Modernise Critical Workloads with Shared IaaS

 

Run your most important workloads on a platform designed for stability, predictability and control.

 

Telefónica Tech Shared IaaS combines the flexibility of cloud with the confidence of UK hosted infrastructure. It is built for organisations that want to avoid unpredictable public cloud costs and the burden of managing on premise hardware, without compromising on performance, resilience or compliance.

 

Reliable infrastructure. Predictable costs. UK hosted and fully managed.

 

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  • Pain Points

    • Unpredictable public cloud costs, making budgeting and forecasting difficult
    • Expensive and recurring hardware refresh cycles that tie up capital
    • Increasing pressure from VMware licensing changes and cost increases
    • Complexity in managing infrastructure, backup and disaster recovery across environments
    • Data sovereignty and compliance concerns, particularly with global cloud providers

     

    Despite these challenges, organisations often hesitate to explore alternatives due to common misconceptions:

     

    “Public cloud is cheaper” → This often excludes the cost of achieving equivalent resilience, performance and predictability
    “We want control” → Modern platforms can provide full control without the burden of managing physical hardware
    “Migration is risky” → With structured onboarding and migration support, disruption can be minimised and outcomes de-risked

Getting Started: A Simple Path to Modern Infrastructure

01 Assess Your Current Estate

We begin by reviewing your existing infrastructure, workloads and cost drivers to identify inefficiencies, risks and opportunities. This gives insight into cost pressures such as hardware refresh and licensing, and an understanding of compliance and data sovereignty requirements.

01 Assess Your Current Estate
02 Identify Suitable Workloads

Not every workload belongs in the same place. We help you determine which applications are best suited to a managed platform. This enables smarter placement based on performance, security and cost and reduced exposure to unpredictable public cloud spend.

02 Identify Suitable Workloads
03 Design a Tailored Platform

We design a solution aligned to your needs using our fully managed VMware-based infrastructure. This enables you to retain control without managing physical hardware and provides built-in resilience, security and compliance.

03 Design a Tailored Platform
04 Migrate at Your Pace

We support a structured, low-risk migration tailored to your timelines and priorities. This provides minimal disruption through phased onboarding and reduces migration risk with proven methodologies.

04 Migrate at Your Pace
05 Operate with Full Support

Once live, Telefónica Tech operates all layers below the operating system, so your teams can focus on higher-value work. This gives you predictable operations and cost control as well as ongoing optimisation backed by UK-based expertise.

05 Operate with Full Support

Key Benefits

Predictable costs
Fixed per VM pricing with no unexpected consumption spikes
Operational simplicity
Infrastructure managed by Telefónica Tech
Built in resilience
Optional zero RPO failover between UK data centres
UK sovereignty
Data hosted and supported in the UK
No re-architecture required
Run existing workloads as they are

  • Why Telefónica Tech

    • Expert: Deep experience running VMware based platforms
    • Trusted: Proven support for critical workloads across UK industries
    • Secure: UK data residency and strong isolation and encryption controls
    Get started today

  • Ready to simplify your infrastructure?

    Move away from unpredictable cloud costs and hardware refresh cycles. Run your critical workloads on a platform designed for control, resilience and simplicity.

     

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Frequently Asked Questions

A fully managed, UK-hosted infrastructure platform designed to support virtual machine workloads without the complexity of managing underlying hardware. Telefónica Tech operates all layers below the operating system, providing a secure, resilient and scalable environment while allowing you to retain control over your applications and data.

Yes. Pricing is based on virtual machine size, configuration and selected services, giving you clear and transparent monthly costs. This model removes the variability often seen in public cloud environments, helping you improve budgeting accuracy and maintain financial control.

Your data is hosted in UK-based data centres, with services supported by UK-based teams. This ensures strong data sovereignty, simplifies compliance with local regulations and provides reassurance around security, governance and accessibility.

Yes. Existing applications can typically be run without the need for rearchitecting, thanks to VMware-based virtualisation. This allows you to migrate workloads seamlessly, reduce disruption and continue operating familiar systems while modernising your underlying infrastructure.