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
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Virtualised hosting for the public sector
Julian Mitchell, Eduserv Public Sector Manager
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About Eduserv
• Web hosting
• Web development
• Not-for-profit
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Agenda
• Challenges for the public sector
• Benefits of virtualisation
• The Government Ready Platform
• DCSF case study
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Challenges for public sector
• Government ICT Strategy January 2010Smarter, cheaper, greener!
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How does virtualisation help - smarter
• Flexible
• Responsive
• Secure
• Resilient
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How does virtualisation help - cheaper
• Consolidation of systems
• Increased use of hardware & storage
• More effective software licensing
• Shared service
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How does virtualisation help - greener
• Fewer servers
• Less power
• Improved efficiency
• Power down capability
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Government Ready Platform
• Virtualised hosting dedicated to the public sector
• Built on VMware
• Data replication
• Disaster recovery
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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
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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
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Case study: DCSF
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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
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Why change?
• Hardware and technology at end-of-life
• Contract at end-of-life
• “Do nothing” was not an option
• Needed new service
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Old infrastructure
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New infrastructure
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DCSF – new infrastructure
• Virtualised
• Flexible and scalable
• Centralised
• Standardised
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Benefits to the DCSF
• Reduced costs by 24%
• More than 39% expected carbon reduction
• Reduced servers by 76%
• Rationalised websites from 400 to 140
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“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
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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
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Questions?