Information on IT equipment and services within Education Scotland: FOI release

Information requested

Information on IT equipment:

 

Response

Q1: Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following?

Device Type	Number of Devices
Desktop PCs	484
Laptops
Mobile Phones Smartphones, PDAs handheld devices)	305
Printers	7
Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs)	N/A
Tablets	13
Physical Servers	N/A
Storage Devices (for example: NAS, SAN)	N/A
Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points)	*N/A –provided and maintained through Scottish Government iTECS contract Security Infrastructure.
Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools)	*N/A – provided and maintained through Scottish Government iTECS contract

* iTECS contract is managed via the Scottish Government.

Q2:  Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services?

• Cloud computing
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Anything as a Service (XaaS)

Q3: Does your organisation have any plans to procure the below services?

• Network Security
• Cloud Security
• Endpoint Security
• Mobile Security
• IoT Security
• Application Security

Q4: Does your organisation have any plans to procure below services?

• Data and Analytics
• AI and Automation
• Digital Transformation

In response to question two – four, any current or future procurements will proceed either through a relevant public sector framework or are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland (Home - Public Contracts Scotland) if appropriate. Please find the following link to Education Scotland’s contracts register: education-scotland-contract-register-extract-may-2023.pdf.

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