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Dear Bedford Hospital NHS Trust,

Please could you provide me with the following information with regards to your ICT structure;

1. What is your annual IT Infrastructure Budget for 2016 & 2017?

2. What storage vendor(s) and model do you currently use?
a. When was the installation date of above storage vendor(s)?
b. When is your planned (or estimated) storage refresh date? (Month/year)
c. What is your estimated budget for the refresh?
d. What date does your storage support contract end? (Month/year)
e. What is the value of your storage support contract?
f. What is the capacity of the storage data in TB?

3. What backup software do you use?
a. How much data do you backup in TB?
b. When is your planned (or estimated) backup software refresh date? (Month/year)
c. What is the estimated budget for your backup software refresh?
d. When does your backup support contract end? (Month/year)
e. What is the value of your backup support contract?

4. What compute vendor(s) and model do you currently use?
a. Number of servers?
b. What operating system(s) do you use?
c. What percentage is virtualised?
d. Virtualisation platform?
e. When is your planned (or estimated) compute refresh date? (Month/year)
f. When does your compute support contract end? (Month/year)
g. What is the value of the compute support contract?

5. If you outsource your IT works, please provide who it is with and when the contract started and ends.

In addition, please provide a copy of your current IT Strategy and an organisation chart depicting the IT department with contact names and telephone numbers.

Yours faithfully,

Brian Foulds

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Dear Brian,

 

Freedom of Information Enquiry

 

Thank you for your recent enquiry under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

1.                  What is your annual IT Infrastructure Budget for 2016
& 2017?

 

Combined Infrastructure pay and non pay costs 1.8 million

 

2.                  What storage vendor(s) and model do you currently use?

 

EMC, HP & Dell

 

a.                  When was the installation date of above storage
vendor(s)?

 

2015

 

b.                  When is your planned (or estimated) storage refresh
date? (Month/year)

 

No formal Date

 

c.                   What is your estimated budget for the refresh?

 

See 2b

 

d.                  What date does your storage support contract end?
(Month/year)

 

N/A

 

e.                  What is the value of your storage support contract?

 

N/A

 

f.                    What is the capacity of the storage data in TB?

 

Approx 120TB

 

3.                  What backup software do you use?

 

Backup Exec

 

a.                  How much data do you backup in TB?

 

35TB

 

b.                  When is your planned (or estimated) backup software
refresh date? (Month/year)

 

No formal date

 

c.                   What is the estimated budget for your backup software
refresh?

 

See 3b

 

d.                  When does your backup support contract end?
(Month/year)

 

N/A

 

e.                  What is the value of your backup support contract?

 

N/A

 

4.                  What compute vendor(s) and model do you currently use?

 

Please clarify this question.

 

a.                  Number of servers?

 

350

 

b.                  What operating system(s) do you use?

 

Windows 7 & Server 2008/2012

 

c.            What percentage is virtualised?

 

85.7149%

 

c.                   Virtualisation platform?

 

VMware

 

d.                  When is your planned (or estimated) compute refresh
date? (Month/year)

 

No formal date

 

e.                  When does your compute support contract end?
(Month/year)

 

Please clarify this question.

 

f.                    What is the value of the compute support contract?

 

Please clarify this question.

 

5.                  If you outsource your IT works, please provide who it
is with and when the contract started and ends.

 

N/A

 

In addition, please provide a copy of your current IT Strategy and an
organisation chart depicting the IT department with contact names  and
telephone numbers.

 

Strategy yet to be approved by Trust Board and dept currently undertaking
an internal reorganization.

 

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Caroline Kinglake

Information Governance Manager