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Dear Islington Borough Council,

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m writing to obtain the following information:

1) How many employees are working in the council ?
2) What is your annual IT budget ?
3) What is your annual Intranet budget ?
4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use ?
5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?
6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet ?
7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet ?
8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team ?
9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications ?
10) Who are your main software vendors ?
11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365 ?
12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy?

Yours faithfully,

Joanna Tsonou

FOIA, Islington Borough Council

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From: Joanna Tsonou [mailto:[FOI #501777 email]]
Sent: 26 July 2018 15:18
To: FOIA <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Intranet queries

 

Dear Islington Borough Council,

Under the freedom of information act 2000, I’m writing to obtain the
following information:

1) How many employees are working in the council ?
2) What is your annual IT budget ?
3) What is your annual Intranet budget ?
4) What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in use
?
5) Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress?
6) Who is responsible for managing your Intranet ?
7) Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet ?
8) Who is responsible for managing your IT Team ?
9) Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications ?
10) Who are your main software vendors ?
11) Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365 ?
12) Do you have a digital workplace strategy?

Yours faithfully,

Joanna Tsonou

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Woolcott, Michael, Islington Borough Council

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Dear Joanna Tsonou

 

1.      How many employees are working in the council?

As at 31 July 2018 – 4,554

2.      What is your annual IT budget?

The 2018/19 annual gross expenditure IT budget is £15,486,006

3.      What is your annual Intranet budget ?

We do not have a specific budget for the intranet

4.      What is your current Intranet solution and how long has it been in
use?

SharePoint; five years

5.      Do you use Open Source applications, such as Drupal or WordPress?

Yes

6.      Who is responsible for managing your Intranet?

Digital lead – Michael Woolcott

Corporate communications – Sian Williams

7.      Who is responsible for the procurement of your Intranet?

Shared Digital – Commissioning & Contracts Manager

8.      Who is responsible for managing your IT Team?

Ed Garcez, CDIO

9.      Do you use any other SaaS (Software as a service) applications?

Yes

10.   Who are your main software vendors?

Advance Computer Software, Liquidlogic, Microsoft, OneServe,
Northgate-Public Sector, and WSP - Mouchel

11.   Do you use Azure / Amazon Web Services or Office365?

Yes

12.   Do you have a digital workplace strategy?

No, we do not have one.

 

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Michael Woolcott

 

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