Secure Dedicated Server Hosting BOCC Case Study - Trading Standards Institute

Overview

The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) is the leading professional body representing Trading Standards professionals in the UK and overseas - in local authorities, the business and consumer sectors and in central government.

Solution

BOCC manages a several dedicated secure web servers for TSI, which house multiple secure applications and databases with a VPN (Virtual Private Network) for data replication and remote access.

The systems that are hosted include:

• TSInterlink – secure extranet giving Internet access to a variety of databases, such as: News Service; Main Volumes; content of TS-MAIL messages; Pattern Approvals Information; Rapex Notifications from DTI; BBFC Records; TS Directory; extracts from other TSI publications. 

• TS Desk Companion – secure dynamic e-learning extranet system from TSI. Developed to keep TS officers and students up-to-date with the latest news and features on the new distance learning solutions from TSI. 

• Integration of Electronic Trading Standards Network (e-TSN) data with the existing database system.

 Hosting Contract 

 The scope of the hosting contract includes:

• Dedicated managed multiple web server hosting accounts;
• Remote secure access via VPN;
• Daily networked backups;
• Guaranteed bandwidth provision;
• 24x7x365 monitoring of key server processes and alerting;
• SSL secure server certificate.

BOCC has been providing hosting services for TSI for the last seven years.