INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure Built Around Your Business

Secure, resilient and scalable IT infrastructure that supports your people, applications and business plans.

Whether you are modernising existing infrastructure, moving workloads to the cloud or designing a hybrid environment, Form IT helps you make the right technology decisions and deliver them properly.

THE RIGHT FOUNDATION

Infrastructure that works for where your business is going

On-premise

Keep critical workloads within your own environment where it makes business sense.

Cloud

Use cloud platforms to improve flexibility, scalability and access.

Hybrid

Connect on-premise and cloud environments into one practical solution.

INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS YOUR BUSINESS

Your infrastructure should enable growth, not hold it back

Your infrastructure sits underneath your applications, data, users and security. When it is poorly designed, outdated or difficult to manage, the impact can reach every part of your organisation. Form IT helps you assess what you have today, understand what you actually need and build an infrastructure strategy that supports your business for the years ahead.

HOW WE HELP

Infrastructure services designed around your requirements

From individual infrastructure projects to wider technology transformation, we provide practical advice and technical delivery without forcing you into a particular platform or vendor.

01

Infrastructure Strategy & Design

Understand your current environment, identify weaknesses and create a clear infrastructure roadmap aligned to your business requirements, budget and future plans.

02

Server & Virtualisation

Design and implement reliable physical or virtual server environments that provide the performance, availability and capacity your organisation needs.

03

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

Determine which workloads belong in the cloud, which should remain on-premise and how the two environments should work together.

04

Infrastructure Modernisation

Replace ageing technology, remove unnecessary complexity and modernise the infrastructure supporting your critical systems.

05

Infrastructure Resilience

Improve availability, recoverability and operational resilience so your infrastructure can continue supporting the business when things go wrong.

06

Infrastructure Projects

From initial planning through implementation and handover, we can support infrastructure projects with experienced technical and project management expertise.

THE BUSINESS CASE

Infrastructure should deliver measurable business value

Infrastructure investment should not be driven by technology for technology's sake. The right environment should make your organisation more secure, resilient, productive and easier to manage.

Improve reliability

Reduce avoidable downtime and improve the availability of critical systems.

Control costs

Make better investment decisions and avoid paying for infrastructure you do not need.

Scale with confidence

Build an environment that can adapt as your users, applications and business requirements change.

Reduce operational risk

Address ageing technology, single points of failure and infrastructure weaknesses before they become business problems.

NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL APPROACH

Cloud, on-premise or hybrid?

The best infrastructure strategy depends on your organisation. Some workloads benefit from the flexibility of the cloud. Others may require greater control, predictable performance or specific technical requirements.

Form takes an agnostic approach, helping you choose the right architecture rather than starting with a particular product or platform.

On-premise infrastructure

Suitable where control, performance, data requirements or existing investments make local infrastructure the right choice.

Cloud infrastructure

Improve flexibility and scalability by moving appropriate workloads and services into cloud environments.

Hybrid infrastructure

Combine cloud and on-premise environments where a hybrid model delivers the best overall result.

OUR APPROACH

From infrastructure challenge to working solution

We focus on understanding the business requirement first, then designing and delivering the technology around it.

01

Assess

Understand your current infrastructure, business requirements, risks and priorities.

02

Design

Develop an architecture and roadmap that balances performance, resilience, security and cost.

03

Deliver

Implement the solution with structured project management and minimal disruption to your organisation.

04

Support

Continue improving, maintaining and protecting the infrastructure as your business evolves.

SECURITY BY DESIGN

Infrastructure and security cannot be separated

Infrastructure decisions affect your security posture. We consider access, identity, network connectivity, resilience, patching, backup and recovery as part of the wider technology environment.

  • Secure infrastructure architecture
  • Resilient systems and connectivity
  • Backup and recovery considerations
  • Identity and access controls
  • Infrastructure monitoring and management
  • Technology lifecycle planning
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Infrastructure expertise backed by long-term relationships

Our customers rely on Form IT for infrastructure projects, technology decisions and ongoing support.

