Enterprise IoT Architecture & Design
A comprehensive architecture and design service for enterprise‑scale IoT solutions aligned to public sector requirements and cloud best practice. It defines an end‑to‑end IoT architecture spanning devices, connectivity, data ingestion, real‑time processing, analytics, security, governance, and enterprise integration, based on Microsoft Azure and Fabric with real‑time analytics and lakehouse patterns.
Features
- Enterprise IoT architecture design
- End-to-end reference patterns
- Security integration with enterprise platforms
Benefits
- Increased resilience
- Reduced delivery risk
Pricing
- Education pricing available
Service documents
Request an accessible format
Framework
G-Cloud 15
Service ID
2 5 2 1 9 7 5 7 0 6 7 2 6 1 8
Contact
BOLDYN NETWORKS INFRASTRUCTURE UK LIMITED
Marcus Dorling
Telephone: 07912 685184
Email: marcus.dorling@boldyn.com
About your service
- Service categories
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Application Development and Deployment
Integration and orchestration
Integration software
- Integration Platforms
Event stream processing
- Stream Processing Software
- IoT Application Platforms
- Multi cloud support
- Yes
Service scope
- Software add-on or extension
- Yes
- What software services is the service an extension to
- Optional follow-on services including IoT accelerators platform implementation data platform integration and operational support.
- Cloud deployment model
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- Public cloud
- Hybrid cloud
- Service constraints
- Architecture and design service only does not include physical device deployment or full platform implementation unless agreed separately.
- System requirements
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- Access to existing IoT estates
- Access to existing architecture
- Access to documentation
- Access to key stakeholders
- Access to cloud tenancy information
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes
- Support response times
- To be agreed with the customer.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Onsite support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support levels
- To be agreed with the customer.
- Support available to third parties
- Yes
Onboarding and offboarding
- Getting started
- Kick-off session (online or in-person) to confirm scope objectives stakeholders and architecture review approach.
- Service documentation
- Yes
- Documentation formats
- End-of-contract data extraction
- All customer materials returned or securely deleted.
- End-of-contract process
- Formal handover of architecture artefacts and close-out documentation. Price to be agreed with customer.
- Documentation accessibility standard
- WCAG 2.2 AA
Using the service
- Web browser interface
- Yes
- Supported browsers
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- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Application to install
- No
- Designed for use on mobile devices
- No
- Service interface
- Yes
- User support accessibility
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Description of service interface
- Workshops reference architecture diagrams design documents standards and presentations.
- Accessibility standards
- WCAG 2.2 AA
- Accessibility testing
- N/A
- API
- Yes
- What users can and can't do using the API
- The service does not expose a customer-owned or standalone API for configuring or operating the service. APIs are used as part of the service to integrate source systems, IoT platforms, SaaS applications and analytics platforms, using the APIs provided by underlying cloud services such as Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and related integration components. Users can interact with these integrations to supply data, retrieve outputs and consume insights through the configured platforms. Initial service setup, platform configuration and structural changes are delivered as part of the service engagement rather than through self-service APIs. Users cannot use an API to independently provision infrastructure, manage platform security, or alter core service configuration. Changes to integrations or data flows are managed in collaboration with the service team to ensure security, governance and platform stability.
- API documentation
- No
- API sandbox or test environment
- No
- Customisation available
- Yes
- Description of customisation
- Tailored to organisational objectives existing IoT maturity and operating model.
Scaling
- Independence of resources
- Design service with no shared runtime or operational resources.
Analytics
- Service usage metrics
- Yes
- Metrics types
- Existing architecture documents IoT platform exports and design inputs.
- Reporting types
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- API access
- Real-time dashboards
- Resource tagging
- No
- FOCUS resource tagging
- No
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Reseller providing extra features and support
- Organisation whose services are being resold
- Microsoft
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Security Clearance (SC)
Asset protection
- Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
- Yes
- Data storage and processing locations
- United Kingdom
- User control over data storage and processing locations
- No
- Datacentre security standards
- Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
- Penetration testing frequency
- Never
- Protecting data at rest
- Encryption of all physical media
- Data sanitisation process
- Yes
- Equipment disposal approach
- Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
- Data sanitisation type
- Data Erasure
Data importing and exporting
- Data export approach
- Secure delivery of architecture artefacts and design documentation.
