Govform’s managed production platform runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), using cloud compute, networking and object storage. The application and production application object storage are hosted in the UK, with infrastructure running across multiple data centres.
AWS manages the underlying facilities and cloud services. Govform manages the application infrastructure, platform configuration, updates and operational controls used to deliver your services. Your team controls the service design and the systems it connects to.
Managed hosting reduces the infrastructure work your team needs to undertake.
Platform updates and monitoring support ongoing operation.
Dedicated government and Private Cloud arrangements are available for relevant requirements.
Application metrics, capacity alerts and automatic scaling help us manage changing demand on the managed production platform. Monitoring includes resource use and the queues used for resource-intensive work, helping the team identify pressure on the service.
Expected demand is part of planning a live service. Discuss busy periods, large uploads, document processing and integration volumes so that your plan, capacity and operating arrangements fit the workload.
Plan for peaks such as application deadlines and reporting periods.
Consider file sizes and processing demand alongside submission counts.
Use service analytics to understand usage and identify changes in demand.
Prototype, QA and Production keep service data and configuration separate. Your team can test the journey, authentication and integrations before publishing a version to live users. Environment-specific destinations and credentials help keep test activity apart from operational records.
Use representative test information in QA and check the whole journey, including notifications, uploads and downstream actions. Deployment permissions let you decide who can publish a release to each environment.
Configure test and live identity-provider clients separately.
Use QA destinations for files, API calls and notifications.
Verify Production configuration before publishing the approved service version.
The managed application runs on private networks behind controlled public endpoints. Network access rules, encrypted object storage, cloud threat detection and operational monitoring provide layers of protection around the platform.
Infrastructure activity records help the team investigate changes and security concerns. These controls support the hosted platform alongside application permissions, authentication and the configuration your organisation selects for its services.
Private application networking limits direct public access to application instances.
Storage permissions and encryption protect information held by the platform.
Monitoring and recorded infrastructure activity support investigation and response.
AWS manages the physical security of the data centres hosting Govform’s managed production application. Our platform uses this cloud foundation while Govform manages the application, networking, permissions and operational procedures above it.
For procurement, consider physical hosting alongside the full data journey: application hosting, databases, files, backups, delivery and connected services. Private Cloud arrangements allow organisations to bring the application into their own agreed cloud environment.
Managed production infrastructure runs across multiple UK data centres.
Physical facility protection is the cloud provider’s responsibility.
Hosting model and data-location requirements can be reviewed with our team.
