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Dear Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust,

Connectivity and Network Services
a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on each
b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend
c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and what is the annual spend
d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend
e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend
f. Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge switching?
g. When was your core network installed?
h. Has it been updated subsequently?
i. Who maintains your core network?
j. When is the contract renewal date?
k. Please confirm value of the initial project?
l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?

Yours faithfully,

Philip Mansfield

FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Philip Mansfield,

 

We have received your email dated 26^th January 2023 requesting
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Your request is being dealt with and you will be responded to within
twenty full working days of receipt.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Freedom of Information Lead
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

 

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FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Philip Mansfield,

 

Please find the below in response to your Freedom of Information request
dated 26^th February 2023.

Connectivity and Network Services

a. Who provides your WAN and internet connectivity and the annual spend on
each BT (HSCN) / Virgin Media (Internet) – annual network revenue budget
is circa £350k

b. Who provides your SIP trunks and what is the annual spend Gamma
(Maintel)  annual spend circa £36k.

c. Who provides your WAN services, is this MPLS, SD WAN or Internet, and
what is the annual spend BT,( MPLS network)  see response to (a) above.
d. Who provides your LAN infrastructure and what is your annual spend
Cisco, spend depends on projects in that year.
e. Who provides your WIFI infrastructure and what is your annual spend
Aruba, spend depends on projects in that year
f. Please confirm the manufacturer(s) of your wired network core and edge
switching? Cisco

g. When was your core network installed? We’ve had a core network for a
number of years and upgrade it when the equipment reaches of support or
needs upgrading due to its capacity.

h. Has it been updated subsequently? Yes, one of our core routers was
upgraded last year.

i. Who maintains your core network? In-house network team

j. When is the contract renewal date? Contract is for software support and
hardware replacement only. The contract renewal date is 31/05/2024.

k. Please confirm value of the initial project? Network hasn’t been built
in one go, it has evolved, and components have been replaced/upgraded over
the years.

l. Please confirm the value of annual support/maintenance services (in £)?
Cisco Core maintenance £3050.84 per annum

 

For information only: The cost to the NHS equated to responding to this
request is £25.00

 

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Lead
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Brighton General Hospital | Elm Grove | Brighton | BN2 3EW

If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your enquiry, you have the
right to appeal. Please contact the Head Information Governance, Sussex
Community NHS Trust, Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, Brighton BN2
3EW.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are still not satisfied with the outcome, you can write to:  The
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF - Telephone: 01625 545700.

 

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