1. Time-critical migration to new provider
2. Modernisation to support PaaS offerings
3. Reduce hosting costs

1. 94% projected reduction in cloud running costs 
2. Delivered 6 weeks ahead of schedule 
3. Vastly increased flexibility for pace of delivery

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is a UK government agency of the Ministry of Defence. Dstl provides world-class expertise and delivers cutting-edge science and technology for the benefit of the UK and allies.

Dstl required an urgent migration to reduce costs, leverage modern functionality and automate infrastructure to enable new environments to be easily created and keep the service in step with any modern technical advancements. Kainos’ solution and delivery has provided significant ongoing value in terms of cost-effectiveness, innovation and responsiveness to business needs. The platform also sets Dstl up for future success on the path of cloud-native modernisation.