- Data export formats
- CSV
- Data import formats
- CSV
Data-in-transit protection
- Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
- Other
- Other protection between networks
- Encrypted communications for collaboration and secure document exchange.
- Data protection within supplier network
- Other
- Other protection within supplier network
- Access controls and secure collaboration tools.
Availability and resilience
- Guaranteed availability
- Availability is provided in line with the underlying Microsoft Azure platform service levels for any design validation activities.
- Approach to resilience
- Architecture designs leverage Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric managed services providing built-in scalability resilience and fault tolerance appropriate for enterprise IoT workloads.
- Outage reporting
- Outages are managed and communicated in line with Microsoft Azure platform notifications where applicable.
Identity and authentication
- User authentication needed
- Yes
- User authentication
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- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Username or password
- Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
- Restricted to authorised personnel, with role-based access to collaboration and design tools.
- Access restriction testing frequency
- At least once a year
- Management access authentication
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- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Username or password
Audit information for users
- Access to user activity audit information
- No audit information available
- Access to supplier activity audit information
- You control when users can access audit information
- How long supplier audit data is stored for
- User-defined
- How long system logs are stored for
- User-defined
Security governance
- Named board-level person responsible for service security
- Yes
- Security governance certified
- Yes
- Security governance standards
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Information security policies and processes
- Documented and enforced.
- Software Security Code of Practice
- Yes
Operational security
- Configuration and change management standard
- Supplier-defined controls
- Configuration and change management approach
- Defined internal change control.
- Vulnerability management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Vulnerability management approach
- Design-time security review and mitigation.
- Protective monitoring type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Protective monitoring approach
- The service defines protective monitoring architectures including logging telemetry alerting and security event integration using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Microsoft security services. Monitoring is designed for implementation as part of subsequent build or operational services.
- Incident management type
- Supplier-defined controls
- Incident management approach
- Documented incident response.
- Post-quantum cryptography secure
- No
Secure development
- Approach to secure software development best practice
- Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)
Public sector networks
- Connection to public sector networks
- Yes
- Connected networks
- Public Services Network (PSN)
Pricing
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
- Free trial available
- No
Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)
- Less than £250,000
- 0%
- Between £250,000 and £500,000
- 1%
- Between £500,001 and £1,000,000
- 2%
- Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000
- 3%
- Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000
- 5%
- Over £5,000,001
- 5%
Non-mandatory Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- National Quality Assurance
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- Friday 6 April 2018
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- Process exclusions in accordance with the statement of applicability as follows. External-facing operations excluding services under the TfL concession to MNOs for delivering services on the London Underground Networks, i.e. Smart Cities, Streetscape, Venues, Private Networks.
- ISO 28000:2022 certification
- No
- ISO 9001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification
- National Quality Assurance
- ISO 9001 accreditation date
- Thursday 17 March 2011
- What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover
- N/A
- Quality management systems (QMS)
- Yes
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number
- 0ba3bf5d-7135-4a81-87f5-449b98dfa5f9
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number
- E0e5816b-1e4d-43c8-a834-930b3510a63f
- Other security certifications
- No
Social value
- Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority
- New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
- New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
- Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
- Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
- Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
- Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
- Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
- Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
- Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
- Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
- Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
- Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
- Plans for an appropriate income replacement policy for staff who are required to spend time away from work to care for a sick dependent or close relative
- Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
- Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Volunteering opportunities for staff
- Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
- Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
- Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
- How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
- How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain
- How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
- Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.
- Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
- Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
- Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering
- Delivery of apprenticeships, supported internships and T Level industry placement opportunities (Level 2, 3 and 4+) in relation to the contract
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Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.
Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
- Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
- Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
- Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
- Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
- Plans for positive actions with community groups.
- Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
- Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
- Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
- Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds
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Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero
Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.
- Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
- Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment
- Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
- Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
- Collection of the views and expertise of disabled people and their representative organisations on successfully supporting disabled employees or applicants
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
- Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
- Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
- Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
- Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
- Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
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Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain
Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.
- Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
- Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
- Advertising, promotional and outreach activities designed to raise awareness of the offer to reach the target cohort
- Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
- Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
- Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort
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Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.
Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.
- Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
- Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
- Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce
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