Freedom of Information Request
Reference Number: EPUT.FOI.17.36
Date Received: 20 April 2017
*Note to Applicant: As of 1 April 2017, North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) merged to form one new organisation known as Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT).
Information Requested:
Please could you provide the following information?
1. Number of Employees
7,376
2. Number of IT Staff
49
3. Number of sites
212
4. Annual IT Capex Budget
£4m
5. Annual IT Opex Budget
£22m
Key dates:
6. Storage Refresh date
March and April 2019
7. Backup Refresh date
March and April 2019
8. Network Refresh date
March 2018
9. Server Refresh date
March 2018 and April 2019
10. Virtualisation refresh date
March and April 2019
11. Desktop refresh date
Annual March
12. VDI refresh date
N/A
13. DR Contract renewal
· Inhouse
· Clinical system – 31/3/2021)
14. IT Outsource contract renewal
· 30 September 2018
· April 2019
Desktops:
15. Number of Desktops
5,976
16. VDI vendor
N/A
Servers:
17. Number of Windows Servers
Circa 494
18. Number of UNIX/Linux Servers
Circa 50
19. What operating system do you use?
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Storage Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 2008R2 + Windows 2012 – Linux CentOS
20. Percentage Virtualised?
120%
21. Server platform?
Cisco/Dell
22. Current server supplier?
Intrinsic, Dell and HP
23. Current support expiry date?
April 2020
Storage:
24. Volume of data:
200TB
25. Primary Storage Vendor:
EMC, HP and NAS
26. Date of Purchase:
2013 – 2015
27. Backup Software:
· Netbackup
· Symantec Backup exec 2012
28. Date of Purchase:
2013
29. Storage support end date:
April 2019
30. Backup Support end date:
Annual renewal
Network:
31. Network vendor:
Cisco, BT and N3
32. Network Speed:
10mb – 1gb
33. Network Support end date:
2018
Applications:
34. Which healthcare specific apps do you use?
Mobius, SystemOne, Adastra, QFlow, Paris
Civica’s , Theseus,
35. Database vendors
Cisco, Microsoft and Oracle
36. Email provider
Microsoft and NHS mail
37. PACS Provider
Not applicable
38. VNA Provider
Not applicable
39. SSO Provider
Imprivata
40. EPR Provider
Fortrus, Civica’s Paris
41. Which services do you outsource?
Some ITSM, Clinical system hosting of Paris
IT support and main clinical system hosting
42. When does your outsource contract refresh?
October 2018, April 2019 and 31 March 2021
43. Who are your providers?
NELCSU and Civica
44. Do you use any Cloud services?
Yes
45. If yes, which ones?
Allocate Cloud for staff rostering system
46. How far are you in your cloud strategy?
a. Not considering Cloud for the foreseeable future
b. Interested in Cloud, but have not started looking into it
c. Research Stage
d. Meeting with Suppliers
e. Consultancy
f. Started to integrate
g. Fully integrated