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Dear University of Birmingham,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may I kindly request the following information about the Universities IT Infrastructure. The information needed is as follows:

IT Compliant Route to purchase
What Frameworks are used for IT Procurement? (ie. SSSNA, NEUPC, Janet, CCS, CPC)?

Desktop
Number of Desktops?
Do you use VDI?
If so what platform do you use?
Desktop major Refresh date?
Date existing support contract ends?
VDI refresh date (if relevant)?

Datacentre
Servers
Number of Windows Servers?
Number of UNIX/Linux Servers?
Server platform?
Virtualisation platform?
What operating system do you use?
Virtualisation & Licence support refresh dates?
Percentage of infrastructure Virtualised?
Server Refresh Date?
Value of current server support contract?

Storage
Volume of Data in TBs
Storage Vendor?
Storage Virtualisation?
Storage Refresh Date?
Date Storage support contract ends?
Value of storage support contract?

Backup
Tape vendor?
Disk backup?
What backup software do you use?
Backup refresh date?
Date backup support contract ends ?
Value of backup support contract ?
Disaster Recovery contract renewal date?

Network
Network vendor?
If you use Cisco, do you use Smart Collector?
How many switches?
How many routers?
How many wireless controllers/ AP’s?
Network speed?
Network contract start date?
Date Network Support ends / is refreshed
Value of existing Network support contract ?
Network virtualisation?

Security
IT Security vendors used?
IT Security Support renewal date?
Do you use 2FA?
What web and email filtering is used?
What DLP is in place?
What SIEM solution is used?
What intrusion prevention is used?
What endpoint security is used?

Cloud
Are you using or are interested in AWS/Google or Azure for cloud services?
Do you use any Cloud File Storage? If so, what?

Data Destruction
Is there a Data Destruction Policy in place?
Do you destroy HDD onsite or outsource the service?
Current Supplier of HDD destruction services?
Is the HDD wiped / degaussed before leaving your datacentre?
Approx Number of drives destroyed/wiped per annum?

Thanking You

Yours faithfully,
Francois Charles

FOI, University of Birmingham

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From: [FOI #425287 email] [[FOI #425287 email]]
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To: FOI requests at University of Birmingham
Subject: Freedom of Information request - University IT Infrastructure information

Dear University of Birmingham,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may I kindly request the following information about the Universities IT Infrastructure. The information needed is as follows:

IT Compliant Route to purchase
What Frameworks are used for IT Procurement? (ie. SSSNA, NEUPC, Janet, CCS, CPC)?

Desktop
Number of Desktops?
Do you use VDI?
If so what platform do you use?
Desktop major Refresh date?
Date existing support contract ends?
VDI refresh date (if relevant)?

Datacentre
Servers
Number of Windows Servers?
Number of UNIX/Linux Servers?
Server platform?
Virtualisation platform?
What operating system do you use?
Virtualisation & Licence support refresh dates?
Percentage of infrastructure Virtualised?
Server Refresh Date?
Value of current server support contract?

Storage
Volume of Data in TBs
Storage Vendor?
Storage Virtualisation?
Storage Refresh Date?
Date Storage support contract ends?
Value of storage support contract?

Backup
Tape vendor?
Disk backup?
What backup software do you use?
Backup refresh date?
Date backup support contract ends ?
Value of backup support contract ?
Disaster Recovery contract renewal date?

Network
Network vendor?
If you use Cisco, do you use Smart Collector?
How many switches?
How many routers?
How many wireless controllers/ AP’s?
Network speed?
Network contract start date?
Date Network Support ends / is refreshed
Value of existing Network support contract ?
Network virtualisation?

Security
IT Security vendors used?
IT Security Support renewal date?
Do you use 2FA?
What web and email filtering is used?
What DLP is in place?
What SIEM solution is used?
What intrusion prevention is used?
What endpoint security is used?

Cloud
Are you using or are interested in AWS/Google or Azure for cloud services?
Do you use any Cloud File Storage? If so, what?

Data Destruction
Is there a Data Destruction Policy in place?
Do you destroy HDD onsite or outsource the service?
Current Supplier of HDD destruction services?
Is the HDD wiped / degaussed before leaving your datacentre?
Approx Number of drives destroyed/wiped per annum?

Thanking You

Yours faithfully,
Francois Charles

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From: [FOI #425287 email] [[FOI #425287 email]]
Sent: 14 August 2017 15:50
To: FOI requests at University of Birmingham
Subject: Freedom of Information request - University IT Infrastructure information

Dear University of Birmingham,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 may I kindly request the following information about the Universities IT Infrastructure. The information needed is as follows:

IT Compliant Route to purchase
What Frameworks are used for IT Procurement? (ie. SSSNA, NEUPC, Janet, CCS, CPC)?

Desktop
Number of Desktops?
Do you use VDI?
If so what platform do you use?
Desktop major Refresh date?
Date existing support contract ends?
VDI refresh date (if relevant)?

Datacentre
Servers
Number of Windows Servers?
Number of UNIX/Linux Servers?
Server platform?
Virtualisation platform?
What operating system do you use?
Virtualisation & Licence support refresh dates?
Percentage of infrastructure Virtualised?
Server Refresh Date?
Value of current server support contract?

Storage
Volume of Data in TBs
Storage Vendor?
Storage Virtualisation?
Storage Refresh Date?
Date Storage support contract ends?
Value of storage support contract?

Backup
Tape vendor?
Disk backup?
What backup software do you use?
Backup refresh date?
Date backup support contract ends ?
Value of backup support contract ?
Disaster Recovery contract renewal date?

Network
Network vendor?
If you use Cisco, do you use Smart Collector?
How many switches?
How many routers?
How many wireless controllers/ AP’s?
Network speed?
Network contract start date?
Date Network Support ends / is refreshed
Value of existing Network support contract ?
Network virtualisation?

Security
IT Security vendors used?
IT Security Support renewal date?
Do you use 2FA?
What web and email filtering is used?
What DLP is in place?
What SIEM solution is used?
What intrusion prevention is used?
What endpoint security is used?

Cloud
Are you using or are interested in AWS/Google or Azure for cloud services?
Do you use any Cloud File Storage? If so, what?

Data Destruction
Is there a Data Destruction Policy in place?
Do you destroy HDD onsite or outsource the service?
Current Supplier of HDD destruction services?
Is the HDD wiped / degaussed before leaving your datacentre?
Approx Number of drives destroyed/wiped per annum?

Thanking You

Yours faithfully,
Francois Charles

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