Experience the benefits of Azure from within our UK sovereign, highly secure data centres.
As part of the Azure Stack portfolio, Azure Stack Hub lets you run applications in UKCloud’s UK sovereign data centres. As organisations race to digitally transform, many have found that they can move faster by using public cloud services that allow them to utilise modern architectures and next-gen tooling. Many workloads, however, must remain on-premises – for example, due to technological and regulatory obstacles. However, UKCloud can deliver a fully managed Azure hybrid cloud solution that enables you to unlock the potential of the cloud. For all workloads regardless of location.
Is UKCloud’s Azure Stack Hub the right choice for you?
Your data is a national asset and needs to be treated as such.
Our military-grade data centres ensure your data never leaves the UK. Keeping you ahead of the game when it comes to strict data regulations such a GDPR and Schrems II.
With native access to key government networks, you can move workloads to the cloud which were once restricted to hardwired, local access. Improve data interoperability and application availability in just a few clicks.
All our customers benefit from an allocated Service Delivery Manager who is responsible for ensuring a world-class experience with our brands from the get-go. And with a current NPS score of +56, they’re doing a pretty good job.
From Elevated OFFICIAL to Above OFFICIAL, whatever your security requirements, we’ve put the necessary measures in place so you can move your most secure and sensitive systems to the cloud.
We take security seriously. And whilst our Tier-2 technical capability is one of a kind, it’s the people and processes we’ve put in place that enables us to offer a secure cloud service with multiple security domains. Pan Government Accreditation to IL3 (IL4 by aggregation), UKCloud is the first High Assurance cloud for above OFFICIAL workloads.
Leverage our low latency connections to Crown Hosting and build hybrid, private or public cloud solutions that span both of our UK sovereign data centres (Farnborough and Corsham) – which are over 120km apart.
As a fundamental requirement for Cloud hosting, UKCloud constantly monitors the platform usage down to specific cloud technologies. Our capacity management process takes into account organic growth, forecasted growth by customers, and suitable reserved capacity for unexpected usage.
Aggregate and share information between multiple security domains or give secure internet-enabled access to government-grade networks. Whatever your requirements, CDSZ removes one of the biggest blockers to cloud adoption in the public sector. Aligned to NCSC’s Cloud Security Principles - you can rest easy your data is in safe hands.
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Secure Remote Access uses NCSC-approved internet Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies and a ‘Walled Garden’ architectural pattern so you can securely connect to the UKCloud Elevated Official Cloud Platform.
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Easily provision Kubernetes clusters on Azure Stack Hub using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) engine to automate the creation, update, and scaling of Kubernetes clusters. Whilst Event Hubs on Azure Stack Hub allows you to realise hybrid cloud scenarios. Streaming and event-based solutions are supported, for both on-premises and Azure cloud processing.
Ability to use consistent tools, experiences and app models and easily transfer them between Azure and Azure Stack Hub.
Address latency and connectivity requirements by processing data locally in Azure Stack Hub and then aggregating it in Azure for further analytics, with common app logic across both. You can even deploy Azure Stack Hub whilst disconnected from the Internet and from Azure.
Develop and deploy apps in Azure whilst maintaining full flexibility to deploy on-premises to help meet regulatory or policy requirements. No code changes are needed.
UKCloud can deploy and manage Azure Stack Hub in your data centre or hosted in one of our UK government-grade data centres. Use Azure services, containers, serverless and microservice architectures to update and extend existing apps or build new ones. Use consistent DevOps processes across Azure in the cloud and Azure Stack Hub to quickly modernise your mission-critical apps.
Benefit from pay-as-you-go (PAYG) licencing for Private Azure Stack Hub workloads.
Although we have pre-set options, we understand that every hybrid cloud solution using single tenant cloud resources is different. Our Cloud Architects can work with you to provision the right solution to match your requirements.
Our Private Azure Stack Hub solution is designed to remove traditional barriers to entry when it comes to the cloud. From scale to budget - you can build a private cloud storage solution unique to you and your business. That means it can be billed as CAPEX or an ongoing operational expense.
Unlike many cloud service providers, UKCloud does not charge for the ingress or egress of data, or for database lookups/queries. This allows for true consumption-based billing with no hidden charges.
Customers commit to spending a specific minimum amount each month for a minimum of 12 months. The discount level attained is based on the total spend committed for the 12 months and can range from 9% (minimum spend of £250,000) to 19% (minimum spend of £1,500,000). More information is available via the pricing guide.
This discount system is aimed at customers who consistently utilise a number of VMs that are running 24/7 throughout the year. Customers can gain a discount off the standard rates by subscribing to pay for VMs for a minimum 12-month period, and UKCloud will take the discount off the annualised hourly cost of the VM which is payable in 12 equal monthly payments, regardless of actual usage. A standard discount rate of 9% is available over 12 months of committed usage.
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