Cloud strategy in the Public Sector

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Dear Bath and North East Somerset 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

Information Governance, Bath and North East Somerset Council

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From:  Brian Jones <[FOI #377143 email]>

Sent:    14 December 2016 15:13

To:       Information Governance

Subject:           Freedom of Information request - Cloud strategy in the
Public Sector

 

Dear Bath and North East Somerset 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

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