FOI Request - IT Infrastructure

Request 101003807835

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your council’s IT infrastructure, with a specific focus on data storage and cloud adoption. Please provide responses to the following questions:

1. Data Centres and On-Premise Facilities
a) How many data centres, server rooms, or similar on-premise facilities are currently operated or managed by the council?
b) Please provide a breakdown of each type.

2. Data Storage
a) What is the breakdown of the council’s data stored across the following environments?
Please provide either the percentage or numerical breakdown for each type:

i) On-premise

ii) Public cloud

iii) Private cloud

iv) Hybrid (a mix of on-premise and cloud)

3. Cloud Migration
a) Has the council migrated any data or services to the cloud in the past three years?
b) If applicable, can you provide a list of systems migrated (e.g., HR, CRM, Finance, etc.)?
c) If applicable, please could you provide the cloud service provider(s) used for each migration?

4. Cloud Adoption Policy
a) Does the council have a formal cloud adoption policy?

5. Cloud Data Location Monitoring
a) Does the council monitor the physical location of its cloud-hosted data (answer yes or no)?
b) If applicable, please can you provide how this is tracked?

6. Financial Information on IT Infrastructure
a) For the past five years, can you provide the annual spend on your IT Infrastructure?
b) If applicable, please provide the breakdown of spend for each year of the last 3 years and for each of the following categories:

i) Hardware (Servers, Computers, Network Devices, Storage Systems)

ii) Software

iii) Networks

iv) Data Centres

v) Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

vi) Security Systems

vii) IT Service Management

viii) External consultancy for cloud migration or IT modernisation