Arkivum and UKCloud announce Partnership for Public Sector Archiving

London – 28th February, 2017 - Arkivum, a provider of long term digital safeguarding and preservation solutions and UKCloud, a Cloud Service Provider focused exclusively on the UK Public Sector, today announced a partnership to leverage the growing requirements for long term data management strategies within the UK public sector. Arkivum has been appointed as a Preferred Partner in UKCloud’s partner programme.

By joining the UKCloud partner programme, Arkivum will be able to offer UKCloud customers an unprecedented level of data safeguarding, accessibility and governance over their long-term data archives. Arkivum is already part of the widely-used G-Cloud framework for the procurement of public sector services, and utilising UKCloud’s dedicated public sector infrastructure will enable an accredited, compliant cloud archiving solution with outstanding value and capability.

Simon Hansford, CEO of UKCloud, said: “We are delighted to award Arkivum ‘Preferred Partner’ status, as a company that shares our vision of assured cloud services for the UK Public Sector. The consumer of today’s cloud services is increasingly aware that long-term data safeguarding goes way beyond backup. Arkivum’s managed service and 100% data integrity guarantee reduces complexity and provides unique levels of certainty for compliance or security-sensitive digital materials.”

Guy Yaniv, CEO of Arkivum added: “The cloud-first strategy of government and public sector organisations today presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. UKCloud is the recognised leader in public sector cloud services and we are delighted to be a partner.”

Ankit Mehta, Partner Manager at UKCloud added: “Arkivum are specialists in data safeguarding and archiving, delivering successfully into government for many years and trusted by its education, research, healthcare and life sciences customers. Arkivum’s innovative cloud based solution protects data at the highest standards by providing transparency and control over data sovereignty."


About Arkivum
Arkivum provides data safeguarding and long term archiving solutions, with a 100% data integrity guarantee to organisations in sectors spanning financial services, healthcare and life sciences, digital heritage, and higher education. These solutions assure the authenticity and availability of data regardless of scale or when it needs to be accessed, while mitigating risk and ensuring organisations’ compliance with regulations or long term data lifecycle management requirements.
For more information go to http://arkivum.com/.

About UKCloud
UKCloud provides a true public cloud for the exclusive use of UK Public Sector organisations. We are dedicated to helping our customers gain value from the agility and cost savings of using a sovereign, assured cloud platform.
Focusing solely on Public Sector customers, UKCloud provides a leading cloud proposition that delivers outstanding value and capability. This ultimately benefits the UK taxpayer, citizens and businesses by enabling Public Sector organisations to deliver better services through technology.
For more information go to https://ukcloud.com/.