South London Partnership innovates with Azure & the IoT to protect and better serve its residents

Working together to drive improvements for residents

Exploring the myriad of exciting use cases 

Innovating with data to make a positive difference

“IoT helps to enable our physical world connecting to our digital world,” explains Pierre Venter, Digital Connectivity and Infrastructure Project Manager at the Digital & IT Service for Kingston and Sutton. “It’s about collecting new forms of data that can bring new insights into how our environment can be better improved.” 

The scope and ambition of the project has helped to drive success across the organisation. Andy Parsons says, “It’s that ability to look at the different bits of data that’s really, really important.” 

SLP also benefits from the security of the Microsoft Azure platform and associated security tools. Andy Parsons confirms, “One of the key factors of the Microsoft Azure platform is its security standards.

Using analytics and insights for good

The potential to improve the quality of life for residents while simultaneously driving efficiencies through operations is exciting. Rebekah Brown says, “By being able to see all this information together in one place, you can get a definitive answer in order to help people quickly and effectively.” 

She continues, “Data drives our knowledge and by having that knowledge we can take away the fear and actually combat things.” 

Andrew Parsons adds, “Working with Microsoft has been absolutely fantastic. They have genuinely got what we’re trying to achieve, so it’s just magic.”