KGN Software Ltd

KGN Cloud Support

KGN will deploy your cloud platform (AWS, Azure, multi-cloud, hybrid, on-prem) and all migration and management services using automated tooling from validated Infrastructure and configuration as code. Your platform will be rigorously tested and accredited (if required) before it is certified fit for service prior to workload / application migration.

Features

• Cloud agnostic: KGN can deploy to any hyperscale cloud provider
• Automated deployment based on reusable, validated, best practice aligned patterns
• Landing Zone incorporates cloud native and third party tools
• SecDevOps development of Infrastructure and Configuration as code with CI/CD
• Integration of Financial Operations (FinOps) from outset / by design
• Automated and manual testing assures readiness for production use
• Multi-cloud, hybrid and private cloud deployment
• Experienced, qualified and accredited UK / onshore Architects and Engineers
• Service Management, security (IAM, PKI), integrations and account structures incorporated
• Launched cloud platform handed to KGN support team immediately

Benefits

• Flexibility: Choice of cloud platform based on suitability or preference
• Fast deployment accelerates cloud migration project and reduced overall cost
• Risks minimised through use of validated IaC / CaC
• Secure by design and in delivery based on the requirements
• Centralised billing and account management eases administrative overhead
• Rapid platform availability: focus on business value achieved through migration
• Constant platform evolution leveraging newly launched and innovative technologies
• Flexibility through integration of IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless and SaaS
• Observability: auditing, monitoring, alerting, service management and SIEM integration

£408 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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 publicsector@kgnsoftware.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

303451558676850

Contact

Mohammed Anis Ur Rahman
07515402791
publicsector@kgnsoftware.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: KGN has a comprehensive suite of offerings available through the GCloud framework to help buyers at every stage of their Cloud adoption and Digital Transformation journey. From assessment of Cloud readiness, through architecture and design to implementation and support KGN has the experience and track record to support customers achieve their business goals and aspirations through embracing Cloud and Digital.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: KGN develop training and knowledge transfer programmes to support the initialisation of the service and onward migration of service components into the operational model; ; Training methods include:; ; Training on-site one-to-one coaching, group training sessions, train the trainer, multimedia tutorials, training documentation and video conference training sessions.; ; Knowledge transfer directly to in-house staff and/or other suppliers as part of the day-to-day operations with KGN service teams.; ; Creation of a Knowledge Repository a shared area for storing relevant collateral, work instructions, how-to’s, templates and case studies that support operational delivery.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: KGN provide a comprehensive set-up and migration service to support a transition to business application support solutions. KGN follow a proven multi-stage migration path with full operational engagement to ensure secure and managed migration from legacy to new.; ; KGN recognise the need to migrate with minimal disruption to operational services and reduce the risk of impacting live services through structured planning, testing and execution.; ; KGN works to embed new ways of working within the organisation to ensure long-term user adoption, something which is key to any successful migration and provides the basis for further development and avoiding regression to previous, outdated practices.; ; KGN have years of experience in supporting clients across the globe to conduct migrations from complex legacy estates into cloud-based environments. We understand the complexities of moving from a traditional IT environment towards multi-component cloud business applications.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: KGN can support customer accreditations for IT standards such as ISO/IEC 20000, additionally demonstrate alignment to ITIL or COBIT process reference models.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
  • Other
• Other security services:
  • Vulnerability assessments
  • Penetration testing
  • Application penetration testing
  • Simulated phishing attacks
  • Security consultancy
  • Risk assessments
  • Incident response
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • GBEST
  • CHECK
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported:
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: Our Cloud hosting experts work collaboratively with customers to ensure that their Cloud estate meets their business requirements in terms of scalability, availability, security and cost-effectiveness. We are technology agnostic and help the customer select the best Cloud hosting options (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) from AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and UKCloud.

Service scope

• Service constraints: KGN provides both onsite and remote analysis, consultancy services as well as professional design, architecture, implementation and support.; ; We offer a flexible and negotiable service of 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support, using either blended teams partnering with customer capabilities or dedicated resources and facilities. The terms and conditions of this service will be mutually agreed with the customer.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: This depends on SLAs and the agreed requirements with our customers.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: Web chat is available via existing service management tools and self service portal. This is a bespoke feature which is designed to meet customers requirements.
• Web chat accessibility testing: No specific testing has been conducted by KGN
• Support levels: Service Levels and KPIs are developed to focus the KGN team on realising the right outcomes according to the business priorities and drivers.; Our support services are tailored to the requirements of the customer and Service Levels are designed to meet the customers’ requirements. The cost of support depends on a combination of the support scope, the service levels required and the hours of service. Each support arrangement is customised to the complexity, and criticality of the services being managed and supported. It is also dependent on the underlying SLAs of the hosting platform provided by our partner.; ; KGN can provide a Service Delivery Manager Capability as well as contacts and process for both technical and service related escalations. KGN believes in Continual Service Improvement and agrees a process with customers as to how this activity is conducted to ensure mutual benefit.; ; Examples of the support arrangements KGN currently provides are as follows:; • Business hours support (Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 6:00pm);; • Extended business hours support (Monday to Friday 0800 – 2000);; • Core hours support (Monday to Sunday, 8:30am to 6:00pm);; • 24/7 support (365 days per year, 24 hours per day).

