Joseph Rowntree Foundation
As an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty, Joseph Rowntree Foundation identified that their ageing infrastructure didn’t provide a platform to enable the organisation to change.
As an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty, Joseph Rowntree Foundation identified that their ageing infrastructure didn’t provide a platform to enable the organisation to change.
This meant that they needed to move to a new internal IT infrastructure that could respond to the varying demands of a modern digital workplace and be one that is both secure, stable and simplified.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation engaged with Phoenix to look at the possibilities and what would deliver impact to the entire organisation and drive it forward. This started with a Surveyor 360 assessment from Phoenix which identifies the appropriate mix of on-premise, hybrid or cloud workloads and helps plan for your future growth.
Andy Veale, Director of Technology and Change, at Joseph Rowntree Foundation commented, “One of the key drivers that we’re doing this for is not only to help the users of the systems, but also external stakeholders – residents benefit and we improve collaboration with the government who we’re trying to inspire to change.”
Cost cutting was not the key driver, but it has become one of the outcomes of what we’re moving to. Roughly, there is a 50% saving in certain areas of our current IT expenditure by moving to the cloud – so we get more for less. For every £1,000 saved in IT that’s potentially 2 weeks’ worth of people being within one of our care homes. So, the more effective we are at spending our cash the better it is for the community as a whole.
Phoenix’s unique Surveyor 360 is made up of the following modules and provides a rounded perspective to base business and technical decision on:
Following Surveyor 360, the decision was taken to make the move to Microsoft Azure as it fitted hand in glove with their requirements. Not only would it reduce the risk and cost to the organisation and enable IT to deliver changes, but it would also remove the barriers that their ageing infrastructure were starting to bring.
Working in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, we have been able deliver the following to help with their end-to-end Microsoft cloud requirement:
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