Additional resources

What is Crown Hosting

Crown Hosting Data Centres Limited is a unique joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Ark Data Centres dedicated to serving the Public Sector. Together we are the trusted partner of the UK government delivering increased efficiency, improved value, and transparency of data centre services. Access secure, reliable and efficient specialist rooms (data halls) and buildings (data centres) which you can use to operate your server, network and security infrastructure (ICT) from. This data centre co-location is available to all UK public sector organisations.

What is private cloud

A private cloud is a cloud model for a single organisation. The private cloud is usually owned, managed and operated by the organisation or an organisation’s third party vendor.

NHS architecture principles

A guide to best practice when designing systems and services for NHS, social care and government organisations.