IT Infrastructure

Reference: 23-24487

Date response sent: 07/03/2024

Details of enquiry

(See Questionnaire below)

Can you please provide an update on the following 4 questions regarding your Trust’s Infrastructure?

1. For each element of IT infrastructure below, please provide the requested details:
same as 2-23413 and 23-24355

	Main provider	Annual spend 2022-2023	Contract end date	Additional notes
Desktop management	Dell	£150,000	n/a Purchases as required
Networking	Convergence Group	£45,000	30/06/24
Data Centre	On Premise Data Centre This is managed in-house	n/a	n/a
Server management	In-house Dell, Partial – Virtualised Servers	£15,000	n/a managed in-house
IT Security	Data withheld S31 law enforcement and prevention of crime	Withheld	withheld
Email and collaboration	NHSmail Microsoft Outlook and O365 eg Teams etc	This is part of the Trust’s Microsoft Enterprise license, not separately priced.	31/03/2024
Processing and computer capacity	n/a in-house	n/a	n/a

2. For each of the elements below, please provide details about your cloud provider:

	Main provider	Contract end date	Additional notes
Data storage	Microsoft Public Cloud	31/03/2023
Networking	On-premise	n/a	n/a
Back-up and archive	Microsoft Public Cloud on-Premise Barracuda Cloud to Cloud backup	31 March 2025 n/a July 2024
Application databases	n/a	n/a
Big Data analytics databases	This is managed in-house	n/a
Email and collaboration	n/a	Microsoft public cloud Hornbill
Processing and computer capacity	n/a	n/a

3: For each element detailed below, how does your organisation manage its data storage?

Same As 23-24045 June 2023 and 23-24413

	On premises	Off premises	Main supplier	Annual spend 2022-2023	Contract end date	Additional notes
In-house data centre	Yes Self Managed by the Trust	No Self Managed by the Trust	Dell	£23.5k approx	3 years after purchase
DEFINITION: Physical or virtual servers that are connected internally and externally through networking and communication equipment to store, transfer and access digital information
Shared service	No Self Managed by the Trust	Yes Self Managed by the Trust		No spend in 2023/24
DEFINITION: The consolidation of business operations that are used by multiple parts of the same organization.
Data Storage Management	No	Yes	Barracuda, and Cloud Backup for O365	£26k	01/08/2021 – 31/07/2024
DEFINITION: The management of various data storage methods used in the Trust

4: For each of the network supply systems listed below, please provide the requested details:
Same as 23-24045 Q5

	Main provider	Annual spend 2022-2023	Contract end date	Additional notes
Data network (broadband)	Virgin Nasstar wavenet	£62,175.09 + VAT	31/12/2023	Annual Installment Payment for HSCN lines, . Ethernet and Etherline circuits provided by Virgin Media and included in Nasstar monthly charge.
DEFINITION: Broadband is the actual internet connection afforded by your internet service provider (ISP), which you can access directly via a LAN or ethernet connection between your modem and device
WiFi (hardware)	Pervasive	Nil	n/a outright purchase
DEFINITION: Wifi is a wireless connection between multiple devices and your router, and just one of the ways you can access the internet
CoIN (if applicable) – Community of Interest Network	Not applicable	not applicable	not applicable
WAN (Wide Area Network)	Convergence, Wavenet	£20k + VAT	19/01/2021-18/07/2026
DEFINITION: WANs connect users and applications in geographically dispersed locations
Other (please specify)	See WAN above.