Manchester-based cloud hosting company secures £200k NHS contract

Manchester firm Green Cloud Hosting has beaten off the competition to land a new contract with the NHS worth at least £200k.

As part of the agreement Green Cloud will provide encrypted online data backup services for over 400 GP practices supported by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW).

Founded in 2011, today Green Cloud works with more than 500 SMEs and organisations in the public sector to help them improve efficiency and cyber security through cloud computing services.

The firm’s managing director, Kamran Maqbool, said: “This is a landmark contract for our company and a key milestone in our vision to become the Manchester provider of cloud hosting services.

“We believe that all companies, regardless of size, should have access to up to date technology.”

He added: “At Green Cloud we cut through all the technical jargon and provide rapid, reliable and secure solutions to help our customers work smarter and more effectively.”

To secure the NHS brief, Green Cloud pitched its bid against 91 other competing providers of cloud services.

NHS SCW’s programme manager for digital transformation, Dan Brooks, commented: “I’m very happy with Green Cloud.

“Their cloud solution has proved to be extremely cost effective and painless to implement.”