Flat Rock Technology
Lift & Shift
Flat Rock Technology 'Lift & Shift' service covers the as-is migration of the client's applications and associated data from the existing environments to the cloud. Each application is migrated with no/minimal changes to code and, depending on context, with no significant changes to architecture, data flow, or authentication mechanisms.
Features
- Expert assessment and discovery of client's current environment.
- Replication of VMs or physical servers to the cloud.
- Configuration of the environment.
- Test and migration of applications.
- Data transfer.
- Migration of client database.
- Ensuring and managing compliance.
- Initial setup of back-up for virtual machines.
- Initial setup of monitoring - tracking of utilization.
Benefits
- Time efficiencies due to no changes to applications code.
- Reduced risk due to no application-level code changes demanded.
- Reduced complexity - mere rehosting to cloud.
- Recognized partner: ISO27001, ISO9001, Microsoft, AWS, GCloud certified.
- Efficiencies for apps architected to use Azure IaaS scalability.
- Reduced initial cost compared to refactoring, reachitecting and rebuilding.
Pricing
£120 a unit an hour
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
3 4 9 4 0 3 6 1 6 0 6 4 7 9 9
Contact
Flat Rock Technology
Ran Berger
Telephone: 07980854961
Email: ran@flatrocktech.com
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
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As part of the 'Lift and Shift' service, Flat Rock Technology conducts a detailed analysis of the existing solution and creates a cloud migration plan. It comprises:
• establishing cloud migration priorities and objectives
• insights gathered from automated cloud migration tools
• environment assessment on best solution aligned to Client's applications, people, and locations
• initial migration of loosely coupled applications with few dependencies.
• stakeholders involvement The migration plan is visible through:
• Initial resource plan
• High-level project timeline/plan - Planning service works with specific services
- Yes
- Hosting or software services the planning service works with
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- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- GCloud
Training
- Training service provided
- Yes
- How the training service works
- Flat Rock Technology can provide training on Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCloud usage - administrator training and knowledge transfer in line with the cloud solution delivery. Additionally, clients can get support with user adoption activities.
- Training is tied to specific services
- Yes
- Services the training service works with
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- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- GCloud
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
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The planning and migration service by Flat Rock Technology facilitates cloud and cloud-to-cloud migration depending on the client scenario.
1) For companies considering cloud migration & not sure how to evaluate on-premise vs cloud hosting solutions, Flat Rock Technology service offers consultancy for the cloud specifics starting from a high-level overview with the potential of going deep into specific details in various more advanced areas – technologies, deployment practices, monitoring, billing, etc.
2) For companies using cloud solutions for several months or years, Flat Rock Technology service we can offer evaluation of their current infrastructure, networks, VMs, resources, and cost for optimization purposes. Comparison between "as-is" and offered alternatives supports clients' cloud-to-cloud decision-making and clears out trade-offs. - Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- Yes
- List of supported services
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- Microsoft Azure
- AWS
- GCloud
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- Yes
- How the quality assurance and performance testing works
-
Flat Rock Technology can setup DevOps service for their clients:
1) DevOps portal (connection with Azure Portal) Organizations setup, Projects setup;
2) CI/CD - Azure Pipelines setup;
DevOps service relate to automating the process of continuous delivery and continuous deployment and additionally benefits process optimization and quality assurance.
Furthermore, as a bespoke software vendor, Flat Rock Technology has an established testing process integrated with the development process. Every feature is tested before it goes to pre-production or production environments. The QA team creates test suites consisting of test cases that cover the most critical parts of the system. The use of a specialized test management tool ensures that the test cases are available for the whole team and could be maintained throughout the project, and allows the team to be agile enough when the requirements change.
We do provide performance testing including load and stress testing using cloud based tools such as Azure DevOps or industry standard tools like Apache JMeter.
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Cyber security consultancy
- Security testing
- Security incident management
- Certified security testers
- No
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- Yes
- Types of service supported
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- 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
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Flat Rock Technology is flexible in its support offering and can adjust it to the specifics of the client's case.
General IT support services cover:
* Provision and manage Virtual Machines;
* Implement an Network Infrastructure - Virtual Networks;
* Manage Active Directory - Identity;
* Implement and manage Storage;
* Deploy and manage App Service;
* Provision, configure, and manage SQL Database;
* Secure and manage Compliance of Resources;
* Automate Workloads;
* Migrate IaaS Workloads;
* Cloud monitoring and Alerts - Azure Monitor (Application Insights, Log Analytics), Azure Advisor, Service Health, Activity Log;
* Manage Azure Office 365;
Service scope
- Service constraints
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No general service constraints.
Consultancy and support is generally remote but on-site support is negotiable upon agreed price. Weekends and out of hours support are also subject to communication and both-sided agreement.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support response times
- Depends on the severity of the question. During working week office hours (UTC +2) it is about 1 hour. The absolute maximum would be up to 1 business day for lower priority cases. Weekends' and out of office hours support is negotiable upon a tailored price, adjusted to the client case specifics.
- User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- Yes
- Online ticketing support accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
- Flat Rock Technology SLA levels conform with Azure SLA: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services?lang=1 ; AWS SLA: https://aws.amazon.com/legal/service-level-agreements/?aws-sla-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.serviceNameLower&aws-sla-cards.sort-order=asc&awsf.tech-category-filter=*all ; GCloud: https://cloud.google.com/terms/sla Support levels can be client specific and negotiable. General costs are described in the pricing document and specifics are provided per client case. Flat Rock Technology provides technical account manager/cloud support engineers.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Reseller providing extra features and support
- Organisation whose services are being resold
- Microsoft, Amazon, Google
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- Bureau Veritas
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 06/2018
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- The whole ISO 27001 scope is covered with no exceptions.
- 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
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Social Value
- Fighting climate change
- Covid-19 recovery
Fighting climate change
Our cloud services at Flat Rock Technology are optimized for energy efficiency, reducing the carbon footprint associated with traditional on-premises data centers. By utilizing our services, public sector organizations can significantly lower their energy consumption and CO2 output, contributing to the global effort to combat climate change. Flat Rock Technology leads the charge in combating climate change, achieving carbon-neutral certification for three consecutive years. Through proactive measures and emissions offsetting since 2020, we've minimized our carbon footprint. Recognized by Carbon Neutral Ltd., our commitment underscores our dedication to a sustainable future.Covid-19 recovery
Our cloud services play a crucial role in supporting organizations' response to the pandemic and facilitating recovery efforts. We create employment and re-training opportunities, particularly in high-growth sectors, helping individuals and communities affected by COVID-19 to transition back to work. Additionally, our services support the physical and mental health of those affected by the pandemic by enabling remote work and effective social distancing measures.
Pricing
- Price
- £120 a unit an hour
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Service documents
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