CGI

VMware Migration Strategy

Understanding the impact of Broadcom/VMware's licensing changes is critical. CGI's VMware Migration Strategy offering provides a full review of your VMware environment. Whether assessing options for migration to alternative vendor products, with an associated risk assessment and business-case, or maximising latest VMware suite-based licensing, CGI's approach ensures a successful outcome.

Features

• Assessment and optimisation across all VMware product usage.
• Assessing vSphere, vSAN, Aria, NSX, vRealize, Cloud-Director, Cloud Foundation
• Highly skilled Advisory experts in VMware products and alternative solutions
• Platform health-check to assess potential risks before adjusting strategy.
• Production of business case for change or optimised licensing.
• Delivery of full migration project.
• Post-migration support options as needed.
• Flexible resourcing models; outcome-based projects to staff augmentation.
• Security Cleared (SC) VMware and cloud experts available.

Benefits

• Measurable value-based business cases for your VMware or cloud landscape.
• Quantify risk and cost impact of VMware/Broadcom licensing changes.
• Mitigate increased licensing costs, reduce total cost of ownership.
• Maximise value from your VMware investment and licensing.
• Mitigate licensing cost risks through rapid migration to VMware alternatives.
• Rapid adoption of new VMware features where appropriate.
• Safe, secure and responsible migration from old to new products.
• Deliver to business outcomes and technology outcomes.
• Leverage best-in-class technical skills and support services
• Leverage security-cleared personnel to safely migrate sensitive environments.

£510 to £1,300 a unit a day

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 uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

367802152839587

Contact

CCS Frameworks Team
08450707765
uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: After an initial scoping session to discuss your specific requirements, we will present a proposal to adjust your VMware strategy and implement the changes for you if required. ; ; We will answer the following questions for you:; ; What does your existing VMware estate look like?; What are the specific cost and technical implications for VMware licensing model changes?; Should you retain or reduce your VMware product exposure in future?; Where your VMware products are "End of Availability" or there's a good case to change, what VMware suites or alternative vendor products would be a good match?; What will it cost to change?; How long will it take to migrate?; Should I move to public cloud instead?
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • VMware's whole product suite
  • Source: vSphere, vSAN, Aria, NSX, vRealize, Cloud-Director, Cloud-Foundation, Horizon
  • Targets include: VMware on AWS, Azure VMware Solution
  • Targets include: Google Cloud VMware Engine, other hosting platforms
  • Targets include: Oracle Cloud VMWare Solution
  • Targets include: Nutanix AHV, Citrix, RedHat, Oracle VM
  • Targets include: Cisco ACI, Juniper Contrail
  • Targets include: Citrix, WVD, Amazon Workspaces
  • Targets include: NetApp ONTAP, Dell VxRail

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: CGI can provide upskilling in technologies new to a client or simply hand over services as part of the migration project.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: CGI’s VMware migration strategy offering helps clients understand their VMware investment and either secure an optimised licensing position and suite adoption strategy, or migrate to alternative products. ; Once the as-is landscape has been assessed and migration options considered, the approach and estimated costs are captured into a business case for change. Once approved, a prioritised migration plan is developed, comprising waves of services, products or components as required to suit the specific VMware products being migrated.; During and post-migration, post-transition support is offered to ensure workloads and services are migrated successfully and performing as expected
• 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: VMware's product suite is vast and the different elements (e.g. hypervisor, storage, cloud management) will require tailored quality assurance and performance testing plans in each case. Where required after the assessment phase, we build in quality assurance and performance testing to the migration plan, ensuring sufficient checkpoints for clients to feel comfortable any migration is moving forward as planned.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type: Other
• Other security services: Secure-by-design is a cornerstone of our solutions and practices.

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: As part of our VMware migration strategy we can provide post-migration support options. Whether you stay with VMware, move to an alternative on-premise/hosted solution, to a public-cloud solution, or indeed any hybrid combination of the above, we can take on support of your environment post-migration. If required, we will advise on how best we can support you during this engagement. For more details, please see our other Cloud Managed services offerings.

Service scope

• Service constraints: No constraints. CGI can support clients on-site or remotely, and across a range of security classifications including Above Secret with suitably cleared professionals.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Support levels for post-migration support are agreed on a case-by-case basis to ensure dovetailing with any existing operational support services provided by the client or their partners.

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: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Intertek Certification Limited
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 28/03/2024
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Nothing. Our certification covers the provision of outsourcing, project and consultancy services including development and delivery activities plus the management of people, technologies and physical security.
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  As a member of the Government Digital Sustainability Alliance, CGI leads others to protect and improve the health of our planet.; CGI in the UK has committed to achieve net zero by 2026, based on Science Based Targets (SBTs), achieving an 84% reduction in emissions across our operations from our 2019 baseline. We will use our Carbon Impact Tool to identify and track contracting body contract associated emissions, building these into our net zero plans to reduce any negative environmental impacts of contracts.; We have extended our climate change commitment into our supply chain such that 50% of our suppliers, by spend, will have set their own SBTs to reduce their climate impact by 2026. This will apply to suppliers we engage to support the delivery of call-off contracts. We are supporting suppliers through quarterly net zero knowledge sharing webinars. So far 23% of our suppliers, by spend, have set SBTs.; Our environmental engagement programme 'No Planet B' influences CGI members, clients, suppliers and communities to support environmental protection and improvement. We achieve this through activities such as litter picking and our tree and hedge planting programme where, together with clients and suppliers we have planted 19,500+ UK native trees. Our members partner with clients and suppliers on tree-planting days. We will invite contracting bodies and their ecosystem partners to participate in such activities, connecting them with the environment and increasing protection and enhancement awareness.; CGI's UN-supported research programme, Sustainability Exploration Environmental Data Science (SEEDS), brings organisations, academics and experts together to collaboratively devise/deliver environmental solutions. SEEDS is accelerating efforts to address climate change by researching climate mitigation solutions and waste reduction.; We will continue our partnerships with charities and Social Enterprises, including Canal and River Trust to mobilise action on environmental protection objectives through collaborating with local communities.

Pricing

• Price: £510 to £1,300 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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 uk.gen.ccsframeworks@cgi.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.