The Bunker’s tripartite Primary Authority Partnership
8th December 2009
The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, provider of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services is pleased to announce that the Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) have chosen to use The Bunker to host their Primary Authority System.
LBRO is a non-departmental public body, accountable to the Business Innovation and Skills Department through the Better Regulation Executive. LBRO’s role is to improve local authority enforcement of environmental health, trading standards and licensing. Its overall aim is to secure effective performance of local authority regulatory services, in order to reduce the burden on businesses which comply with the law while targeting those that flout it.
In order to support the Primary Authority System, LBRO required a workflow-driven case management system from a supplier who would work closely with them to ensure their legislative-priorities were met, they selected SciSys an innovative business and technology solutions provider with considerable experience of developing solutions for the public sector, in addition to space, environment, defence, communications, media and transport markets.
The Bunker was approached to host the environment bringing the client, online application and hosting provider elements together and completing the tripartite relationship.
Lisa Peplow, Programme and Policy Manager at LBRO, comments “We were happy that having investigated the services that The Bunker offered and having undertaken a site visit, that the organisation were able to offer us the service and security levels we required. From initial set up to date working with The Bunker has been a smooth process and we would have no issues recommending working with The Bunker in the future.”
Additionally as developers of the case management system, SciSys worked closely with The Bunker to ensure a smooth rollout of the application. Becky Hillier at SciSys commented “SciSys worked closely with The Bunkers technical team, developing a partnership approach where obstacles were resolved quickly.”
Paul Lightfoot, Chief Technology Officer at The Bunker, said “The growing need for organisations to be able to access information from a central location is immense and we are delighted to be working with LBRO on this exciting project. We have designed LBRO a robust, secure and scalable infrastructure that will both meet current needs and address their future growth requirements and we hope to develop our partnership with both LBRO and SciSys in the future”.
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About The Bunker
The Bunker delivers secure managed hosting and data centre solutions from within Europe’s most secure data centre.
Our Data Centres, which are outside the M25 yet within easy reach of London, are ex-military Nuclear Bunkers purpose built to house the UK’s air defence systems. We run 24/7/365 and our NOC monitors systems both nationally and internationally and is staffed around the clock by system and network engineers and security staff.
The Bunker team includes recognised experts in security and cryptography renowned for their work on Apache-SSL. The Bunker is ISO 27001 and PCI DSS accredited. We are also a Microsoft Gold Partner. We use Open Source software where appropriate as we believe it can offer great benefits in security, stability and cost effectiveness. Through our in house networks team and via close working relationships with a number of selected network providers, we deliver a multi-homed, no single point of failure transit network between our sites and the Internet.
The Bunker works with over 150 clients, large and small. Our clients are Financial Services Organisations, Technology companies, local government and other regulated businesses that value a premium service built around security.
Our service is proactive, high quality, sometimes innovative, but always practical, responsive and secure. We never forget the enormous trust our clients vest in us. As an organisation we understand that our success relies upon our reputation and our reputation is earned by continuing to fulfil this trust and afford peace of mind.
The Bunker Protocol™
All Bunker-based applications are protected by The Bunker Protocol™, our proprietary, Ultra* Secure process framework that includes:
- Military-Grade Data Centres – in our underground bunker outside the M25 in Kent and our mirror facility in Newbury, both protected by integrated processes for physical, digital and human security
- Hardened Source™ – Our unique combination of open source and proprietary technologies built and integrated in-house from the source code up
- Tierless Support™ – no ‘first tier helpdesk’; tierless support – direct 24/7 access to qualified hands-on support teams
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