Creating a better web experience
If you’ve ever visited a museum or gallery in the UK and admired the array of art on display, you may wonder how the cost of the art is covered, particularly as many of the museums are free. That’s where Art Fund comes in.
It is a membership-based British charity that lobbies on behalf of and raises funds for the acquisition of artworks for the nation to enjoy in many museums and galleries. It also provides training and development for museum staff and makes affordable access to museums possible for everyone through the sale of its Art Pass.
The organization relies on grants, donations and Arts Pass income to raise the funds needed to fulfil its mission. The Art Fund website acts as its shop front, with payments and donations coming through this. It needs to be secure, reliable and highly available. If the site goes down, it has a direct impact on the charity’s ability to raise funds to support museums and galleries. What’s more, people donating to a charity want to feel confident that monies donated are securely received. An offline or unsecure website doesn’t achieve this.
The charity was running on AWS, however, it wanted to modernize the environment, by using industry best practice standards and improving security, availability and operability. But with limited AWS experience or in house technical expertise, it needed a managed service partner to assist them with this modernization project and the management of the infrastructure.
