<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
,	O
also	O
trading	O
as	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Health	O
and	O
UKCloudX	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
British	O
cloud	O
provider	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Farnborough	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provided	O
multicloud	B-General_Concept
services	O
to	O
organisations	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
public	O
sector	O
and	O
other	O
regulated	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2011	O
as	O
Skyscape	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
rebranding	O
as	O
UKCloud	B-Application
in	O
August	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Health	O
and	O
UKCloudX	O
divisions	O
,	O
supported	O
the	O
digital	O
workload	O
for	O
organisations	O
such	O
as	O
Genomics	O
England	O
,	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Justice	O
,	O
Capgemini	O
and	O
London	O
Business	O
School	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
UKCloud	B-Application
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Hadston	O
2	O
Limited	O
-	O
a	O
newly	O
created	O
special	O
purpose	O
investment	O
company	O
led	O
by	O
UKCloud	B-Application
's	O
Chairman	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Thomas	O
and	O
backed	O
by	O
institutional	O
investors	O
,	O
including	O
Digital	O
Alpha	O
Advisors	O
and	O
BGF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
October	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Insolvency	O
Service	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
courts	O
had	O
issued	O
winding-up	O
orders	O
against	O
UKCloud	B-Application
and	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
entered	O
in	O
to	O
liquidation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
by	O
co-founders	O
Jeff	O
Thomas	O
,	O
Jeremy	O
Sanders	O
,	O
Phil	O
Dawson	O
and	O
Simon	O
Hansford	O
,	O
as	O
Skyscape	B-Application
Cloud	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
but	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
to	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Ltd	O
five	O
years	O
later	O
following	O
a	O
legal	O
wrangle	O
with	O
Sky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Health	O
was	O
launched	O
to	O
support	O
health	O
technology	O
across	O
the	O
UK	O
health	O
and	O
care	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Health	O
platform	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
health	O
technology	O
providers	O
such	O
as	O
Babylon	O
Health	O
,	O
IMMJ	O
Systems	O
and	O
Capgemini	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
Health	O
launched	O
Health	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloudX	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2018	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
to	O
the	O
UK	O
Defence	O
and	O
National	O
Security	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Cisco-backed	O
Digital	O
Alpha	O
Advisors	O
announced	O
an	O
investment	O
in	O
UKCloud	B-Application
intended	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
was	O
a	O
carbon	O
neutral	O
company	O
who	O
offered	O
its	O
customers	O
carbon	O
neutral	O
hosting	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
achieved	O
through	O
an	O
independent	O
assessment	O
of	O
the	O
CO2	O
emissions	O
produced	O
from	O
direct	O
and	O
indirect	O
sources	O
required	O
to	O
deliver	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
offset-inclusive	O
emissions	O
reduction	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Communications	O
Deloitte	O
Technology	O
Fast	O
500	O
EMEA	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
were	O
winners	O
for	O
the	O
Tech	O
Track	O
100	O
,	O
ranking	O
number	O
1	O
in	O
the	O
league	O
table	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
were	O
announced	O
as	O
recipients	O
of	O
the	O
Queen	O
’s	O
Awards	O
for	O
Enterprise	O
in	O
Innovation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
G-Cloud	O
Public	O
Sector	O
Provider	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
year	O
consecutively	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
also	O
featured	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Future	O
Fifty	O
’s	O
fastest	O
growing	O
technology	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
UKCloud	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
recognised	O
by	O
the	O
Best	O
Companies	O
scheme	O
with	O
a	O
one-star	O
accreditation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
also	O
won	O
the	O
Service	O
Excellence	O
award	O
at	O
Inspire'19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
has	O
since	O
moved	O
to	O
a	O
multicloud	B-General_Concept
platform	O
,	O
offering	O
cloud	O
environments	O
from	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
technology	O
partners	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
(	O
Azure	O
)	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
(	O
Openstack	B-Application
&	O
OpenShift	O
)	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
VMware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UKCloud	B-Application
partners	O
with	O
Ark	O
Data	O
Centres	O
to	O
host	O
its	O
public	O
cloud	O
platforms	O
within	O
the	O
UK	O
government	O
's	O
Crown	O
Campus	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
Crown	O
Hosting	O
Data	O
Centres	O
.	O
</s>
