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.

1. Virtualised hosting for the public sector Julian Mitchell, Eduserv Public Sector Manager

2. About Eduserv Web hosting Web development Not-for-profit

3. Agenda Challenges for the public sector Benefits of virtualisation The Government Ready Platform DCSF case study

4. Challenges for public sector Government ICT Strategy January 2010 Smarter, cheaper, greener!

5. How does virtualisation help - smarter Flexible Responsive Secure Resilient

6. How does virtualisation help - cheaper Consolidation of systems Increased use of hardware & storage More effective software licensing Shared service

7. How does virtualisation help - greener Fewer servers Less power Improved efficiency Power down capability

8. Government Ready Platform Virtualised hosting dedicated to the public sector Built on VMware Data replication Disaster recovery

9. 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

10. 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

11. Case study: DCSF

15. Old infrastructure

16. New infrastructure

17. DCSF – new infrastructure Virtualised Flexible and scalable Centralised Standardised

18. Benefits to the DCSF Reduced costs by 24% More than 39% expected carbon reduction Reduced servers by 76% Rationalised websites from 400 to 140

19. “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

20. Government ICT Strategy

21. Questions?

22. Julian Mitchell, Eduserv Public Sector Manager 01225 474317 julian.mitchell@eduserv.org.uk Visit stand E8055