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Dear Worthing Borough Council,

Under the freedom of information act 2000. I write to obtain the following information about the organisations information technology infrastructure equipment:

1. What is your annual IT Budget for 2018 & 2019?
2. Do you outsource your ICT Function and if so to which vendor(s)?
3. When does you Outsource contract expire?

Storage Related
1. What storage vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What is the raw capacity of the storage data in TB & how much of this is utilised?
3. What were the installation dates of the above storage vendor(s)? (Month/Year)
4. When is your planned (or estimated) storage refresh date? (Month/Year)?
5. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
6. What is your estimated budget for the storage refresh?

Server Related
1. What server vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. How many physical and how many virtual servers do you have?
3. What hyper-visor(s) do you currently use?
4. What were the installation dates of the above server vendor(s)? (Month/Year)
5. When is your planned (or estimated) server refresh date? (Month/Year)
6. What is your estimated budget for the server refresh?
7. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
8. Which operating systems are used?
9. Do you use VDI?
10. Which vendor(s) do you use for VDI? (Citrix, VMware, Microsoft)

Network & Security Related
1. What network vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What are the quantities of the Edge, Core and MP used in your network?
3. What network architecture is currently used?
4. What security solutions are being utilised?
5. What were the installation dates of the above network vendor(s)? (Month/Year)
6. When is your planned (or estimated) Network refresh date? (Month/Year)?
7. What is your estimated budget for the Network refresh?
8. What WI-FI vendor(s) and models to you currently use?
9. What were the installation dates of the above WI-FI vendor(s)? (Month/Year)
10. When is your planned (or estimated) WI-FI refresh date? (Month/Year)?
11. What is your estimated budget for the WI-FI refresh?
12. Do you use two-factor authentication?
13. What vendor(s) supply your two-factor authentication?

End User Device Related
1. How many desktops/laptops are deployed by the Council?
2. What vendor(s) supply your desktops/Laptops?
3. How many mobile devices [Phones & tablets etc] are deployed by the council?
4. What were the installation dates of the above desktop/laptops?
5. When is your planned (or estimated) desktop/laptop refresh date? (Month/Year)

Backup, DR and BC:
1. What device/system do you use for your daily backups (e.g tape or disk)
2. What backup software do you use?
3. How much data do you backup, in TB?
4. Do you use a third party to provide a Business Continuity service (e.g. office workplace recovery or infrastructure ship-to-site solutions)?
5. Does your current recovery solution meet your stakeholder’s expectations?
6. Do you already backup into the cloud?
7. Do you have a documented disaster recovery & business continuity plan in place?

Cloud
1. Do you have a cloud strategy if so what is it?
2. Do you use Azure or Amazon Web Services?
3. Do you use or are you planning to use MS O365?
4. Are you actively moving any applications/infrastructure into a cloud environment? If so who is responsible for this?

Systems Management & Monitoring
1. What systems management tools / software do you currently use?
2. What was the costs of the systems management tools / software you use?
3. What were the installation of the systems management tools / software (Month/Year)
4. What warranty / support contract do you have for your systems management tools / software and when does this end / expire (Month /Year)

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Mercer

Worthing Borough Council

Hi

We have recently received a request for information. We have allocated it
the reference FOI/749669/2018. Please quote this in any correspondance in
relation to this matter. 

For your information, this is what you requested:

1. What is your annual IT Budget for 2018 & 2019?
2. Do you outsource your ICT Function and if so to which vendor(s)?
3. When does you Outsource contract expire?

Storage Related
1. What storage vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What is the raw capacity of the storage data in TB & how much of this
is utilised?
3. What were the installation dates of the above storage vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
4. When is your planned (or estimated) storage refresh date? (Month/Year)?
5. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
6. What is your estimated budget for the storage refresh?

Server Related
1. What server vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. How many physical and how many virtual servers do you have?
3. What hyper-visor(s) do you currently use?
4. What were the installation dates of the above server vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
5. When is your planned (or estimated) server refresh date? (Month/Year)
6. What is your estimated budget for the server refresh?
7. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
8. Which operating systems are used?
9. Do you use VDI?
10. Which vendor(s) do you use for VDI? (Citrix, VMware, Microsoft)

Network & Security Related
1. What network vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What are the quantities of the Edge, Core and MP used in your network?
3. What network architecture is currently used?
4. What security solutions are being utilised?
5. What were the installation dates of the above network vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
6. When is your planned (or estimated) Network refresh date? (Month/Year)?
7. What is your estimated budget for the Network refresh?
8. What WI-FI vendor(s) and models to you currently use?
9. What were the installation dates of the above WI-FI vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
10. When is your planned (or estimated) WI-FI refresh date? (Month/Year)?
11. What is your estimated budget for the WI-FI refresh?
12. Do you use two-factor authentication?
13. What vendor(s) supply your two-factor authentication?

