Purpose

Approval is required to purchase additional
Dell Server and Storage ICT hardware for use in the Spindles
Primary Communications Room 1.

A recent assessment indicated that there would be insufficient
capacity to host all the remaining Council ICT Systems which will
be moving from the Civic Centre Datacentre to the Spindles Primary
Communications Room 1.

Expectation and the delays for the migration of Council Finance
system Business World (Agresso) moving to a supplier Unit4 hosted
solution, has thereby increased the capacity and specification
requirements to meet the hosting and data capability at the
Spindles Offices.

This additional Dell Hardware extends the capacity requirements and
is fully scalable.
This ensures that the Council can remain flexible in future
decisions, balancing cloud and on-premise resources based on
evolving needs.

Content

RESOLVED - That:

Procure and install additional Dell hardware for the
Council’s on-premise business IT systems.

Reasons for the decision

Do nothing: If the additional ICT Dell
hardware is not added it will affect any migrated Business Services
workloads to Spindles, impact data storage capability and stop the
Civic Centre Decommission works.

In action would also limit the Council’s ability to meet its
strategic goals for modernising its ICT systems and could
ultimately result in higher long-term costs.

Alternative options considered

Do nothing: If the additional ICT Dell
hardware is not added it will affect any migrated Business Services
workloads to Spindles, impact data storage capability and stop the
Civic Centre Decommission works.

In action would also limit the Council’s ability to meet its
strategic goals for modernising its ICT systems and could
ultimately result in higher long-term costs.