END USER INSIGHT
Matt Lewis , Chief Operating Officer at SRS
WORLD-CLASS DATA CENTRE SOLUTION SECURES FUTURE FOR SRS
Shared Resource Service ( SRS ) made the decision to move to Vantage Data Centers ’ CWL1 data centre campus in the UK , offering an affordable and futureproofed private cloud hosting environment for delivering shared digital services to the South
Wales public sector . Matt Lewis , Chief Operating Officer at SRS , explains how the organisation now has a more cost-effective data centre solution which is fit for purpose for hosting a modern private cloud . stablished in 2010 , the
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Shared Resource Service ( SRS ) is a collaborative public sector organisation that provides technology services to the public sector in South Wales . With a single management structure aligned to the Welsh Public Sector Technology Strategy , SRS delivers two types of service provision : a Shared Resource Centre which is a physical presence in Blaenavon in Torfaen County Borough that houses an on-premise data centre used by the wider Welsh public sector ; and the Shared Resource Service which provides an integrated technology team offering a range of standardised IT and network services to five public sector partners , four of which are Local Authority organisations ; Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council , Monmouthshire
County Council , Newport City Council and Torfaen County Borough Council . In total , these comprise of approximately 350 sites including 120 schools .
Last year , following the completion of a comprehensive five-case business case , the SRS partners took the decision to consolidate its ageing on-premises data centres at Newport , Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen under one roof at the Vantage Data Centers world-class campus near Cardiff .
Objectives
The key objectives behind this decision were to :
• Transform the SRS into an organisation that delivers the best digital services to its partners www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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