virtualised hosting for the public sector
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Eduserv's Public Sector Manager, Julian Mitchell, gave a talk at Internet World 2010 on Virtualised Hosting for the public sector, with a case study on how this has helped the Department for Schools, Children and Families boost efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint.TRANSCRIPT
Virtualised hosting for the public sector
Julian Mitchell, Eduserv Public Sector Manager
About Eduserv
• Web hosting
• Web development
• Not-for-profit
Agenda
• Challenges for the public sector
• Benefits of virtualisation
• The Government Ready Platform
• DCSF case study
Challenges for public sector
• Government ICT Strategy January 2010Smarter, cheaper, greener!
How does virtualisation help - smarter
• Flexible
• Responsive
• Secure
• Resilient
How does virtualisation help - cheaper
• Consolidation of systems
• Increased use of hardware & storage
• More effective software licensing
• Shared service
How does virtualisation help - greener
• Fewer servers
• Less power
• Improved efficiency
• Power down capability
Government Ready Platform
• Virtualised hosting dedicated to the public sector
• Built on VMware
• Data replication
• Disaster recovery
Swindon Data Centre
• ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 18001, ISO 27001 compliant
• Built to deliver a PUE ratio of less than 1.5
• Secure and resilient
• Modular build
Government Ready Platform – proven technology
• Been running for 18 months
• Already used by BIS, DVLA and DCSF
• Designed to deliver 99.99% availability
• Proven rapid deployment
Case study: DCSF
DCSF – old infrastructure
• Live platform ~ 100 servers- Wide range of hardware- Some hardware at or near end-of-life
• Staging/ development/ DR platform ~ 50 servers- Running out of capacity - Replication of non-identical environments
Why change?
• Hardware and technology at end-of-life
• Contract at end-of-life
• “Do nothing” was not an option
• Needed new service
Old infrastructure
New infrastructure
DCSF – new infrastructure
• Virtualised
• Flexible and scalable
• Centralised
• Standardised
Benefits to the DCSF
• Reduced costs by 24%
• More than 39% expected carbon reduction
• Reduced servers by 76%
• Rationalised websites from 400 to 140
“The Government Ready Platform provided us with a more resilient hosting environment, quicker deployment of services and better capacity management; as well as
reducing costs and carbon emissions.”
Bill Hudson, DCSF
Government ICT Strategy
Key challenges Virtualisation
Do more for less
Go green
Improve efficiency
Improve effectiveness
Share services
Serve citizens better
Align with government policy
Future proof
Questions?
