Cloud strategy in the Public Sector

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Dear Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,

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,

Sarah Russell

CNES FOI Team, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

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CNES FOI Team, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Dear Sarah,

Re: help desk request (ticket ref 2016122127000153)

Thank you for your recent request submitted under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
1. How many data centres does your organisation currently operate? 2
1a. What is the total count of servers within those facilities? 130
1b. What is the breakdown of operating systems, including versions (e.g.
Windows
Server 2008 R2) used on those servers? 4 Solaris, 9 CentOS, 7 Windows 7,
68 Windows server 2008, 58 Windows server 2012, 18 Misc Linux, 3 Windows
2003R2
2. Are these data centres supplied through a contract? NO
2a. If so, who is the primary operator and when is your current contract
due to
expire? N/A
3. What is your annual IT budget? £1432022
4. Do you currently use a public cloud Infrastructure provider for any of
your IT
provision NO
4a. If so, which public cloud vendors are you currently using? N/A
5. Do you have a current Transformation programme in place? NO
5a. if so, what are the timeframes for this to be completed?N/A
5b. Who is your transformation lead? N/A

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21/12/2016 16:10 - Sarah Russell wrote:
Dear Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,

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,

Sarah Russell

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