Shapecast Ltd

Digital Architecture Support Service

Digital Architecture service is designed to be complimentary to both our CloudCompare and StrategyWorks platforms but can also be used in isolation.

The architecture service provides all stages of architectural change including both IT and business architectural change to support cloud and systems modernisation.

Features

• Automated discovery of existing infrastructure and digital platform
• Load of discovered information in to CloudCompare
• Cost benefits modelling of the move to different cloud providers
• Planning of how to migrate systems to chosen cloud providers
• Architectural systems planning
• Solutions architecture and design
• Data Architecture and design
• Governance and oversight
• Managed architectural capability
• Roadmap design

Benefits

• Rapid understanding of complete IT systems
• Rapid understanding of the costs of migrating to cloud providers
• Greatly reduced times to migrate to cloud
• Cost reduction to select the cheapest public cloud provider
• Reduced risk to understand the best fit cloud provider
• Reduced time to modernise IT systems
• Faster access to high quality architecture capability
• Higher quality architecture designs and plans

£670 a person 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 hello@shapecast.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

392340776762692

Contact

Will Barnett
020 3745 5211
hello@shapecast.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We help customers plan the best cost models to migrate to the cloud. We help plan which systems should be migrated and run through the process of capturing accurate information about existing systems. ; ; Once systems have been captured and run through CloudCompare, we help customers plan further costs required based on their specific requirements. ; ; Finally, we help customers plan how best to migrate using CloudCompare analytics. This includes either direct shift of services or architectural support to plan how to simplify systems prior to or following migration
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google
  • Microsoft Azure

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We provide training for BMC Discovery, BMC Atrium (Configuration Management Database), Helix TrueSight Cloud Operations and CloudCompare (our own multi-cloud cost comparison) tool
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • BMC Discovery
  • CloudCompare
  • BMC Truesight Cloud Operations

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Our services helps buyers to ; 1) Understand in detail what they already have and what is ready to move to the cloud; 2) What the detailed costs will be of moving to different cloud providers (CloudCompare provides real-time cost analysis of moving existing services to different providers); 3) We help buyers plan which groups of services need to move to chosen providers; 4) We help buyers to simplify their IT systems in preparation for migration to cloud; 5) We oversee and provide best-practice for migration projects; 6) We help buyers to set up monitoring and management services once services have migrated to the cloud.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Hosting or software provided by your organisation
• How the support service works: Support for any services such as CloudCompare deployed during the delivery of services are provided directly. Where Cloud Services are used beyond the service engagement, support is provided in line with our cloud software descriptions

Service scope

• Service constraints: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Within business day. ; Support is provided on a best-endeavours basis at weekends as standard. Separate commercial arrangements available for weekend support if required.
• 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: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: We provide ongoing support for our services which are delivered by the services team providing the services.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: BMC

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• 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: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  This change planning service is designed to identify ways that digital systems can be transformed and improved. It identifies new areas of technical change that can be introduced to the organisation. Many of these improvement will see a shift from high carbon assets (e.g. legacy and/or high power consumption systems) so lower carbon assets where the usage of carbon can be more easily monitored and maintained (e.g. cloud vendors who have an active commitment to net zero).
• Covid-19 recovery:

  Covid-19 recovery

  This change planning service is designed to identify ways that digital systems can be transformed and improved. It identifies new areas of technical change that can be introduced to the organisation. ; ; These new areas of change will provide the opportunity for new job types, new role families and can be implemented in areas where employment has suffered through Covid-19. ; ; As such, this service will support the recovery of jobs and employment is areas worst hit by Covid-19.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  This change planning service is designed to identify ways that digital systems can be transformed and improved. It identifies new areas of technical change that can be introduced to the organisation. ; ; These new areas of change will provide the opportunity for new job types, new role families and can be implemented in areas where employment has suffered through Covid-19. ; ; Many of these roles will be primarily served through digital means and can be provided by teams and staff in areas of lower economic wealth or employment. As such, this service opens up the ability to create equitable growth across the country.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  This change planning service is designed to identify ways that digital systems can be transformed and improved. It identifies new areas of technical change that can be introduced to the organisation. ; ; These new areas of change will provide the opportunity for new job types, new role families and can be implemented in areas where employment has suffered through Covid-19. ; ; All of these growth areas and services can be provided through digital means and are open to staff members with disability or disadvantaged backgrounds which creates a level playing field of opportunity for all staff.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  n/a

Pricing

• Price: £670 a person 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 hello@shapecast.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.