ICT Infrastructure Refresh and Transformation - Storage, Storage Area Network and Back Up

Norfolk County Council has entered into a contract for the provision of storage, storage area network and back up including:-

• Delivery, installation, configuration and support of new SAN and Backup solution including all components
• Storage to allow for growth of 10% per annum for each of the 5 years (see figures below)
• Support and maintenance of the existing equipment (Filers, Disk arrays, SAN) for the duration of the migration until decommissioned (current support arrangement ends 31/12/2016)
• Support and maintenance of the new solution for 5 years
• Professional services to deliver and migrate to the new solution
• Seamless managed data migration from the old equipment to the new equipment minimising the need for downtime for the business
• Transition from existing backup solution (tape library) to the new backup solution including associated licencing and software.
• Secure wipe of all information from retired, replaced equipment within the scope of this project
• Total or partial trade in of old equipment.
• Project coordination and associated documentation
• Onsite training and skills transfer

This contract was let under the Crown Commercial Services Technology 2 Products Framework.