Ark Data Centres transforms the client experience with self-service portal

Secure online portal replaces email and phone requests that took up to four days to complete.

Now clients can serve themselves quickly. 


At a glance

Business Growth

Ark finds a powerful way to differentiate its services and support business growth

Self-service Portal

Self-service includes client access, visitor access and temporary badge grants 

Multi-factor authentication

Multi-factor authentication via Microsoft Authenticator provides robust security

Responsive web app

Responsive web app with SQL Server storage is compliant with GDPR

Portal manages all

Portal will ultimately manage all client-facing activity, from quotes to support tickets 

"One Beyond had the right skills profile, and all of their client testimonials confirmed that this was the development company we needed. This was further borne out when we met One Beyond: they have a positive and proactive mind-set which was important."
Nick B, Project Manager, Ark Data Centres

About Ark Data Centres

Ark Data Centres designs, constructs and operates high-integrity data centres used by government agencies and large multi-national organisations with exacting needs.

The Challenge

Ark is always looking to add value, differentiate services and grow the business. Requests from clients to change or update access would be submitted by email or phone, potentially taking up to four days to action. Ark wanted to offer a secure online portal. This would allow clients to serve themselves and activate independently-approved access changes within just a few hours.

Ark Data Centres

Our Solution

One Beyond built a visually-engaging web application that’s optimised and fully responsive for laptops, tablets and phones. In the background, SQL Server provides secure data storage and processing to GDPR standards. We used our Obelisk code generation tool for tasks that include system identity security, CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations, file uploads and security vulnerability patching.

A closer look at features and benefits

System is hosted on Ark’s Azure environment

Ark can set a client’s access to areas – and define security requirements

Clients can grant and remove access for their own users – and report lost or stolen passes.

Plans for portal to be used for all day-to-day interactions with clients

One Beyond praised for “positive and proactive mindset”

"Everything we’re doing is designed to grow our user base and provide a better service to clients...One Beyond has really understood that. They’re very engaging, helpful and friendly as a business, always looking at how to make something work – rather than saying something isn’t possible."
Nick B, Project Manager, Ark Data Centres

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