Management of IT at DSA
Published 2 August 2013
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This is Freedom of Information request IA/00060/13
1. Request 1
I would be grateful if you could supply the following information which I would like to receive by email. The information should be as up-to-date as possible but not older than 3 months.
If your IT is not totally Outsourced then how many individual Staff are employed within your IT Department?
2. Request 2
To which Company or Companies are the following areas of IT Outsourced:
a Infrastructure? b Desktops/Laptops/Thin Clients? c Systems Development / Applications Management?
3. Response
Our IT is outsourced to Capita and we currently employee 16 members of staff who perform an IT service management role.
4. Request 3
How many Desktops are in use?
5. Response
Our records show that we currently have 2,037 desktops in use.
6. Request 4
How many Laptops are in use?
7. Response
Our records show that we currently have 286 laptops in use.
8. Request 5
How many Thin Clients are in use?
9. Response
We do not have any thin clients in use.
10. Request 6
Which Server Platform(s) and Operating System(s) do you use?
11. Response
We currently use Windows and Solaris operating systems.
12. Request 7
How many Physical Servers are in use?
13. Request 8
How many Virtual Servers are in use?
14. Response
We currently use 75 physical servers and 6 virtual servers.
15. Request 9
What is the name and job title of the most senior person in IT?
16. Response
Our most senior member of staff in IT is Brian Hogg who is the Head of IT.