ARRIBATEC UK LTD

Arribatec Advanced Public Cloud (APC) - Azure Operations

Team of experts consisting of developers, operators & consultants​.
Single Point of Contact (SPOC)​ with 24/7 support.
Comprehensive security & compliance services​
Best practices​: Regular update policies, backup strategies.
Monitoring practices to ensure optimal performance.
Security, and compliance.
Based on Microsoft CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework)​.
Cost optimisation​.
Automations​.

Features

• Access to a dedicated team of experts
• ISO27001 certified
• Work together with customers for a DevOps regime
• 24/7 Single Point of Contact (SPOC)
• Infrastructure as Code
• Dedicated workload zones with pre-configured security & compliance policies
• Observability as Code as the fundament for our monitoring solutions
• All Azure features available
• Periodical strategic, tactical and operational meetings
• Fixed price for end-to-end management of Azure workloads

Benefits

• Reliable, consistent service experience with streamlined support
• Availability in line with Microsoft Azure uptime
• Robust security & compliance services
• Focus on cost optimalisation
• Leverage the power of automation
• Improved business continuity and reduced risk of data loss
• Expert support for optimal performance and issue resolution
• Automatic SLA reports
• Collaboration for efficient, customer-satisfied DevOps deployment
• Take advantage of best practices from Microsoft Cloud Adaption Framework

£3,000 to £50,000 a unit a month

• 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 info.uk@arribatec.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

501526000617022

Contact

Allan Burrows
0333 444 1005
info.uk@arribatec.com

Service scope

• Service constraints: The service is constrained by Microsoft SLA for Azure.
• System requirements: Workloads must be compatible with Azure services

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Up to a maximum of four hours
• 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
• Onsite support: No
• Support levels: All our cloud hosting solutions come with full managed service support. The support levels are calculated based on the size of the system and its complexity, but there are gradual increases depending on the number of users, complexity, etc. as might be expected. All contracts include Technical Project Management, Account Management & Cloud Support as standard.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Transition to Cloud Hosting is supported by our Cloud Transition Support Service set out under G Cloud-14 Cloud Support services. This service includes (a) planning for the transition to cloud; (b) verification of your new cloud solution; (c) migration of data and (d) migration of your users. Please refer to this Service for more information but in brief, a detailed System Migration Strategy document is provided. This details all the resources available to users, the URLs and how to access and use them. It also includes training for in-house IT teams to support users (which is delivered via distance training; telephone or online tools).; You can contact us - www.arribatec.com/say-hello/
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: All data is in the customer's tenant and are fully accesable to the customer so there is no need to extract data when the contract ends.
• End-of-contract process: At end-of-contract, management of the Microsoft tenant is transfered to new service provider.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: No
• API: No
• Command line interface: No

Scaling

• Scaling available: Yes
• Scaling type:
  • Automatic
  • Manual
• Independence of resources: Not applicable as Microsoft is responsible for the underlying infrastructure.
• Usage notifications: Yes
• Usage reporting:
  • Email
  • SMS

Analytics

• Infrastructure or application metrics: Yes
• Metrics types:
  • CPU
  • Disk
  • HTTP request and response status
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Number of active instances
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports

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: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest: Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: No
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service

Backup and recovery

• Backup and recovery: Yes
• What’s backed up:
  • All services covered by Azure backup
  • Options for private cloud backup available
• Backup controls: Reporting
• Datacentre setup:
  • Multiple datacentres with disaster recovery
  • Multiple datacentres
  • Single datacentre with multiple copies
  • Single datacentre
• Scheduling backups: Supplier controls the whole backup schedule
• Backup recovery: Users contact the support team

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • Private network or public sector network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: In accordance with Microsoft SLA
• Approach to resilience: Yes it could be provided
• Outage reporting: A public dashboard and/or email alerts

Identity and authentication

• User authentication: 2-factor authentication
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Microsoft solutiuon
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: 2-factor authentication
• Devices users manage the service through: Directly from any device which may also be used for normal business (for example web browsing or viewing external email)

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: You control when users can access audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Nemko
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 01.02.2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: None
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: Yes
• CSA STAR accreditation date: 17/11/2023
• CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
• What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: None
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: ITIL

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: ISO27001

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Microsoft
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Microsoft
• Protective monitoring type: Undisclosed
• Protective monitoring approach: Microsoft
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Microsoft

