Information & Technology
Infrastructure for businesses built on technology.
Technology businesses depend on their own infrastructure more directly than most: when the network, platform or environment degrades, the product does.
What makes it hard
The challenges we are asked to remove.
- Infrastructure decisions made early that constrain growth later
- Corporate, development and production environments sharing networks without clear separation
- Office moves and fit-outs planned around lease dates rather than technology lead times
- Cloud, colocation and on-premise estates with no single operational view
- Customer-facing platforms whose availability depends on unmanaged internal systems
Diagram showing an IT organisation's technology estate as connected layers: enterprise networks and campus infrastructure, data centre and cloud platforms, cybersecurity and identity, unified communications and collaboration, monitoring and service operations, all supported by managed operations.
Sector context
What makes infrastructure for technology businesses different
Where a technology business handles personal data on behalf of its customers, it acts as a processor under the UK GDPR, and the duties apply directly, not only through the contract. Article 28 requires that relationship to be governed by a written contract and gives the controller a right of audit. Article 32 requires security measures appropriate to the risk, including the ability to restore availability and access to personal data in good time after a physical or technical incident. Segmentation and recovery are evidenced to a customer rather than settled by internal preference.
Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus cover the same five technical control themes; the difference is verification. Cyber Essentials is self-assessed, while Cyber Essentials Plus adds hands-on technical testing by an assessor. Certain central government contracts require one of them, and the tender document states which. ISO/IEC 27001 works differently, certifying an information security management system against a stated scope, so the scope statement matters as much as the certificate. In the premises themselves, BS EN 50173 specifies generic cabling systems and BS 6701 covers installation, operation and maintenance. Containment and power are usually fixed at fit-out, before the headcount that will use them exists.
Relevant capabilities
How we respond.
Office and campus network design and structured cabling
Data centre, colocation and cloud connectivity
Network segmentation between corporate, development and production environments
Cybersecurity architecture and access control
Managed support and lifecycle planning
Certifications, framework positions and sector references are stated only once verified. Relevant evidence is shared during qualification, subject to confidentiality.
Next step
Bring the complete environment into one conversation.
Tell us what you are planning, replacing, integrating or trying to stabilise. We will help define the right next step.