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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
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…
3rd February 2016
Enterprises must adopt a nimbler and shorter-term approach to data centre upgrades, so they can respond faster to changing market trends. That was the hard hitting message delivered by Gartner at its recent Datacentre Infrastructure and Operations Management summit held…
17th December 2015
It’s been nine months since the launch of Crown Hosting Data Centres – and what an exciting time it has been. With new customers signed up, and increasing interest from all areas of the public sector, we are looking forward…
23rd November 2015
Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government
Whitehall technology chiefs have opened up about the impact the UK government’s 2013 cloud-first mandate has had on the way they approach IT procurement. The measure was introduced in May 2013 to accelerate the adoption of cloud technologies in Whitehall,…
3rd November 2015
SMEs and Government: Working Better Together
Small and medium-sized IT companies are powering the UK’s economic recovery, as our country fast becomes a ‘tech nation’. Research from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) reveals that companies in the SME IT sector enjoyed an average year-on-year revenue growth…
21st October 2015
Government IT Leaders Tackle IT Challenges at DCD Europe
In partnership with Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited, DCD Europe brings together UK IT government leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities of delivering and procuring IT services via shared data center facilities. The newly-established Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited,…
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