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Cloud Of Mistrust In The Air
may 03 2015
Storing data in the cloud could unlock potential for many businesses, but some remain sceptical about security, as Davey Winder discovers
Memset blasts BT over PSN Protected deployment delays at Surrey datacentre
may 01 2015
Memset has blamed BT for holding up the “go live” date of its IL4-capable datacentre, following numerous delays during the deployment of a secure Public Services Network (PSN) Protected connection to the site. The public-sector focused hosting provider completed work on the £1.8m facility in Cranleigh, Surrey, in July 2014. It was designed to deliver public cloud services to government organisations dealing with highly sensitive data.
Memset data centre goes live
may 01 2015
Cloud hosting provider Memset has announced that its new data centre in Dunsfold Park, Surrey, has is now fully live with a connection to the PSN-Protected network. This makes it suitable for high security government data, up to Impact Level 4, on the Public Services Network. The company is planning a second PSN-connected facility with the related security arrangements, and is currently working with customers using multiple suppliers and using the PSN as the interlink. Kate Craig-Wood, managing director of Memset, said: "Trying to secure a PSN connection was a surprisingly long process for us and very resource intensive for an organisation of our size. However, we now have a live connection which is an additional USP for an SME like Memset supplying Lot 2 hosting services to the public sector via G-Cloud."
Memset’s PSN-protected, IL3 data centre goes live
apr 30 2015
Driven by a desire to bring the best of commodity public cloud prices to higher government security tiers, Memset invested £1.8m constructing a highly efficient, highly scalable IL4-capable data centre in Dunsfold Park, Surrey which was completed in July 2014. Supporting the government’s vision for having one network for all UK public sector organisations, Memset went in pursuit of a Public Services Network (PSN) connection in November 2012. Memset are delighted to now be connected to the PSN-Protected network enabling them to make full use of their facility, intended for high security government data – which they have been largely reserving for that purpose until now.
Memset gets PSN-Protected certificate for government work
apr 30 2015
Memset MD criticizes UK government cloud security red tape British public sector service provider Memset has opened a government-accredited data center facility, equipped with a trusted connection to the Public Services Network (PSN), but criticised the red tape involved in getting it approved. Memset’s Dunsfold Park center in Surrey was completed in July 2014 at a cost of £1.8 million, and is now connected to the PSN, the UK public sector’s shared infrastrcuture at the PSN-Protected level. In the government’s accreditation scheme the site is certified to IL3 (Impact Level 3), handling “restricted” information, but Memset describes it as “IL4-capable” - able to handle “confidential” data.
Memset’s IL3 datacentre goes live
apr 30 2015
Memset, a SME supplier of cloud hosting services to the UK public sector has announced that their government accredited datacentre facility is now fully live with its connection to PSN-Protected, the highest level of PSN security. Driven by a desire to bring the best of commodity public cloud prices to higher government security tiers, Memset invested £1.8 million constructing a highly efficient, highly scalable IL4-capable datacentre in Dunsfold Park, Surrey which was completed in July last year. Memset are connected to the PSN-Protected network enabling them to make full use of their facility, intended for high security government data. Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset said: "Trying to secure a PSN connection was a surprisingly long process for us and very resource intensive for an organisation of our size. However, we now have a live connection which is an additional USP for an SME like Memset supplying Lot 2 hosting services to the public sector via G-Cloud."
Memset Switches On PSN-Protected Data Centre
apr 29 2015
Memset has “bitten the bullet”, says managing director, as end of ‘PSN-Protected’ looks nigh British cloud hosting provider Memset has opened its Surrey-based data centre today, touting its PSN-Protected government-approved credentials. Memset’s managing director Kate Craig-Wood said that the firm had to go through a long process to secure a Public Services Network (PSN) connection, claiming that the hoop-jumping data centre was resource intensive for an organisation of Memset’s size. Memset started its attempt for a PSN connection in November 2012.
'The last thing the government wants is to work with SMEs...'
apr 27 2015
The biggest - if not only - criticism of government IT is that it spends far too much money on lengthy contracts with large IT companies; very rarely getting what those in industry would call value for money, and typically being tied down to an over-complicated, arduous contract with one of several large suppliers. But those within the confines of Whitehall claim that they are trying to tackle this, and back in 2011 a target was set for government to do 25 per cent of its business with SMEs, and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has continually stated that government is trying to create a level playing field for smaller companies to be able to compete with the key players.
G-Cloud's £500m milestone deserves praise but challenges remain
mar 31 2015
Government spending through the G-Cloud framework hit the £500m mark in under three years, and G-Cloud sales quadrupled from £129m in February 2014 to £516m in March 2015. This rapid increase in sales will no doubt have the government toasting the success of G-Cloud as one of the initial platforms that support the goal of government-as-a-platform. The total figures paint a positive picture for government spending on the cloud, but digging a little deeper reveals the rapid cloud adoption is perhaps not as comprehensive as it first appears. Cloudy numbers The vast majority of G-Cloud spending has gone on specialist cloud services. Spending on these services in March contributed £28.5m of the £39.2m total for the month and has consistently the biggest type of service sold on the framework.
