Ref No.: 10 24
Request Type: FOI
Date Received: 13/09/24
Date Responded: 16/09/24
Category: IT Assets
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request you to respond to questions included below.
| Q1. Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following? | |
| Device type | Number of devices |
| Desktop PCs | |
| Laptops | |
| Mobile phones | |
| Printers | |
| Multi functional devices (MFSs) | |
| Tablets | |
| Physical servers | |
| Storage devices (for example NAS, SAN) | |
| Networking Infrastructure (for example: Switches, Routers, Interfaces, Wireless Access Points) | |
| Security Infrastructure (for example: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Virus Monitoring Tools) | |
|
Q2. Does your organisation plan to procure any of the below enterprise applications or software, if yes, please provide information in the below format. Please note, if the applications you're planning to procure are not listed below then do mention them separately. |
2024/25 spend/budget (£000) | 2025/26 spend/budget (£000) |
| Content management system | ||
| Supply chain management (SCM) | ||
| Inventory management software | ||
| Enterprise asset management (EAM) software | ||
| Business intelligence systems | ||
| Other software/apps (mention the name of the software) |
| Q3. Do you have any plans to procure End user devices (desktop/laptop/tablet/mobile phones etc)? if yes, please provide information in the below format. | 2024/25 spend/budget (£000) | 2025/26 spend/budget (£000) |
| Desktops | ||
| Laptops | ||
| Mobile phones | ||
| Tablets and other (if other, please specify) |
| Q4. Do you have any plans to procure below services/softwares? if yes, please provide information in the below format. | 2024/25 spend/budget (£000) | 2025/26 spend/budget (£000) |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) | ||
| Cyber security |
Response
Many thanks for your request for information dated 13 September 2024 which asked for information relating to the technologies used by WICS.
We have handled your request in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). FOISA provides for a right of access to recorded information held by Scottish public authorities.
We consider that the information falling within the scope of the request is exempt from disclosure under Section 30(c) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). This provides for an exemption from disclosure in situations where disclosure would or would be likely to substantially prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. Further in-depth information is provided in the attached explanatory note.