Last week saw our dynamic Public Sector team head to the heart of the UK
As Synapse360 headline sponsored the ‘Excellence in Local Government’ forum event, hosted by Oscar Krane in Daventry. With over 130 guests in attendance it was one of the largest forums we’ve participated in, and was filled with rich one-to-one conversations, insightful presentations and of course, great food!
Our duo of Richard Dawson and Simon Partridge delivered an informed and exceptionally well-received morning presentation
Centred around reducing Cloud cost and increasing security, which sparked some great conversations throughout the rest of the day. The presentation was able to breakdown the benefits and risks of a cloud infrastructure, particularly those relevant to local governments. These include benefits of scalability; allowing personalised setups for each case, localised carbon reduction; which is increasingly important as we move forward in society and the improvement of operational efficiencies; which can include reduced number of suppliers and staff focus, importantly saving budget! The risks included spiraling revenue costs; an unfortunate pitfall when setting up Cloud without knowledgeable guidance, as well as disaster recovery & cyber security, which can be a daunting task for the inexperienced.
Common Cloud Traps
Another part of the presentation that resonated with our audience was the section on ‘Common Cloud Traps’, with several onlookers seeing commonality among some of the points, which included:
- Paying for advanced features you won’t use
- Mistaking Cloud as a data centre replacement
- Lack of understanding on customisation, which can make performance highly variable
- Considering security at every stage of Cloud migration
Richard and Simon would go on to present the solutions that we offer in these situations, with a single partner approach that helps develop the right Cloud strategy, and offering our unique service approach to Cloud management, which eases workloads as we work closely to hit your benchmarks that are uniquely set.
Meaningful Conversations
The afternoon was then filled with pre-booked one-to-one sessions, as well as conversations with several patrons that approached independently for impromptu chats, in which our team offered their expert advise, as well as handed out some of the latest, snazzy Synapse360 merch (keep an eye out for our umbrellas popping up in the drizzly times ahead).
Ultimately the event was hugely beneficial for both our team and everyone we connected with over the two days, and we look forward to continue offering the best service possible to public sector organisations, including Cloud, Data Security and much more.
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