HP Enterprise Services has been granted UK’s Pan Government Accreditation (PGA) at Impact Level 3 (IL3) for their secure government cloud hosting service ECS-G VPC (Enterprise Cloud Service – Government Virtual Private Cloud) and desktop service WP360G (WorkPlace360G).
HP says that its IL3 accreditation covers all of the data centre, security and service management operations required to deliver cloud services.
This follows the recent award of CSA STAR (Cloud Security Alliance Security Trust and Assurance Registry) silver certification for ECS-G from the BSI (British Standards Institute).
Stuart Bladen, regional vice president, UK Public Sector, said: “Our public sector clients in the UK are looking to find ways to lower their operating costs, realise their digital strategies and deliver improved services to citizens. Both the IL3 and CSA STAR accreditations reflect the commitment and investment that HP has made in the UK to create a cloud services delivery facility that meets the needs of both Central and Local Government”
ECS-G VPC is delivered from HP-owned, UK data centres.
The firm claims that the site also supports the government agenda for Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by providing an entry into the secure IT services market for SMEs. Over 700 SMEs are in HP’s UK supply chain.
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