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Gravity 9

Dev Ops

gravity9 offers complex and agile DevOps services. Our DevOps Engineers focus on increasing software speed, efficiency and delivery. Due to experience in diverse environments and proficiency with cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, and GCP, using tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Flux, and Azure DevOps, we provide bespoke consultation.

Features

  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipeline
  • Automated Testing: unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests
  • Configuration Management: robust configuration management capabilities
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Monitoring and Logging
  • Containerization

Benefits

  • Scalability and High Availability
  • DevOps migration
  • Extensibility and Integration

Pricing

£2,000 a unit

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

1 0 1 1 6 4 3 5 3 6 6 1 0 0 5

Contact

Gravity 9 Allan Hudson
Telephone: 07882691167
Email: allan.hudson@gravity9.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
To assist buyers in implementing cloud hosting or software services, Gravity9 engages in thorough consultations to gather their business objectives and current infrastructure. After assessing their needs and capabilities, Gravity9 recommends suitable cloud solutions and develops migration strategies, ensuring cost-effectiveness, security, and compliance. Gravity9 offers guidance on optimizing cloud spending and provides training for their teams. Throughout the process, Gravity9 prioritizes continuous improvement, advocating for regular reviews and adjustments to enhance performance and meet evolving requirements. By following this approach, Gravity9 empowers buyers to seamlessly transition to the cloud, leveraging its scalability, reliability, and flexibility to drive innovation and competitiveness in their respective industries.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Web applications
  • Data storage & back-up
  • Development and testing environments

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Gravity9 provides comprehensive training services for cloud software and hosting services to ensure that our clients have the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively utilize and manage their cloud environments. Our training programs cover a wide range of topics related to cloud computing. Some of the materials are available on our website under https://www.gravity9.com/our-podcasts/.
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • Cloud fundamentals
  • Cloud Service Providers
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • DevOps Practices
  • Security and Compliance
  • Migration and Deployment
  • Monitoring and Optimization

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Gravity9 begins by conducting a thorough initial assessment of the buyer's current infrastructure, applications, and workloads. This assessment helps identify the readiness for cloud migration, existing dependencies, and potential challenges. Based on the assessment, Gravity9 collaborates with the buyer to develop a comprehensive migration strategy. Next step is to select the most suitable cloud platform or service provider based on their specific requirements, budget, and technical considerations.
Detialed migration plan includes identifying migration waves or phases, establishing migration priorities, and determining the best migration methods for each workload (lift-and-shift, re-platforming, re-architecting, etc.).
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • Virtual Machines
  • SQL servers
  • Fileservers
  • Kubernetes cluster

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
Quality Assurance is an integral part of our Dev Ops Service. Our Build phase is centred around an agile, scrum-based process that includes quality assurance as part of each development iteration. QA analysts and developers work side by side on a daily basis to ensure that each incremental part of functionality created is well tested as it reaches the end of the sprint cycle. We assess with you at the beginning of a project how to best meet your specific testing needs and craft the appropriate test plans. Typically, both manual testing and automation testing are part of our development lifecycle. This enables the team to spot quality issues immediately and at the same time ensure that your application is future proof. We additionally provide performance testing to ensure your application is ready and stable.

Security testing

Security services
Yes
Security services type
Other
Other security services
  • Identity and Access Management to implement role-based access control
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Identity federation to ensure secure access to cloud services
  • Data Encryption by encrypt data at rest and in transit
  • Encryption mechanisms such as SSL/TLS for data in transit
  • Encryption algorithms for data at rest
  • Network Security by configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs)
  • Network Security by configuring security groups
  • Network access control lists to control traffic/mitigate security risks

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
Yes
Types of service supported
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
How the support service works
Yes, we provide support for our delivered products. We assist clients in setting up and configuring their cloud infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and security settings. Gravity9 provides training and support to help clients effectively utilize and maximize the value of their cloud software services, including user training, documentation, and ongoing assistance.

