Cloud strategy in the Public Sector

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Dear Telford and Wrekin 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,

ian Jackson

Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear Mr Jackson

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 Acknowledgement -TWC-44341

Thank you for your request for information received by us on 21 December
2016 asking for the following:

 

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?

 

The Freedom of Information Act requires us to provide this information to
you within 20 working days of receiving your request. Therefore we will
aim to respond to you by the 23 January 2017

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Yours sincerely

Kelsey Robson

Information Governance

 

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Dear Mr Jackson

Freedom of information request Reference TWC-44341

 

Please find attached your response

 

Kind Regards

Information Governance

Audit,  Information Governance and Insurance Services

Finance, Audit & Information Governance

Telford & Wrekin Council

 

Telford & Wrekin Council, Audit & Information Governance, Darby House,
Lawn Central, Town Centre, Telford, TF3 4JA

 

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