Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-263 · dossier edition · 9 September 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

security platform modernisation · completed

Kidney Research UK replaces legacy security tools with a Microsoft-first stack

Microsoft's dated customer story says Kidney Research UK adopted Microsoft security services with Softwerx managed detection and response and retired legacy third-party security vendors.

Organisation
Kidney Research UK, United Kingdom
Predecessor
the source-described legacy third-party security-vendor estate
Destination
a Microsoft-first security stack with Softwerx managed detection and response
Workload
Microsoft Security
Stage
completed
Evidence boundary: The source proves the bounded security-stack adoption and retirement language for the named legacy vendors. It does not establish a private onboarding day, retirement of every security control, or independently verify all benefit claims.

Verified platform change

Microsoft's dated customer story says Kidney Research UK adopted Microsoft security services with Softwerx managed detection and response and retired legacy third-party security vendors.

Transition

From: the source-described legacy third-party security-vendor estate

To: a Microsoft-first security stack with Softwerx managed detection and response

Known unknowns

The source proves the bounded security-stack adoption and retirement language for the named legacy vendors. It does not establish a private onboarding day, retirement of every security control, or independently verify all benefit claims.

Official sources

  1. Kidney Research UK and Softwerx strengthen security with Microsoft — 2022-05-09