END USER INSIGHT
DVSA IS
TRANSITIONING
AWAY FROM
LONG-TERM
CONTRACTS,
MINIMISING
VENDOR LOCK-
IN AND MOVING
TO OPEN
SOURCE AND
CLOUD WHERE
POSSIBLE.
Tim Hinchey, Head of Cloud and
Infrastructure Architecture at DVSA, said:
“We were connecting to the cloud via
virtual private networks (VPNs), but our
VPN firewall ran out of capacity, so we
needed another solution.”
Solution
To meet this need for connectivity,
DVSA selected Equinix Cloud Exchange
Fabric, which directly, securely and
dynamically connects distributed
infrastructure and digital ecosystems
globally on Platform Equinix via softwaredefined
interconnection.
Available across more than 30 Equinix
International Business Exchange (IBX)
data centre locations, ECX Fabric is
designed for rapid scalability, real-time
agility and customised connectivity
through a self-service portal or API.
Because every major cloud and IT service
provider has a presence in IBX data
centres, DVSA can easily connect staff to
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft
Azure and other cloud providers via
Equinix Fiber Connects.
Switching from one cloud provider to
another to save costs or enable additional
services takes only minutes.
In addition, DVSA’s cloud connections run
via its own MPLS network, without crossing
the public Internet, bringing its services
and controls closer to citizens, employees
and partners at the digital edge.
Hinchey said: “We’re moving a lot of
services. For example, our MOT testing
service has around 40 million transactions
annually and five years ago all the
hardware was co-located in data centres
that we had to maintain ourselves. Now,
it’s all in the public cloud, on AWS, so this
saves us time and money.”
Value realised
By adopting an Interconnection
Oriented Architecture (IOA) strategy,
DVSA has cut latency by two-thirds,
giving its staff fast, responsive access
to cloud-based platforms.
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