Logicalis unveils evolutionary approach to
achieving public sector shared service & community g-cloud
success
Slough, UK, 7th July 2010: International
solutions provider, Logicalis, is unveiling proven best practice
steps on how public sector organisations can make the transition
from on-site lean data centre, to a shared services data centre and
eventually a Community G-Cloud. To help accelerate the adoption of
these efficient public sector IT strategies, Logicalis has launched
a series of dedicated
workshops that provide a practical and pragmatic approach to
designing, building and migrating to a shared services
environment.
Applicable to all levels of IT personnel, the ‘Public Sector
Lean Virtual Data Centre and Local G-Cloud’ workshops will include
sessions on:
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Architecting an IT service led lean
data centre – methodology and technology building blocks
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Virtual lean data centre principles –
virtualisation isn’t just about servers
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Constructing a local and community
G-Cloud service
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Practical implementation examples of
G-Cloud principles in local government, health and higher
education.
During the sessions delegates can draw
on Logicalis’ experience in partnering with the Welsh Assembly
Government to design, build and operate The Public Sector Broadband
Aggregation (PSBA) Network, a service which is currently connecting
over 2000 public sites across Wales.
Simon Daykin, Logicalis UK chief
technology officer and architect of Logicalis’ recently launched
Cooperative
Enterprise Cloud Service, designed for adoption as a secure
multi-tenant government shared service, will host the
workshops:
“As Logicalis has proven with the PSBA
in Wales, creating secure shared service models that are
technically and commercially successful is achievable. These
do not have to be Cabinet Office led initiatives, but instead work
best and most efficiently at local and regional community
levels.”
Workshops will take place throughout
the summer, with the following events open for registration:
- Warrington - Tuesday
13th July
- Leeds - Tuesday 20th
July
- Cardiff - Thursday 22nd
July
- London – Wednesday 15th
September and Thursday 14th October
Delegates can register for workshops
here.
Daykin concludes, “From our engagement
with public sector organisations to define shared data centre and
cloud services, it is clear that there is a willingness and
eagerness to adopt shared services, but we must assuage
architectural and operational concerns at the deployment level.
These workshops will outline how the public sector can make a
smooth transition from on-site data centres to embrace the
commercial benefits of a shared environment.”
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international provider of integrated information
and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services founded
on a superior breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications
& collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed
services.
With its international headquarters in the UK,
Logicalis Group employs over 1,900 people worldwide, including
highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and
manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500
corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this,
Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders
such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.
The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues in
excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South
America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of
the leading IT and Communications service providers, specialising
in the areas of advanced technologies and services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, a $3.7
billion revenue business listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM
Stock Exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.logicalis.com/.
For further information please
contact:
Zara May/Jennifer Manning/Charlotte Sandy
Cohesive Communications
T: +44 (0) 1291 626200
E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com