The Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) is responsible for equipping government with the right technology to deliver great digital services. Last week, Liam Maxwell published a blog about “Launching Crown Hosting Data Centres”.

It reads, “Today I’m pleased to confirm that we have created a joint venture – Crown Hosting Data Centres – with Ark Data Centres and signed a framework contract with the joint venture, to deliver legacy hosting services.”

The blog goes on to give some detail on how this fits with government’s cloud strategy, and also covers:

• Legacy infrastructure and how Crown Hosting Data Centres assists where government technology is not suitable for the cloud
• Which government agencies and departments are covered by the framework
• How pricing and terms in the framework are more competitive than those that could have been individually procured
• That the shared facilities can greatly reduce energy costs, and
• Details of the central government agencies that have already committed to framework.

If you would like to read the rest of Mr Maxwell’s blog, you can find it here.