Cloud strategy in the Public Sector
Dear South Ayrshire Council,
I am researching cloud computing in the public sector and would like to know the following
1. How many data centres does your organisation currently operate?
1a. What is the total count of servers within those facilities?
1b. What is the breakdown of operating systems, including versions (e.g. Windows Server 2008 R2) used on those servers?
2. Are these data centres supplied through a contract?
2a. If so, who is the primary operator and when is your current contract due to expire?
3. What is your annual IT budget?
4. Do you currently use a public cloud Infrastructure provider for any of your IT provision
4a. If so, which public cloud vendors are you currently using?
5. Do you have a current Transformation programme in place?
5a. if so, what are the timeframes for this to be completed?
5b. Who is your transformation lead?
Yours faithfully,
Brian Jones
Regards
FOI Team|Information Governance|Resources, Governance and Organisation|
[1][email address] |Tel: 01292 612223 |South Ayrshire
Council|County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1DR|
Good Afternoon
I refer to your request for information relating to the Cloud Strategy in
the Public Sector, acknowledged to you yesterday with the above reference.
The investigating department has requested clarification of your Question
1a – What is the total count of servers within those facilities
Please clarify - Do you want to know the number of virtual servers we have
in addition to the number of physical servers in relation to this
question?
The statutory 20 day timescale will be reset upon our receipt of your
reply.
Regards
FOI Team|Information Governance|Resources, Governance and Organisation|
[1][email address] |Tel: 01292 612223 |South Ayrshire
Council|County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1DR|
From: FOI,
Sent: 22 December 2016 11:30
To: '[FOI #378464 email]'
Subject: 2016/6944
Regards
FOI Team|Information Governance|Resources, Governance and Organisation|
[2][email address] |Tel: 01292 612223 |South Ayrshire
Council|County Buildings, Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1DR|
[3]www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Dear FOI,,
Please clarify - Do you want to know the number of virtual servers we have
in addition to the number of physical servers in relation to this
question? - yes please both
Yours sincerely,
Brian Jones
I refer to your recent Freedom of Information request and now enclose the
Councils response.
Regards
FOI Team |Democratic and Governance | Resources, Governance and
Organisation | [1][email address] | 01292 612223 | County
Buildings | Wellington Square | Ayr | KA7 1DR |
[2]www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk
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