Why choose UKCloud?

UKCloud’s assured cloud solutions are designed to meet the exclusive needs of the UK public sector. And that’s what makes us different. We have developed an offering which is solely focused on the UK public sector and its very specific requirements.

easy to adopt, easy to use, easy to leave

Migration to UKCloud is easy with services deployed within minutes. We do not charge start-up costs, there is no minimum contract and you pay only for what you use. Together this provides an easy cost model with predictable costs. We also stand by a clear contractual obligation to assist in moving applications and data from our service as required.

UK company, UK accredited, UK data centres

UKCloud is a UK sovereign company, providing secure service exclusively to the UK public sector, with data in named, accredited UK data centres, which utilise the partner technology and efficiency of the UKCloud Alliance.

Assured cloud, no compromise

UKCloud is the service provider of choice for assured cloud services. Our services are subject to UK Government accreditations, confirming their suitability for supporting OFFICIAL and OFFICIAL SENSITIVE data, and are authorised to connect to multiple government networks. They are also assessed against recognised international standards ISO9001, ISO20000, ISO27001 and ISO27018. Through UKCloud’s assured cloud services, you can benefit from lower costs, reduced procurement times and a simplified tendering process, without compromising either performance or security.

UKCloud alliance delivery

With our Cloud Alliance Partners — QinetiQ, VMware, Cisco, EMC and Ark Data Centres — UKCloud is transforming the provision of IT services into a lean, elastic, assured, green utility by providing a genuine on-demand cloud computing service. Our cloud solutions deliver industry-leading cloud service at tremendous scale that has be designed specifically for the public sector.

A greener, smarter cloud

We offer CarbonNeutral® cloud services. Our customers automatically receive a monthly carbon offset certificate. This confirms that an independent greenhouse gas assessment has been conducted and the carbon emissions which have resulted from their consumption of cloud services has been reduced to net zero by us, through verified high-quality carbon credits, at no extra cost to the customer. UKCloud has also achieved CarbonNeutral® Company status. We provide greener cloud solutions via a proven and sustainable infrastructure platform with one of the lowest carbon footprint and PUE-rated cloud computing platforms in the industry.

A full cloud service catalogue

UKCloud has a rich catalogue of services across the three Cloud Service Models of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with SLAs that are aligned to business requirements.

Visible measured services

UKCloud’s Assured Cloud is able to deliver real, meaningful service level agreements, which are industry leading and based upon the ITIL Service Management framework.

Security, service, sustainability

UKCloud has achieved Pan Government Accreditation for all of its G-Cloud services, and continue to achieve formal UK Government accreditations, confirming their suitability for supporting all data classified OFFICIAL (including OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE) under the Government Security Classifications Policy (GSCP). UKCloud takes sustainability to another level offering CarbonNeutral® cloud services all delivered via one of the lowest carbon footprint and PUE-rated cloud computing platforms in the industry.

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