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: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

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

  Fighting climate change

  For KGN, a fundamental element of our philosophy towards meeting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Ethical Business commitments, is the approach we take towards safeguarding the environment and the measures we implement to incorporate sustainability within our business activities. We are committed to building and shaping sustainable solutions to minimise emissions, pledging to become Carbon-Neutral by 2030 and to reach Net-Zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of the UK Government’s Net-Zero target. As stewards of the environment, we seek to advance environmental sustainability by preserving natural resources, reducing emissions and limiting waste. To achieve this, we will:; • Reduce 15% of our relative energy consumption at our UK sites by 2025;; • Reduce 40% of our general commuting and business travel emissions by 2025;; • Procure 80% of our electricity through renewable contracts by 2030;; • Offset any remaining emissions after 2030 by researching options and strategies to fulfil our promise.; We work with our customers to reduce emissions and climate change through direct working practices and develop solutions to support these aims. We believe the greatest contribution KGN makes to environmental stewardship comes from the work we do for our customers, and we would welcome the opportunity to work together to achieve our joint ambitions.

  Covid-19 recovery

  KGN seeks to help local communities and charities affected by COVID-19 by creating roles for new employment, re-training and other return-to-work opportunities. We recognise that charities and local communities are still recovering from the pandemic. In 2021, as part of the ‘Move the Needle’ Initiative, KGN UK received $100,000 from our US parent company to donate to charitable causes. These were allocated to organisations that our employees regularly volunteer in their local communities. Our CSR activities enable employees to log their hours in a volunteering portal.; We also recognise that the under 30s demographic in particular have been adversely affected by the pandemic. KGN creates opportunities for new employment and retraining for young people with our partners, like futureproof, and through funding their studies with the Digital Start Fund. In addition, we know working 9 to 5 does not suit everyone – Our flexible working patterns help build a culture and leadership style focused on seeing and connecting with each person in their entirety: their life situation, potential contributions, and unique capabilities. Our KGN Life programme is a direct response to the pandemic, we enhanced our existing flexible working policies to empower our employees by promoting a dynamic and modern approach to how, when and where they work, making the workplace accessible to everyone. This recognises the unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic.

  Tackling economic inequality

  As one of the first organisations in the world to gain the ISO44001 certification for collaboration across the supply chain ecosystem, KGN is committed to tackling economic inequality through collaboration. We use to identify areas of economic inequality to work on through our Gender Pay Gap report, signatory status’ on the Tech Talent Charter and Race at Work charter and outside perspectives, such as Inclusive Employers, to identify areas of economic inequality and inform our approach to improvements.; We have implemented multiple initiatives to reduce the disability employment gap, such as annually funding scholarships for disabled veterans with the Open University or holding workshops with our Employee Resource Groups on topics like ‘Autism Awareness in the Workplace’. At KGN, every ‘all hands’ employee call at KGN has a British Sign Language translator; providing equal access to senior leadership communications, business information and updates, and we currently offer sign language classes to every employee.; KGN also aims to support those from disadvantaged or minority groups with in-work progression with mentoring and our e-learning academy. Our external mentoring programme with organisations like Futureproof enables us to role model diverse workplaces and share learnt experiences with those early in careers from diverse backgrounds themselves. We have also introduced diverse hiring practices, including unconscious bias training, diverse panel interviewing and gender-neutral language in all job adverts to ensure equal opportunities for all.

  Equal opportunity

  KGN has created a diverse and inclusive workplace where every colleague has the opportunity to contribute, share their unique ideas and talents, and be supported in their career. Two of our KGN Values, ‘Inclusion’ and ‘Collaboration’ underpin everything we do, from initial recruitment through training, development, engagement, leadership and day-to-day business activities. We are constantly learning and updating our Inclusion and Collaboration efforts with specific initiatives relevant to tackling workforce inequality. Our culture is one of openness and transparency, reinforced by our 7 Employee Resource Groups which provide platforms for key discussions and raise awareness of important issues, such as ‘positive action versus positive discrimination’ and ‘menopause in the workplace’. KGN empowers and challenges everyone to passionately and continuously seek, share, and apply new knowledge, skills, and behaviours. We believe our employees are the best curators of their careers so KGN offers a diverse menu of learning and development options for employees to choose to grow their careers in the way that make sense for them. We support all of our employees with team check-ins to training to 1-to-1s and mentoring.

  Wellbeing

  KGN believes in ensuring that our employees can access the tools needed to develop their careers and empower you to create the right work-life balance. KGN Life is our renewed commitment to a culture that puts our employees’ careers, flexibility, and wellbeing first. We know employees can bring their best when they feel their best. Employees who are holistically well – mentally healthy, financially solvent, and physically fit – are better able to engage fully and find their life and work more satisfying, improving employee retention and keeping people in work. KGN offers a supportive environment with an active Health & Wellbeing Employee Resource Group that engages employees and directs them to helpful resources, such as our Employee Assistance programme, workshops, webinars and ‘e-zines’, to help build their best selves. We have dedicated manager trainings available for key health and wellbeing topics like managing stress, menopause in the workplace, mindfulness practises. Our resources are also available to our subcontractors. Furthermore, our staff routinely volunteer their time and skills to supporting the wellbeing of the communities in which we live and work, either by working with charities or volunteering at their local schools and colleges as STEM ambassadors.

Pricing

• Price: £408 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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 publicsector@kgnsoftware.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.