Fordway

Microsoft Azure Design, Migrate and Optimise

Moving your services to the public cloud is not trivial, particularly if you currently provide your IT services in house. Fordway helps organisations leverage Azure, and associated services. We will design, deploy and manage your Azure services allowing you to focus on business priorities.

Features

• IT Consultancy to architect Azure services to your requirements
• Harness advanced features for security
• Supports on premise hybrid identity, password synch and federation
• 3rd party federation using Azure AD
• Assist implement Azure Monitor for monitoring and reporting
• 24x7 Security monitoring with MS Secure Score analysis and remediation
• Operational and cost optimisation of Azure environments
• Best practice design services from MS certified architects
• Integrates Azure Sentinel and Log Analytics for security reporting
• Maximises utility of Microsoft Azure functions to replace hosted applications

Benefits

• Benefit from the efficiency, speed and cost savings of cloud
• Architected to ensure costs and workloads are sustainable and manageable
• Scaleable services optimised to demand and work patterns
• Improved Security Posture using the advanced features of Azure
• Project Managed transition (Prince 2, Agile) to public cloud
• Hand over with documentation and transfer workshops as required
• Optional 24 x 7 service Desk
• Fordway management available through the Microsoft CSP
• Environment and security designs by MS certified Azure architects
• Can also provide 24/7/365 security management following review

£300.00 to £975.00 a person a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

  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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

347217319927708

Contact

Richard Blanford
01483 528200
tenders@fordway.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: 1) Business requirements analysis; 2) Existing infrastructure/services review and mapping for Azure environment design and migration planning; 3) High level and low level solution designs; 4) Security architecture and design; 5) Migration planning for existing service transition to Azure
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • MS Azure IaaS
  • MS Azure PaaS
  • MS Azure AD/AD Premium
  • MS Azure Functions
  • MS Azure Monitor
  • MS Azure Site Recovery
  • MS Azure Sentinel
  • MS Log Analytics

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Ad-hoc, classroom based or online training as appropriate defined by client requirements
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with: MS Azure Services

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Assisted or fully managed migration services provided - scoped and priced against client requirements
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services: MS Azure services

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: QA and testing agreed as part of service migration and service operation scope.

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:
  • 24 x 7 Security Monitoring and Event Analysis
  • PSNA approved security hosting and design
  • List N (Nuclear) Certified organisation and facilities
  • Security incident response, containment and remediation
  • Virtual CISO service
  • Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance
  • Microsoft Azure Security and Compliance
  • AWS Security Centre management
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • 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: All Fordway G-Cloud services;; Amazon Web Services;; MS Office 365/Intune;; MS Azure.

Service scope

• Service constraints: UK Service

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Priority 1 incident 24 x 7, 15 minute response. ; Priority 2 incident 24 x 7, 1 hour response Priority 3 incident 12 x 5, 4 hour response.
• 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: No
• Support levels: 4 support levels dependent on incident priority.; Technical account management available, scope and cost dependent on client requirements.

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: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: ISOQAR
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 14/03/2022 (recertification) original certification March 2008
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: ISO27001/27017/27018 Scope of certification available on request
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • List N (Nuclear Industry)
  • PSN Code of Connection and Complaince
  • PAS555
  • NHS IGSoC
  • ISO27017
  • ISO27018
  • GCloud Assured

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  Using Cloud offers considerable efficiency and consumption savings compared to running in house, on premises and hosted environments

Pricing

• Price: £300.00 to £975.00 a person a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.