Decision details

Drawdown of funds for Data Centre Equipment Lifecycle Replacement project

Decision Maker: Director of Resources and Assurance (Historic)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To agree to spend of allocated budget set out within the 2023/24 capital programme set aside for the Data Centre Lifecycle Replacement project which has already been approved in the capital programme.

Decision:

That:

 

a) To spend up to the £329,000 for the Data Centre Lifecycle Replacement project

 

b) Authority be delegated to Head of ICT to make all operational decisions to implement the project (as set out in paragraph 8 below)

Alternative options considered:

1.     Do Nothing - Will place the council at risk of data confidentiality, integrity and availability breaches or risks due to the increased probability for cyber security or hardware failure incidents.

 

2.     This probability will increase over time and is almost certain to occur in the future particularly in respect of hardware failure due to ‘manufacturer mean time to failure’ timescales (i.e. there is an understanding that equipment has an expected lifespan and will fail beyond this)

 

 

3. For this reason, this option is Rejected

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Paul Griffiths, Programme Management Office Email: Paul.Griffiths2@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 261808.

Publication date: 29/09/2023

Date of decision: 29/09/2023

Effective from: 06/10/2023

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