END USER INSIGHT
THE SCALABLE POWER AND
SPACE AVAILABLE AT CWL1 WILL
GIVE US PLENTY
OF ROOM TO EXPAND AND FOR OTHERS TO JOIN IF THEY SO WISH , WHICH BRINGS GREAT PEACE
OF MIND .
• Significantly reduce costs and complexity from owning and operating in-house data centres
• Increase agility by move from being a predominantly on-premise technology provider to being a cloud delivery partner
• Build a standard service catalogue of commoditised services based on a single infrastructure
• Supporting other public sector organisations to access world-class data centre services in the future
• Increase the value for money proposition that the SRS delivers
• Ensure the investment in technology is focused on delivery of the corporate priorities of the partner organisations
The challenge
The drivers behind SRS ’ s move to Vantage ’ s CWL1 campus resulted from a growing dilemma of how best to efficiently and cost-effectively futureproof the various digital services it provides to many thousands of users across the four Local Authorities . It was recognised that the capital expenditure required to overhaul the critical infrastructure at the existing in-house facilities would be costprohibitive . However , at the same time , a major technology refresh was seen as essential for keeping pace with the growing and longer-term digital demand and expectations of Local Authority partners . Moreover , with the ongoing shift towards virtualisation , fewer physical server racks and therefore data centre space was required compared to housing the 80 or so previously fully utilised . By the same token , increased virtualisation required denser IT environments and therefore more power draw per rack .
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