K Rivers, Royal Grammar School, Guildford

“Form have provided me outstanding customer service and transparent pricing and project management services for more than a decade.”

K Rivers, Director of IT
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Anthony Hurley, Niftylift

“FormIT provide a great and efficient service, whether that be simple quotations, large scale projects or license management.”

Anthony Hurley, IT Manager
Niftylift
Paul Pritchard, ACI Worldwide

“FormIT are always friendly and if there’s a problem they put it right quickly. I would recommend FormIT to anyone.”

Paul Pritchard, Desktop Support Specialist
ACI Worldwide (EMEA) Ltd.
Jamie Thompson, Redborne Upper School

“FormIT provide us with consistently excellent service year after year. They clearly understand the education sector and what good value actually means for us.”

Jamie Thompson, Network Manager
Redborne Upper School
WHY FORM IT

Infrastructure expertise without the technology sales pressure

We focus on the outcome you need and the environment that makes sense for your organisation.

Technology agnostic

We can work across technologies and vendors to identify the solution that fits your requirements.

Experienced delivery

Benefit from experienced technical teams and structured project delivery from planning through implementation.

Long-term thinking

We consider the wider technology roadmap so today's infrastructure investment supports tomorrow's requirements.

THE WIDER TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

Infrastructure works best when everything connects

Infrastructure is one part of your wider technology strategy. We can also help with the services that depend on it.

NETWORK

Network Infrastructure

Reliable connectivity across your organisation, cloud and wider technology environment.

SECURITY

Cyber Security

Protect users, systems, data and infrastructure against an evolving threat landscape.

SUPPORT

IT Support

Keep your infrastructure and users supported with responsive technical assistance.

PLANNING AN INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGE?

Let's make sure your infrastructure is ready for what comes next

Whether you are replacing ageing servers, considering cloud migration, planning a hybrid environment or simply want to understand where your infrastructure stands, we can help you assess the options.

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INFRASTRUCTURE FAQ

Common infrastructure questions

Should we move our infrastructure to the cloud?

Not necessarily. The right answer depends on your applications, security requirements, performance needs, existing investments, costs and future plans. We can help you assess the options before you commit to a migration.

Can you work with our existing technology?

Yes. Our approach is designed to work with existing environments where appropriate. The objective is to improve your infrastructure rather than replace technology simply for the sake of change.

How do we know whether our infrastructure needs upgrading?

Ageing equipment, recurring failures, performance issues, unsupported systems, limited capacity and increasing maintenance costs can all indicate that it is time to review your infrastructure.

Can you help with a specific infrastructure project?

Yes. We can support individual projects as well as wider infrastructure programmes, including planning, design, implementation and ongoing support.

START A CONVERSATION

Need to review your infrastructure?

Tell us what you are trying to achieve and where you are today. We can help you identify the next practical step.

Speak to Form IT about your infrastructure requirements.

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Form Infrastructure solutions

Your infrastructure enables you to access your data and applications. Form offer an agnostic approach to deliver the right infrastructure for your organisation which can be:

On-premise

In the cloud

Hybrid solution

Don’t just take our word for IT

Mr K Rivers, Director of IT, Royal Grammar School, Guildford

Form have provided me outstanding customer service and transparent pricing and project management services for more than a decade.

Mr K Rivers, Director of IT, Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Anthony Hurley, IT Manager, Niftylift

FormIT provide a great and efficient service, whether that be simple quotations, large scale projects or license management.

Anthony Hurley, IT Manager, Niftylift
Paul Pritchard, Desktop Support Specialist, ACI Worldwide (EMEA) Ltd.

FormIT are always friendly and if there’s a problem they put it right quickly. I would recommend FormIT to anyone.

Paul Pritchard, Desktop Support Specialist, ACI Worldwide (EMEA) Ltd.
Jamie Thompson, Network Manager, Redborne Upper School

FormIT provide us with consistently excellent service year after year. They clearly understand the education sector and what good value actually means for us.

Jamie Thompson, Network Manager, Redborne Upper School

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