The choice, opportunities for innovation and resiliency offered by public cloud services are expanding and evolving constantly.
Public sector organisations in the UK are embracing cloud technologies at a faster rate than ever and starting to realise the benefits of the cloud-first strategy. Now more than ever, it has become imperative to allow greater flexibility, more agility and opportunities for innovation to deliver public services. Some of the advantages of the public cloud are:
No need to purchase hardware or software and you pay only for the service you use
Your service provider provides the maintenance
On-demand resources are available to meet your business needs
A vast network of servers ensures against failure
With the speed and flexibility provided by the cloud, and by working with cloud hyperscalers such as Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud, public sector organisations can shift their focus from the “keep the lights on” operations that currently take up their teams’ attention and funds can be freed up to focus on how systems can adapt to what their citizens, staff, patients and customers will need next.
A cloud strategy needs a clearly defined vision and framework for delivering and measuring the value to the organisation both now and in the future – this should cover technology, operations and financials. Cloud migration without a clear strategy can end up costing the organisation more, leading to stalled projects, legacy applications racking up consumption (and costs) at an alarming rate and a lack of innovation.
At Phoenix, we have been helping organisations reap the rewards that public cloud technology offers, to help fast track and improve services across the UK – but how can we transform your organisation?
If you’re looking at data centre transformation, whether as a part of a move to cloud or hybrid cloud, or to modernise and reduce your data centre footprint, you need to understand your current usage.
The free of charge Phoenix Explorer Assessment helps to put learnings about your infrastructure in the context of your business strategy, providing guidance on what technologies could be the right fit for your organisation in order to move your infrastructure forwards.
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If you think that the cloud is for you and want to understand how best to move forwards, Phoenix’s Surveyor 360 Assessment Services can help you plan your journey.
Designed to assist you gain clarity of your existing infrastructure through the use of explorer tools and detailed analysis, it can determine the suitability of your different workloads for cloud migration, while providing guidance around benefits, strategy and costs.
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For customers just starting out on their cloud journey, and those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Microsoft Azure, the Phoenix Azure Fundamentals programme provides a hands-on approach to understanding this cloud-based architecture and its benefits.
The service includes a high-level design session, Azure PoC and a review and recommendations report based on your workloads, to help give you a clear roadmap for moving forward with Microsoft Azure.
Learn morePhoenix enables digital transformation in the workplace, empowering UK organisations to innovate and transform with cloud and hybrid infrastructures data, AI, security, and collaboration tools. By understanding the individual goals of its customers, Phoenix delivers remarkable, outcome-focused IT solutions and services that allow UK organisations to make a difference to the lives of their employees, service users, and communities.
Phoenix is a signatory on the Race at Work Charter, and a Disability Confident and Living Wage employer. The company is also actively involved in encouraging more women into the IT industry.
