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8th February 2018

Redcentric Is First To Provide HSCN Access For Crown Hosting Customers

Managed services specialist and vanguard Stage 2 compliant HSCN CN-SP Redcentric has announced that is now able to deliver Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) access to public sector customers of the Crown Hosting Service. The move follows significant…

21st November 2017

Crown Hosting Data Centres – The Fit With DWP’s Journey To The Cloud

Crown Hosting Data Centres is guiding the Department of Work and Pensions on its journey to a hybrid cloud. Our framework is helping the DWP to implement wholesale change on its technology infrastructure and digital services delivery, the biggest change…

20th November 2017

UK Council’s Digital Facelift Leads To Significant Savings

Derby City Council confirms 60% savings on its data centre provision since move to Crown Hosting Service Framework In line with the UK Government’s Cloud First policy to help drive efficiencies and provide better services for the public, Derby City…

9th November 2017

Derby City Council saves on their Cloud First strategy implementation

Derby City Council has achieved 60% savings on its and it’s data centre provision through a Crown Commercial Service framework The requirement Derby City Council has a 15-year vision that pledges to ensure that the city of Derby is Safe,…

25th September 2017

Health and Innovation Expo 2017

Earlier this month, we joined like-minded industry experts at the Health and Innovation Expo to explore first-hand the latest developments and innovations within the health and social care sector. This year’s expo was of particular relevance to Crown Hosting Data…

15th September 2017

Crown Hosting – A Surprising Government Shared Service Story

The UK government has developed a number of shared services over the years where the model is a joint venture between a private sector provider and the government itself. Generally, the government retains a minority stake in the venture, but…

7th September 2017

Crown At The Health and Care Innovation Expo 2017

With our Government pushing for the complete digitisation of the NHS, this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo 2017 has never been more poignant to our industry. That’s why on Monday and Tuesday, 10th and 11th September 2017, the Crown Hosting Data…

24th July 2017

Planning for the future: Is the public sector ready for the Cloud?

With practically every aspect of our day to day lives now reliant on an app or connected device, technology dependency is at an all-time high in 2017. Commercial markets have utilised tech to enhance consumer activity and boost sales, but…

7th June 2017

Modernising Justice 2017

With our Government moving towards the complete digitisation of its data, this year’s Modernising Justice conference has never been of more relevance to our industry. That’s why on Thursday 8th June 2017, the Crown Hosting team is attending to hear…

17th March 2017

Crown Hosting Data Centres: Supporting the Public Sector’s digital evolution

A greater number of public sector organisations, including Central and Local Government, are now expected to switch their data centre requirements to the Crown Hosting Framework following the move from the Government Digital Service (GDS) to Crown Commercial Services (CCS).…

17th March 2016

Crown Hosting Data Centres 1 year on: service without compromise, delivering success at scale

In March 2015, the Crown Hosting Data Centres framework was formally added to the Digital Marketplace – and since then all central government departments, arm’s length bodies, the wider public sector and charities have been able to buy physical colocation…

8th February 2016

Getting to the Cloud – One Step at a Time

As a public sector organisation, getting to the Cloud can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. For one thing, you’re faced with the task of having to transform legacy apps that currently are not suitable for cloud – perhaps because…

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