ICT Infrastructure

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner,

Please could you provide the following information:
General
• Number of Sites
• Number of Employees
• Number of IT Staff
• Annual IT Budget
Datacentre
• Location of datacentre(s)
• Number of Servers
• Number of Windows Servers
• Number of UNIX/Linux Servers
• What operating system do you use?
• Percentage Virtualised
• Virtualisation platform
• Server Vendor
• Server Refresh Date
• Date Server Support contract ends
• Value of contract

• Volume of Data in TB
• Storage Vendor
• Storage Refresh Date
• Date Storage support contract ends
• Value of contract

• What do you Backup to (hardware)?
• What backup software do you use?
• Backup refresh date
• Date backup support contract ends
• Value of support contract

• What networking equipment do you use in the Datacentre?
• Refresh date
• Date support contract ends
• Value of contract
• Do you use WAN optimisation?
• If so what product do you use?

Desktop
• Desktop vendor
• Number of Desktops
• Do you use VDI?
• If so what platform do you use?
• Desktop Refresh date
• Date support contract ends

Applications
• Database vendors
• Email provider
• Number of mail boxes
• ERP Platform
• CRM Provider
• Database Archival
• Email Archival
• File Archival

In addition, please could you provide a copy of your IT Strategy for 2016 and an Organisation chart depicting the IT department with contact names and telephone numbers?

Yours faithfully,

Sam Lewis

Police and Crime Commissioner, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Thank you for your email.

 

A member of my staff will look into the issues you have raised and will
respond within 10 working days.

 

Regards

 

Kathryn Holloway

Police & Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

 

Tel: 01234 842064

Police and Crime Commissioner, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Dear Mr Lewis

We acknowledge receipt of your email of 05 July 2016 and will respond to you again shortly.

Kind regards.

Pauline Gibbons
Acting Compliance Officer
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

Bridgebury House, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford MK43 9AX
Tel: 01234 842044

Email: [email address]
Web: www.bedspcc.org

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GIBBONS, Pauline 6802, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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Dear Mr Lewis

 

REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000       

 

We write in connection with your request for information received on 05
July 2016 and note that you seek access to the following information:

 

1.       General

a)      Number of Sites

b)      Number of Employees

c)       Number of IT Staff

d)      Annual IT Budget

 

2.       Datacentre

a)      Location of datacentre(s)

b)      Number of Servers

c)       Number of Windows Servers

d)      Number of UNIX/Linux Servers

e)      What operating system do you use?

f)       Percentage Virtualised

g)      Virtualisation platform

h)      Server Vendor

i)        Server Refresh Date

j)        Date Server Support contract ends

k)      Value of contract

 

l)        Volume of Data in TB

m)    Storage Vendor

n)      Storage Refresh Date

o)      Date Storage support contract ends

p)      Value of contract

 

q)      What do you Backup to (hardware)?

r)       What backup software do you use?

s)       Backup refresh date

t)       Date backup support contract ends

u)      Value of support contract

 

v)      What networking equipment do you use in the Datacentre?

w)    Refresh date

x)      Date support contract ends

y)      Value of contract

z)       Do you use WAN optimisation?

aa)   If so what product do you use?

 

3.       Desktop

a)      Desktop vendor

b)      Number of Desktops

c)       Do you use VDI?

d)      If so what platform do you use?

e)      Desktop Refresh date

f)       Date support contract ends

 

4.       Applications

a)      Database vendors

b)      Email provider

c)       Number of mail boxes

d)      ERP Platform

e)      CRM Provider

f)       Database Archival

g)      Email Archival

h)      File Archival

 

5.       In addition, please could you provide a copy of your IT Strategy
for 2016 and an Organisation chart depicting the IT department with
contact names and telephone numbers?

 

We are required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle
all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. 
Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being
published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.

 

With reference to your recent enquiry and in response to your questions,
we can confirm the following:

 

1a) One

1b) Please refer to the attached Organisation Chart

 

With regards to your remaining questions, I would advise you that we do
not hold this information.  However, we understand that you have submitted
the same request to Bedfordshire Police and they will respond to you
accordingly.

 

We hope this information proves useful. Please come back to us if you
require further assistance on this matter.

 

If you think we have not supplied information in accordance with our
Publication Scheme which can be found on the Police and Crime Commissioner
for Bedfordshire’s website [1]www.bedfordshire.pcc.police.uk  then you
should write, in the first instance, to:

 

The Chief of Staff

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, Bridgebury
House, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9AX

Email: [2][Bedfordshire PCC request email]

 

We aim to deal with your concern within 20 working days.  If you are
dissatisfied with the response you can ask for the matter to be internally
reviewed.  We aim to complete an internal review and respond to you within
20 working days.

 

The Information Commissioner

 

If you are still dissatisfied with the decision you may make application
to the Information Commissioner for a decision on whether the request for
information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the
Act.

 

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at [3]www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx. 
Alternatively, phone or write to:

 

First Contact Team

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Pauline Gibbons

Acting Compliance Officer

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

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Bridgebury House, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford MK43 9AX

Tel: 01234 842044

 

Email: [5][email address]

Web: [6]www.bedspcc.org

 

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