Liquidlogic adds managed hosting solutions to its portfolio
Liquidlogic can offer Local Authorities managed hosting services to reduce the complexities of managing multiple IT systems.
In partnering with parent company McKesson UK, the trusted health and social care technology solutions and services provider, Liquidlogic is able to provide Local Authorities with reliable, secure and fully managed hosting solutions and collaborative IT services for children’s and adult’s services from just one supplier.
“At a time of nationwide budget constraints at Local Government level, Local Authorities are under increasing pressure to effectively manage multiple and complex IT systems,” said David Grigsby, Director of Sales and Strategy at Liquidlogic. “Local Authorities are interested in consolidating their IT purchasing and achieving cost-efficiencies. With a managed hosting service we can offer a reliable and trusted solution, which can help to reduce the strain on IT services, allowing staff at Local Authorities to focus on core services.”
McKesson has a strong pedigree of delivering IT services to the public sector, including NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), the world’s largest integrated HR and Payroll system, through which McKesson pays 7% of the working population in England and Wales, a workforce of more than 1.4 million NHS employees. McKesson has also managed the migration of Child Health records for Plymouth PCT, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and the Northern Devon Healthcare Trust.
Philip Wragg, Director of Operations at McKesson UK, said: “McKesson is thrilled to work with colleagues at Liquidlogic, and extend our Managed Services offerings to Local Authorities. Having delivered Managed Services to our Healthcare customers for almost 20 years, we are extremely confident that we can successfully partner with Local Authorities to reduce their overall IT spend whilst increasing service reliability”.
Local Authorities will have the option to manage their hosting facilities internally or benefit from a fully managed Software-as-a-Service package. Based on a fixed monthly fee and delivered against agreed performance-based service level agreements, Local Authorities can significantly reduce their capital outlay.
The McKesson Managed Services™ portfolio allows healthcare organisations to improve their ability to deploy and manage critical applications and IT systems. McKesson UK has secure data centres in the Midlands and North, with skilled UK based technical staff operating 24 x 7. McKesson Managed Services allow customers to leave all concerns over day-to-day support and operational issues with a single supplier. All aspects of McKesson UK's operations have been awarded a certificate of conformity to ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for Information Security Management.