Civo, the company reimagining cloud computing, today announced the availability of its portfolio of cloud native services on the UK Government’s G-Cloud 14 online Digital Marketplace.

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS), part of the UK Government Cabinet Office, has awarded Civo a place on the G-Cloud 14 framework agreement. Civo’s services are available via Lot 1 – Cloud Hosting and Lot 3 – Cloud Support.

G-Cloud is an innovative UK government initiative designed to help the public sector adopt cloud services in a straightforward and transparent manner, in compliance with the UK’s procurement regulations.

Civo’s cloud native services are genuinely UK sovereign, highly secure and demonstrably cost effective. Civo believes that its customers should benefit from flexibility and choice, without any form of vendor lock-in.

In a time when regulators across the UK, Europe and beyond are worrying about the dominance of just a few major cloud providers, Civo represents a shift back to the core principles of cloud: transparency, fairness, and simplicity.

Civo’s Cost Of Cloud 2024 report shows that organisations can save up to 66% by choosing Civo over traditional hyperscale cloud. This makes Civo’s services ideal for the UK public sector, which needs to leverage the best that technology can offer without creating additional funding pressures or compliance issues.

Civo’s services comply with UK regulations without any compromise to innovation. Public sector digital teams will find Civo's offerings easy to manage and integrate into their existing workflows.

Features of Civo’s platform and services include:

  • Scalability and flexibility, giving organisations the freedom to manage workflows in a way that suits them.
  • High-speed cluster launch times through Kubernetes, averaging 60 seconds compared to up to 25 minutes on most other providers.
  • Civo’s Large Language Model, Relax.ai, gives organisations genuine data sovereignty and total control.

Mark Boost, CEO of Civo, said:

"We’re thrilled to be part of the UK government’s G-Cloud 14 marketplace. Cloud technologies can hugely improve operational efficiency and citizen experience for the public sector. Civo’s services will prove how cloud can meet the many challenges that the public sector faces today without the unintended consequences of vendor-lock in, cloud “bill-shock” or challenges with regulatory compliance.

For us, data sovereignty is paramount. For all our services, user data is only ever stored and processed in the UK, and will never be subject to any law other than the UK’s. In the public sector organisations that we all depend on, sovereignty is the key to unlocking the potential of leading edge technology such as cloud and AI. We’re looking forward to supporting these organisations in their vital work.”