Service scope

Service constraints
No

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
This will be bespoke. Support levels will be agreed and written into an SLA

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

gravity9 has an environmental policy designed to limit and reduce the environmental impacts of our internal activities. We are in the process of creating a new Carbon Reduction Plan which will allow us to calculate and later publish our carbon emissions, along with the creation of initiatives and targets for carbon reductions and a target date for achieving net zero.
As a company we do not own our won offices using shared, serviced units instead. These units are owned by companies with strong environmental policies and initiatives in place to reduce carbon. Our staff work fully remotely, using offices only where necessary and use only modern IT equipment conforming to standards of low carbon emissions generation. Travel is minimised in favour of remote teleworking/conferencing and technology is used wherever possible to create efficiencies. Initial calculations suggest that our carbon footprint is very low compared to industry standards.
Our work is focused on modernisation of IT systems for our clients, producing results that minimise energy use through increased productivity and development of communications solutions as part of these systems. We embed technologies like Slack in systems wherever possible to encourage teleworking.
Gravity9 also supports clients in developing AI-driven applications that can analyse and predict energy usage patterns, leading to more sustainable practices. By facilitating smarter decision-making and resource management, this service helps to reduce carbon footprints and promote environmental sustainability. The overarching aim is to assist public sector bodies in achieving their green targets by integrating advanced, eco-friendly technologies into their operations, thereby making a significant positive impact on the environment.

Covid-19 recovery

Through Data and AI Platform Design service, public sector entities can leverage artificial intelligence and data analytics to optimise resource allocation, streamline services, and improve decision-making. This includes managing public health data, tracking resource needs, and forecasting future outbreaks or impacts. By improving operational efficiency and ensuring continuity of essential services, this service plays a crucial role in helping the public sector navigate and recover from the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Tackling economic inequality

gravity9 was founded in Birmingham, retaining a key presence there. As a company in a high growth sector (IT) with known skills shortages (Forbes’ IT Skills Gap Report 2023 contains a figure of 93% of business surveyed believing that they lacked IT skills), we upskill client teams, run skills workshops and we recruit in deprived areas. Gravity9 can aid the public sector in tackling economic inequality by providing advanced data analytics and AI tools that enable targeted social programs and efficient resource distribution.
Overall deprivation in the West Midlands is high (34.5% of local areas in the most deprived in the country). 41% of Birmingham’s neighbourhoods are in the UK’s 10% most-deprived.
As a modernisation company, gravity9 build new systems for organisations which enable teams to operate more efficiently and achieve more.
This often leads to job safeguarding and creation:
We created a new “Customer Hub” application for British Telecom (BT) to help them provide unified customer service across their brand offerings. This allowed BT to hire new developers to maintain the application long-term, creating skilled employment opportunities. For American Homes for Rent (AMH) we created a “Let Yourself In” product automating locks, which enabled AMH to employ a new lock maintenance team. We created a system for Venetian Casinos that automated sales promotions which allowed Venetian to expand their sales teams.
Our regular skills workshops tackle technological challenges with skills building and talent identification in mind. Our AI workshops, for example, are educational in nature with a flavour of the skillsets needed to enhance employability. This gives young IT professionals an opportunity to network with peers, gain insight into commercial approaches/methods and contribute wisdom to the debate. These regular skills workshops are educational and employability-focused, allowing participants to network with peers, gain insight into commercial approaches/methods and contribute wisdom.

Equal opportunity

At gravity9 we research why people struggle with a challenge then offer accessible solutions. Starting with design we add WCAG standards and use accessibility libraries. Our Accessibility practice promotes adoption and responsibility in all product aspects. We make accessibility easy to understand and translate into easy guides for all company members or non-English speakers. We are exploring new areas of neurodiversity in product design standards of “Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust”. We have created an accessibility review to put this into practice.
Our QA specialists, besides the regular accessibility testing, offer to provide organisations with an advanced accessibility audit, which will check how their product meets the accessibility standards.
We deliver high-quality software with fewer defects and faster time-to-market to enable private sector organisations to gain a competitive edge and reduce delays in public sector organisations. Quality Assurance plays a crucial role in achieving this by ensuring that the software meets quality standards and is delivered on time. Our team of experts work closely with our client’s organisations to provide accessibility that is tailored to their specific needs. Our AI practice can also enhance equal opportunity within the public sector by leveraging data analytics and AI to identify and address disparities in service delivery and employment; facilitate the development of recruitment and training programs aimed at diversifying the public sector workforce and automate and optimise recruitment and service delivery processes.

Wellbeing

Gravity9 supports societal wellbeing by enabling the public sector to deploy AI and data analytics for improved health, safety, and social services. By analysing health data, our services can help predict and manage public health issues, facilitating proactive interventions. It also assists in optimising emergency response services and public safety measures through efficient resource allocation and response planning. Additionally, by enhancing accessibility to public services through digital transformation, it ensures that more individuals can receive timely and effective support, contributing significantly to overall societal wellbeing.

Pricing

Price
£2,000 a unit
Discount for educational organisations
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at allan.hudson@gravity9.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.