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Separation between users

• Virtualisation technology used to keep applications and users sharing the same infrastructure apart: Yes
• Who implements virtualisation: Supplier
• Virtualisation technologies used: Hyper-V
• How shared infrastructure is kept separate: Logical firewalls

Energy efficiency

• Energy-efficient datacentres: Yes
• Description of energy efficient datacentres: Microsoft

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

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

  Fighting climate change

  Arribatec has an environmental policy geared towards minimising our environmental impact. We have an Environmental Management System and are working towards a goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Progress towards this, and other ESG goals, is reported each year as part of our Annual Report. We have ensured that all our data centres have green electricity; certificates and that the suppliers are chosen based on their environmental performance. ; Our environmental policy also includes such activities as recycling material wherever possible, and an increasing effort to minimise travel. We have a goal of re-using or recycling all electronic waste by 2026 and our progress towards this is measured in our environmental management system.; We have significantly reduced our business travel over recent years, taking advantage of remote working technologies to allow us to do this. Our UK head office is notable for its many eco-friendly credentials including solar and photovoltaic panels on the roof, and ground source heat pumps to supply natural heating. We support the cycle to work scheme which is utilised by head office staff in travel to and from our head office.; ; Furthermore, he nature of our work in automating and increasing the efficiency of transaction processing, and moving processes to the cloud where possible, has a naturally beneficial environmental impact.; ; We publish an annual ESG report, which is available on request or via our website, which also contains details of our ESG commitment and our on-going ESG activities including climate change.

  Covid-19 recovery

  As a business, we weathered the Covid 19 epidemic well, and are proud that we were able to continue business without any furloughing or loss of staff. The rapid deployment of new ways of working allowed us to continue to service our customers’ needs. We instigated a number of measures around social distancing and remote working which allowed us to operate effectively during the pandemic and which will continue to allow us to operate effectively through Covid-19 recovery. We anticipate that the effectiveness of these measures will leave us well placed to create further employment opportunities in the high growth technology sector in which we operate. We also work with various service providers to offer physical and mental health support services to those who need it and regularly incorporate discussion of well-being issues in company meetings.

  Tackling economic inequality

  We are proud to have supported, and we continue to support, sub-contractors in the growth of their businesses through both financial assistance and collaborative working. This includes assistance to small business start-ups, and close collaboration with partners, to develop lower cost/higher quality solutions and boost mutual growth. Scalable and future-proofed technologies and solutions are integral to what we do.; As an operator in a high growth technology sector we have, over many years, provided, and will continue to provide, significant investment in support and training in technology to both our customers and our own staff including towards a number of recognised accreditations. Identification of skills gaps, and plans to address these, are frequent features of our work.; We hold Cyber Security accreditations which include plans for the identification and management of cyber security risks. Cyber security briefings are a regular part of information sharing sessions in the company. Parts of our business have and maintain special expertise in cyber security, and their services are offered to our customers to help them build resilience.

  Equal opportunity

  Arribatec has an Equal Opportunities Policy which states our firm belief in equality, diversity and respect for all, including those with a disability. It is our policy that all employment decisions are based on merit and the legitimate business needs of the organisation. Arribatec recognises the value of an inclusive environment in which people from differing backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to offer fresh ideas and perspectives. We monitor our workforce diversity (with 29 different nationalities currently represented in the group), and our age and gender balance, including salary ratios. We undertake succession planning, monitor and respond to employee satisfaction across a range of measures, and undertake personal development planning for all staff. Our intention is to enable all our staff to work in an environment which allows them to fulfil their potential without fear of discrimination, harassment or victimisation; We publish an annual ESG report, which is available on request, or via our website, which also contains details of our ESG commitment and our on-going ESG activities including Equal Opportunities.

  Wellbeing

  Arribatec aims to be a supportive and flexible employer and has supported staff through difficult periods in terms of both mental and physical health. We include regular presentations on the subject of mental and physical well-being in our company meetings and offer training and support in these areas. We have a range of services available to staff through our healthcare and pension providers. We run periodic team building exercises with the aim of supporting staff to support each other. ; We also engage in various community-based activities to support the communities in which we work. This includes volunteering and fundraising activities, some of which are undertaken jointly with our customers, and we have a regular programme of social events.; We publish an annual ESG report, which is available on request or via our website, which also contains details of our ESG commitment and our on-going ESG activities including on employee wellbeing.

Pricing

• Price: £3,000 to £50,000 a unit a month
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: 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 info.uk@arribatec.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.