The move, which was announced in October 2009, is claimed to be the first of its type for central government. The Land Registry is leasing Ordnance Survey 219 square metres of serviced and managed space in two data centres at separate sites. These physically separate their organisation's workforce from its 'live' IT systems.
By the end of 2010 Ordnance Survey will have both the Gloucester data centre and its second site – at its new head office currently being built in Southampton – fully operational. Meanwhile, Land Registry will use the extra capacity available at its data storage centre.
Bob Goodrich, Ordnance Survey's director of information systems, said: "We're very pleased to be able to implement this step-up in our delivery capability and continue our relationship with Land Registry. In the current economic climate it is essential that we realise cost savings throughout our organisation, and sharing space with Land Registry enables us to do this and to support the government's ICT strategy.
"Now that we have completed fitting out the area we will begin migrating our infrastructure and aim to have completed this by late summer 2010."
Land Registry's director of information systems John Wright said he hopes other public sector organisations will take similar steps.
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