FoI Number
2022-818
Subject
IT Infrastructure
Date Received
22/03/2023
Request and Response

Can you please provide an update on the following 3 questions regarding your Trust’s Infrastructure?

1. For each element of IT infrastructure below, please provide the requested details (Main provider, annual spend 2021-2022, contract end date):

- Desktop management

No contract for desktop management

£0

No contract end

- Networking

No contract for networking (internal)

£0

No contract end

- Data Centre

- Server management

No contract for server management

£0

No contract end

- IT Security

No contract for IT security

£0

No contract end

 

2. For each of the elements below, please provide details about your cloud provider (name, contract end date):

- Data storage

Microsoft 365.  National contract between NHS National Services Scotland and Microsoft.

- Networking

No cloud provider

- Back-up and archive

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.  NHS Shetland is listed on the contract NHS GGC have to provide backup of the NHS Scotland Mail system.  The vendor is Baracuda. Unknown contract end date.

- Application databases

NHS Shetland currently do not host any databases in the cloud.

- Big Data analytics databases

None

3. For each of the elements below, does your organisation plan to move to a cloud-based service in the next 2 years?

- Data storage

Partially

- Networking

No

- Back-up and archive

No current plans

- Processing and computer capacity

No current plans

- Application databases

No current plans, but some of our current systems will move to be hosted by the supplier, but not clear if this will be private hosting, third-party private cloud, or cloud.

- Analytics databases

As per previous answer

- Email and collaboration

Email and Collaboration are hosted by Microsoft in a private NHS Scotland tenant.

- Other (Please specify)

None