End User Device Related
1. How many desktops/laptops are deployed by the Council?
2. What vendor(s) supply your desktops/Laptops?
3. How many mobile devices [Phones & tablets etc] are deployed by the
council?
4. What were the installation dates of the above desktop/laptops?
5. When is your planned (or estimated) desktop/laptop refresh date?
(Month/Year)

Backup, DR and BC:
1. What device/system do you use for your daily backups (e.g tape or disk)
2. What backup software do you use?
3. How much data do you backup, in TB?
4. Do you use a third party to provide a Business Continuity service (e.g.
office workplace recovery or infrastructure ship-to-site solutions)?
5. Does your current recovery solution meet your stakeholder's
expectations?
6. Do you already backup into the cloud?
7. Do you have a documented disaster recovery & business continuity plan
in place?

Cloud
1. Do you have a cloud strategy if so what is it?
2. Do you use Azure or Amazon Web Services?
3. Do you use or are you planning to use MS O365?
4. Are you actively moving any applications/infrastructure into a cloud
environment? If so who is responsible for this?

Systems Management & Monitoring
1. What systems management tools / software do you currently use?
2. What was the costs of the systems management tools / software you use?
3. What were the installation of the systems management tools / software
(Month/Year)
4. What warranty / support contract do you have for your systems
management tools / software and when does this end / expire (Month /Year)

You should expect to hear from us within 20 working days

If we are are not able to provide the information, we will tell you why. 

Yours Sincerely

Adur and Worthing Councils

Worthing Borough Council

Dear Andrew Mercer

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
May I firstly apologise for the delay in responding to your additional
request for information received on 19th March 2018. The council has been
experiencing some technical difficulties with our Freedom of Information
monitoring system, resulting in a delay in handling requests. This problem
has now been resolved & I am sorry for the inconvenience this may have
caused you.

Please find below the Council's response to your request.

Request:
1. What is your annual IT Budget for 2018 & 2019?
2. Do you outsource your ICT Function and if so to which vendor(s)?
3. When does you Outsource contract expire?

Storage Related
1. What storage vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What is the raw capacity of the storage data in TB & how much of this
is utilised?
3. What were the installation dates of the above storage vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
4. When is your planned (or estimated) storage refresh date? (Month/Year)?
5. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
6. What is your estimated budget for the storage refresh?

Server Related
1. What server vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. How many physical and how many virtual servers do you have?
3. What hyper-visor(s) do you currently use?
4. What were the installation dates of the above server vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
5. When is your planned (or estimated) server refresh date? (Month/Year)
6. What is your estimated budget for the server refresh?
7. Do you have any extended warranties, if so, with which supplier?
8. Which operating systems are used?
9. Do you use VDI?
10. Which vendor(s) do you use for VDI? (Citrix, VMware, Microsoft)

Network & Security Related
1. What network vendor(s) and models do you currently use?
2. What are the quantities of the Edge, Core and MP used in your network?
3. What network architecture is currently used?
4. What security solutions are being utilised?
5. What were the installation dates of the above network vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
6. When is your planned (or estimated) Network refresh date? (Month/Year)?
7. What is your estimated budget for the Network refresh?
8. What WI-FI vendor(s) and models to you currently use?
9. What were the installation dates of the above WI-FI vendor(s)?
(Month/Year)
10. When is your planned (or estimated) WI-FI refresh date? (Month/Year)?
11. What is your estimated budget for the WI-FI refresh?
12. Do you use two-factor authentication?
13. What vendor(s) supply your two-factor authentication?

End User Device Related
1. How many desktops/laptops are deployed by the Council?
2. What vendor(s) supply your desktops/Laptops?
3. How many mobile devices [Phones & tablets etc] are deployed by the
council?
4. What were the installation dates of the above desktop/laptops?
5. When is your planned (or estimated) desktop/laptop refresh date?
(Month/Year)

Backup, DR and BC:
1. What device/system do you use for your daily backups (e.g tape or disk)
2. What backup software do you use?
3. How much data do you backup, in TB?
4. Do you use a third party to provide a Business Continuity service (e.g.
office workplace recovery or infrastructure ship-to-site solutions)?
5. Does your current recovery solution meet your stakeholder's
expectations?
6. Do you already backup into the cloud?
7. Do you have a documented disaster recovery & business continuity plan
in place?

Cloud
1. Do you have a cloud strategy if so what is it?
2. Do you use Azure or Amazon Web Services?
3. Do you use or are you planning to use MS O365?
4. Are you actively moving any applications/infrastructure into a cloud
environment? If so who is responsible for this?

Systems Management & Monitoring
1. What systems management tools / software do you currently use?
2. What was the costs of the systems management tools / software you use?
3. What were the installation of the systems management tools / software
(Month/Year)
4. What warranty / support contract do you have for your systems
management tools / software and when does this end / expire (Month /Year)

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