

Q5) How many Data Centres do you use and are they on council premises
or third party premises? If third party please specify the company and
when the contract expires? A: One main Data Centre on council
premises

Q6) Do you use "Co-location" Services ? If yes who is the supplier and
when do the contracts need to be renewed? A: No co-location

Yours insincerely
Mr Richard Woodfield, Corporate Information Manager
Telephone: 01752 304067

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From: Joe Hellard

5 February 2010

Dear Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT),

Thank you for the reply.

I meant to ask how many locations were attached to your WAN-is that
information available?

Yours sincerely,

Joe Hellard

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From: Joe Hellard

5 February 2010

Dear Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT),

Tracy - I have been re-reading the reply and I am confused by the
"sign off". To quote:-

Yours insincerely
Mr Richard Woodfield, Corporate Information Manager
Telephone: 01752 304067

"insincerly" - am I missing something?

Yours sincerely,

Joe Hellard

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From: Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT)
Plymouth City Council

5 February 2010

Apologies a spelling error should read Yours sincerely. Once again
apologies for the confusion.

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From: Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT)
Plymouth City Council

5 February 2010

Dear Mr Hellard
Re: Your Request for Information: ICT Implementation. Flare Reference:
764041
The application that was received by Plymouth City Council on Tuesday
19th January 2010 has now been considered and this letter is a full
response to that application.

The Council does hold the information that you have requested and copies
of all the documents that the council holds which are relevant to your
application are enclosed with this letter.

Please note that the information supplied to you continues to be protected
by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for
your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and
for the purposes of news reporting.

Any other reuse, for example commercial publication, would require the
permission of the Council.
If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled you
may ask for an internal review to take place. I hope that we have now
supplied the information that you have requested.

Q1) Who are the incumbent suppliers of the "basic connectivity" for your
Wide Area Network Services? A: BT & Telewest

Q2) Are any contracts due for renewal in the next six months? A:
Currently circuits are on annual contracts

Q3) How many sites on your network require high speed (greater than 1Gig)
connections? A: None

Q4) Do you integrate (or manage) your own network or do you use a
Systems Integrator or Outsourcing company for your network or ICT
services? If so, please specify who and when the contract
expires. A: Manage own network

Q5) How many Data Centres do you use and are they on council premises or
third party premises? If third party please specify the company and when
the contract expires? A: One main Data Centre on council premises

Q6) Do you use "Co-location" Services ? If yes who is the supplier and
when do the contracts need to be renewed? A: No co-location

Q7) How many locations were attached to your WAN-is that information
available? A: 100

Yours sincerely
Mr Richard Woodfield, Corporate Information Manager
Telephone: 01752 304067

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From: Joe Hellard

5 February 2010

Dear Sims, Tracy (CORPORATE SUPPORT),

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Joe Hellard

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