11:11 Systems Case Studies This Government housing association is at the forefront of cloud adoption in the UK public sector

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	This Government housing association is at the forefront of cloud adoption in the UK public sector 11:11 Systems

This Government housing association is at the forefront of cloud adoption in the UK public sector

11:11 Systems

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	East Thames, a large provider of affordable housing in east London and Essex, was facing challenges with their existing Disaster Recovery (DR) solution. The solution was untested, had high operational costs, and would require significant capital investments to make it fit for purpose. The IT team was required by the Business Continuity steering group to prove the ability to recover IT systems in the event of a disaster. Their current DR solution simply didn’t enable them to prove that a timely, safe and secure recovery was possible. As they embarked on exploring cloud technologies, the East Thames IT team prioritized updating their Disaster Recovery (DR) plans. Read More
About Customer	East Thames is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in east London and Essex. The association is regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). In addition to managing almost 15,000 homes, the association also builds new homes, provides care and support services, and offers employment and training programmes to local people. With a focus on providing excellent service to customers while driving efficiencies, the East Thames housing association has adopted a ‘cloud-first’ policy to support the digitisation of the business and overcome the barriers of legacy technology. Read More
Solution	After a thorough investigation of the cloud-based DR solutions available, East Thames chose iland DRaaS with Zerto to replicate their data at the hypervisor-level and keep an up-to-date copy of their virtualized applications in iland’s cloud, recovering and testing them as needed on a self-service basis. The team is thrilled with the Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) they’ve been able to achieve in testing. With the old DR solution, recovery times were measured in days and weeks – with iland DRaaS, they are now able to achieve a RTO of mere minutes. With iland co-location services and carrier-neutral data centres, East Thames is able to leverage stretched Layer 2 VLAN technology to maintain the same network addressing scheme on-premises and in the iland cloud. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

East Thames, a large provider of affordable housing in east London and Essex, was facing challenges with their existing Disaster Recovery (DR) solution. The solution was untested, had high operational costs, and would require significant capital investments to make it fit for purpose. The IT team was required by the Business Continuity steering group to prove the ability to recover IT systems in the event of a disaster. Their current DR solution simply didn’t enable them to prove that a timely, safe and secure recovery was possible. As they embarked on exploring cloud technologies, the East Thames IT team prioritized updating their Disaster Recovery (DR) plans.

About Customer

East Thames is one of the largest providers of affordable housing in east London and Essex. The association is regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). In addition to managing almost 15,000 homes, the association also builds new homes, provides care and support services, and offers employment and training programmes to local people. With a focus on providing excellent service to customers while driving efficiencies, the East Thames housing association has adopted a ‘cloud-first’ policy to support the digitisation of the business and overcome the barriers of legacy technology.

Solution

After a thorough investigation of the cloud-based DR solutions available, East Thames chose iland DRaaS with Zerto to replicate their data at the hypervisor-level and keep an up-to-date copy of their virtualized applications in iland’s cloud, recovering and testing them as needed on a self-service basis. The team is thrilled with the Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) they’ve been able to achieve in testing. With the old DR solution, recovery times were measured in days and weeks – with iland DRaaS, they are now able to achieve a RTO of mere minutes. With iland co-location services and carrier-neutral data centres, East Thames is able to leverage stretched Layer 2 VLAN technology to maintain the same network addressing scheme on-premises and in the iland cloud.

Impact #1	Fast recovery times ensure business continuity
Impact #2	Ease of testing drives confidence and impresses auditors
Impact #3	Reserved compute provides cost-effective additional capacity

Impact #1

Fast recovery times ensure business continuity

Impact #2

Ease of testing drives confidence and impresses auditors

Impact #3

Reserved compute provides cost-effective additional capacity

Benefit #1	With the old DR solution, recovery times were measured in days and weeks – with iland DRaaS, they are now able to achieve a RTO of mere minutes

Benefit #1

With the old DR solution, recovery times were measured in days and weeks – with iland DRaaS, they are now able to achieve a RTO of mere minutes

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This Government housing association is at the forefront of cloud adoption in the UK public sector

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