Cloud / IT Benchmarking
Comparing cloud contract pricing against the market to demonstrate relative value for money and where negotiation levers exist. Comparisons can be undertaken at the total contract level or at lower levels eg. total server capacity or at the individual server level
Features
- Cloud pricing comparisons
- Capacity pricing comparisons
- Standardised collection of actual data (quantities, SLAs)
- Transparent normalisation to ensure comparability
- Consideration of SLAs and security elements
- Selection of a matching peer group
- Results show comparison and ranking of peers
- Indicative benchmarking of market prices also possible
- One of the largest benchmarking databases; only current data
- Very detailed comparisons
Benefits
- Demonstrates where opportunities exist for negotiation
- Demonstrates relative value for money from an independent, objective perspective
- Standardised methodology
Pricing
£5,000 to £249,999 a unit
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
1 9 7 5 2 7 2 4 4 4 5 9 7 7 7
Contact
METRICS MATURITY UK LTD
Jeremy Smith
Telephone: 07802175436
Email: jeremy.smith@metrics.biz
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
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Our services can:
- model scenarios to help you understand which cloud supplier will deliver best value for money
- help you understand which services are appropriate to migrate to cloud
- help you understand the cost implications of moving workloads into the cloud - Planning service works with specific services
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
- Our services do not include technical setup or migration support. Although, results of a benchmarking typically include specific recommendations and actions - towards or against a migration to and / or between cloud services or service providers. They give a market perspective on the implementation of cloud / IT services.
- Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- No
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- No
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Cyber security consultancy
- Security audit services
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
- There are no constraints regarding our services; we are able to provide comparisons for all cloud and IT services
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Email or online ticketing
- Support response times
- We respond the same day to email requests during the working week and next working day for email requests received at the weekend
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- We respond to requests the dame day during the working week and next working day for requests received at the weekend
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Up to Developed Vetting (DV)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- Yes
- Any other security certifications
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- Security conforms with processes defined in our ISO9001 certification
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
Equal opportunityEqual opportunity
Equality and Diversity Policies
We have in place: -
• Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy
• Diversity and Equality Code of Conduct - for visitors, customers, partners, suppliers and contractors
• Race, Disability and Gender Equality Scheme
Pricing
- Price
- £5,000 to £249,999 a unit
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes