Informed Solutions and Amazon Web Services – Performance & Flexibility

Informed Solutions is a leading independent consultancy which delivers practical, powerful and innovative Information Systems and Information Technology solutions which solve complex business problems in simple, flexible, cost effective ways.  We are multi award winning thought leaders with world class expertise and a reputation for successful delivery.  Our company has offered enterprise level Cloud Computing and open source-based platforms since 2008.

Informed Solutions’ 2 year relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) has now been strengthened and broadened through the company being listed on the AWS Providers Directory.  This greater engagement reflects Informed Solutions’ increasing use of the AWS Cloud as a means of delivering a wide portfolio of high performing Cloud-based solutions and services in more cost effective and flexible ways.

Successful collaboration between Informed Solutions and AWS is already delivering diverse and innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions on the Cloud - from public consultation portal services, to national GIS infrastructure and knowledge management platforms.

“We are very pleased with the additional flexibility and benefits that our continued relationship with AWS offers both our clients and ourselves.

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Informed Solutions’ Web-Based Consultation Platform modernises Parliamentary Boundary Review in Scotland

On the 13^th October 2011, the Boundary Commission for Scotland (BCS) launched a consultation on its proposals for UK Parliament constituencies, using a fully automated and modernised public consultation process.

The constituency boundary review has attracted a significant amount of political, public and media attention.  The recommended changes, which implement a reduction in the number of Scottish constituencies from 59 to 52, include substantial change to most constituencies, resulting in uncertainty about the future constituencies of several high-profile Members of Parliament (including Danny Alexander and Charles Kennedy).  It was essential for the BCS to ensure the accessibility, transparency and integrity in its consultation approach.  The Commission appointed Informed Solutions to tailor its Consultation Platform and provide this as a secure Cloud based service, delivering an innovative online solution that is now enabling BCS to manage the public consultation flexibly and conveniently.

Consequently, for the first time in any UK parliamentary boundary review process, members of the public are able to query and assess the proposed boundary changes via an interactive mapping interface and postcode gazetteer, as well as directly provide their feedback through an intelligent, secure on-line portal.

Hugh Buchanan, Secretary of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, said: “Informed Solutions’ Consultation Portal and expertise in automating exacting workflows has modernised the Commission’s approach and provided unprecedented engagement with the public.  We are very pleased with the flexibility, responsiveness and performance of the [on-line consultation portal] service and are impressed with the ease with which Informed Solutions has commissioned the service for us and deployed it securely on the Cloud.”

Seth Finegan, Informed Solutions’ Director of Consulting Services and the Project Director for the engagement, said: “Our Consultation Portal is ideally suited to modernising and making more cost effective complex, rigorous and sensitive public consultation processes, and in particular those that have area, boundary or other location based characteristics. Providing an interactive, on-line service encourages greater public engagement and high quality responses; very significantly increases the  performance of the process whilst reducing the administrative burden; and in very practical terms offers exceptional levels of flexibility and value for money because it is based on open source and Cloud services.”

Informed Solutions

Informed Solutions is Europe’s foremost independent consultancy in geographic and location based decision support systems and a leading Specialist Systems Integrator (www.informed.com). 

The Boundary Commission for Scotland

The Boundary Commission for Scotland is a public body responsible for reviews of constituencies and regions for the Scottish Parliament, and constituencies in Scotland for the UK Parliament.

To view the consultation portal for the Boundary Commission for Scotland’s review of UK Parliament constituencies, please go to: https://consultation.scottishboundaries.gov.uk/.

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Tel: 0161 942 2000 or email Paul.Collins@Informed.com

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Cloud based Geographic Publishing saves over 40% for the Department for Communities and Local Government

Informed Solutions is very pleased to announce that the Department for Communities and Local Government’s pivotal Geography Publishing Service (GPS) has been launched in the Cloud.

With Cloud computing cited by the new Government ICT strategy as a key means by which some £3.2bn of savings will be achieved, the new GPS represents one of the first successful launches of a key government service within the Cloud.

In line with the “more for less” agenda, the migration of the GPS by Informed Solutions to a fully managed, Cloud-hosted service is expected to realise savings in the region of 40% in the first year alone for DCLG.

Phil Francis, Informed Solutions’ Lead Consultant for the GPS, said: “We are always looking for new ways to innovate and deliver efficiencies to our clients.  Our expert groups have invested a lot of effort into designing Cloud-based hosting services which are agile, secure, resilient, highly responsive, and deliver significant cost savings compared to traditional hosting models.  We are delighted that we have had the opportunity to demonstrate our effectiveness and capability in shaping and implementing a highly successful Cloud based service for the GPS at DCLG.”

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Energy Infrastructure Portal Drives Regulatory Planning Reform for Offshore Renewable Energy Installations

Informed Solutions are delighted to announce the launch of two new regulatory services that will support UK energy scheme developers, and the wider marine planning community, in managing development consents for Offshore Renewable Energy Installations (OREI’s).

Developed by Informed Solutions on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and accessed via DECC’s Energy Infrastructure Portal, developers can use the Safety Zone Consent Service to apply for a safety zone(s) around assets that make up an OREI.  The Decommissioning Service will allow developers who construct, expand, operate or use an OREI to manage the process of obtaining approval for programmes that guide the decommissioning of installations at the end of their functional life.

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Informed Solutions Tops Buying Solutions’ Information Management Services Lot

Informed Solutions is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a national Framework Agreement by Buying Solutions for Information Management services. The Framework Agreement supports the Government’s efficiency, transparency and open data agendas whilst guarding against the serious security risks of information loss or misuse.

The Information Management Lot is one of a number within the new Digital Continuity Framework, with Informed Solutions achieving the top position in what was a highly competitive evaluation process.

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