Software Licenses
Dear Woking Borough Council,
I would like to ask
Q1. Do you look after your own IT or is it outsourced?
Q2. How much did you pay in last financial year for software licenses?
Q3. How many computers users do you have?
Q4. When do you need to renew the contract with Microsoft for software licenses? What was the value of your last contract?
Q5. Do you currently measure software usage versus the number of licenses purchased? If so what is used for software usage metering?
Q6. Do you use a software asset management tool?
Q7. Please also provide details of IT Contracts Managers and any person(s) involved in IT Software procurement.
Yours faithfully,
Leo Wu
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From: Leo Wu [[FOI #250610 email]]
Sent: 27 January 2015 14:42
To: Comments
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Software Licenses
Dear Woking Borough Council,
I would like to ask
Q1. Do you look after your own IT or is it outsourced?
Q2. How much did you pay in last financial year for software licenses?
Q3. How many computers users do you have?
Q4. When do you need to renew the contract with Microsoft for software licenses? What was the value of your last contract?
Q5. Do you currently measure software usage versus the number of licenses purchased? If so what is used for software usage metering?
Q6. Do you use a software asset management tool?
Q7. Please also provide details of IT Contracts Managers and any person(s) involved in IT Software procurement.
Yours faithfully,
Leo Wu
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Adele Devon | ICT Business Manager
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From: Leo Wu [[FOI #250610 email]]
Sent: 27 January 2015 14:42
To: Comments
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Software Licenses
Dear Woking Borough Council,
I would like to ask
Q1. Do you look after your own IT or is it outsourced?
The Council looks after it's own IT.
Q2. How much did you pay in last financial year for software licenses?
£104,407 including annual subscription and perpetual licences
Q3. How many computers users do you have?
450
Q4. When do you need to renew the contract with Microsoft for software
licenses? What was the value of your last contract?
August 2015. £39,754
Q5. Do you currently measure software usage versus the number of licenses
purchased? If so what is used for software usage metering?
Access to licenced software is managed through Active
Directory and password controlled access.
Q6. Do you use a software asset management tool?
No
Q7. Please also provide details of IT Contracts Managers and any person(s)
involved in IT Software procurement.
Adele Devon ICT Manager
Jamie Archer Network Manager
Tim Lowe Procurement Manager
Yours faithfully,
Leo Wu
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