Request
Dear Sir/Madam,
With reference to the Freedom of Information Act, could you please answer the attached questions relating to your IT Department?
FOI Questions
What manufacturers centralised storage do you use?
What percentage of your Servers are virtualised?
What is the total amount of storage you have and its percentage utilisation?
What server virtualisation projects have been identified within the next 12 months?
What software is used to backup your virtual infrastructure?
Have you implemented data de-duplication? If yes which vendors solutions do you use?
What Antivirus software do you currently use?
When is this due for renewal (month & year)?
What Email system do you have installed?
Do you archive email or data? If yes which product do you use?
Do you use hierarchical storage management? If yes which manufacturers?
What amount of storage does your email consume?
Do you Virtualise Applications? If yes which Vendor solutions do you use?
Do you provide Virtualised Desktops? If yes which Vendor solutions do you use?
Are you considering desktop virtualisation? If yes over what time frame?
What desktop\application virtualisation projects have been identified within the next 12 months?
Do you electronically audit your PCs for installed software? If yes what application do you use?
Do you use a third party company to manage your Software Licenses? If yes who?
Do you reconcile your installed software and licenses owned? If yes how frequently?
What is version of Microsoft Windows is your standard and how many Windows devices do you manage?
How do intend to procure Microsoft licenses now the centralised NHS enterprise agreement has ended? (Select, Enterprise Agreement etc) If you already hold a Microsoft License agreement, when is this due for renewal?
Do you have plans to adopt Windows 7 in the next 12 months?
If yes, how are you looking to deploy Windows 7?
Are you considering hosting your servers externally as part of a Private Cloud infrastructure?
Who, including name, job title and contact details, is responsible for IT Procurement Contracts relating to IT Infrastructure?
What IT functions do you have outsourced and to whom?
If you have Oracle licenses, when was the last time they were audited and by whom?
Please identify what IT related projects you have scheduled for the next 12 months?
Our Response
I refer to your email requesting information in respect of NHS East Midlands IT matters.
I can confirm in accordance with S.1 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) that we do hold the information that you have requested. However, I will address each of your questions I turn:
What manufacturers centralised storage do you use?
What percentage of your Servers are virtualised?
What is the total amount of storage you have and its percentage utilisation?
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Total Storage: 1793 GB
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66% Utilisation
What server virtualisation projects have been identified within the next 12 months?
What software is used to back up your virtual infrastructure?
Have you implemented data de-duplication? If yes which vendors solutions do you use?
What Antivirus software do you currently use?
When is this due for renewal (month & year)?
What Email system do you have installed?
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Outlook 2010
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Running NHS Mail
Do you archive email or data? If yes which product do you use?
Do you use hierarchical storage management? If yes which manufacturers?
What amount of storage does your email consume?
Do you Virtualise Applications? If yes which Vendor solutions do you use?
Do you provide Virtualised Desktops? If yes which Vendor solutions do you use?
Are you considering desktop virtualisation? If yes over what time frame?
What desktop\application virtualisation projects have been identified within the next 12 months?
Do you electronically audit your PCs for installed software? If yes what application do you use?
Do you use a third party company to manage your Software Licenses? If yes who?
Do you reconcile your installed software and licenses owned? If yes how frequently?
What is version of Microsoft Windows is your standard and how many Windows devices do you manage?
How do intend to procure Microsoft licenses now the centralised NHS enterprise agreement has ended? (Select, Enterprise Agreement etc) If you already hold a Microsoft License agreement, when is this due for renewal?
Do you have plans to adopt Windows 7 in the next 12 months?
If yes, how are you looking to deploy Windows 7?
Are you considering hosting your servers externally as part of a Private Cloud infrastructure?
Who, including name, job title and contact details, is responsible for IT Procurement Contracts relating to IT Infrastructure?
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Chris Beadle, SHA HQ IT Manager, NHS East Midlands
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Direct dial: 0115 9684581
What IT functions do you have outsourced and to whom?
If you have Oracle licenses, when was the last time they were audited and by whom?
Please identify what IT related projects you have scheduled for the next 12 months?
I hope that this information is of use. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review our decision by writing to:-
Mr Moosa Patel
Director of Corporate Affairs
NHS East Midlands
Octavia House
Interchange Business Park
Bostock's Lane
Sandiacre
Nottingham
NG10 5QG
If at the conclusion of any review you remain dissatisfied you may complain to the Information Commissioner who can be contacted at:-
The Office of the Information Commissioner
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