Epimorphics Ltd

Epimorphics Data Architecture & Strategy

Data and information architecture strategy, design and delivery using cloud / hybrid cloud approaches. Can complement our data platform services. Data discovery and analysis. Structured and unstructured data. Conceptual, logical & physical modelling of data systems. Data visualisation. Data transformation approach design and delivery using the latest data technologies.

Features

• Create, develop or refresh data strategy, leveraging cloud technologies
• Develop data transformation vision, charter, visualisation, roadmap and plans
• Data discovery and visualisation, user experience and design
• Information and Data Architecture strategy development and review
• Data, ontology, vocabulary, reference data and standard design and modelling
• Data management, maturity and data capabilities assessment
• Data flow and data pipeline analysis
• Data Architecture and Technology appraisal
• Data discovery and analysis
• Data architecture, governance and compliance, data engineering and integration

Benefits

• Collaborative approach, working with users and stakeholders
• Maximise your internal enterprise data architecture
• Alignment with Government ICT, departmental and organisational strategy
• Proven repeatable architecture patterns/solutions (Cloud) experience
• Experience in rapid design/deployment of Private/Public/Community/Hybrid Cloud
• Develop strategies aligned with the vision, and organisational context
• Focus on increased Return on Investment and reducing IT risk/overspend
• Ensure your data complies with the FAIR principles
• Independent assessment of progress/risks/issues and improves control

£550 to £1,500 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 gcloud@epimorphics.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

596397712399968

Contact

Alex Coley
0127 5399069
gcloud@epimorphics.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We can help you: scope out a project - identify suitable datasets for publication and produce a complete project plan; model your data, selecting existing ontologies to use whenever appropriate and developing new ontologies if needed; design suitable URIsets, and data cubes complying with international and UK Government best practice; identify reference data that can provide a point of connection between multiple datasets; help you to design your data to meet user needs; transform your data into graph data using these models and URIsets; build data flows for ingesting, mapping and integrating data; review data architectures and make recommendations; design and configure data APIs that support internal and external users and applications. With this we provide data design or information / data architecture review and support that helps you make your data valuable, usable, useful and interoperable. All a key part of meeting your data strategy and organisational goals, supporting you in making best use of your data assets and becoming a data-driven organisation.
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Epimorphics Data Integration & Publishing Platform
  • Epimorphics Linked Data Publishing Platform
  • Epimorphics Reference Data Management Platform (Registry)
  • Other Linked Data, Semantic Web and Graph data solutions

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Epimorphics offers a range of specific training courses to support people and organisations wishing to design, publish or use their data on the web as linked data - see our training service offerings. These courses, combined with our mentoring and expertise, can also help build skills in good data design, common practices, developing data strategies, designing reference data, using and defining identifiers and using data architecture for strategic improvement and standards.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: No

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: We provide additional support options for users of our Platforms. See Service Definition documents for full details.

Service scope

• Service constraints: No

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Dependent upon specific implementation. Generally within 4 hours during support hours (08:30-17:00, Monday to Friday, excluding UK public holidays). See Service Definition documents for full details.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Customers can use this service to provide additional support days for our Data Integration and Publishing Platform or other platforms. Support levels are agreed during the set-up of the services and costed using our SFIA rate card.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: No
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  - We regularly assess our full carbon footprint, to quantify, as far as possible, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the operations of Epimorphics, the services that we use and the services that we run for others.; ; - We have assessed and been audited for our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, reducing where possible and offsetting where not.; ; - Our company values promote support for the environment in all aspects of our work. We evaluate contracts we accept to see if a successful outcome to the contract will have a beneficial effect on our environment.; ; - We operate as a Carbon Neutral plus organisation, and publish our footprint details as part of our sustainability statement here: https://www.epimorphics.com/sustainability-summary-statement/
• Covid-19 recovery:

  Covid-19 recovery

  - Connecting and using data in new innovative ways, and providing it to others for re-use via the web, encourages delivery of remote, modern digital services and new ways of working.; ; - Information Technology is a high-growth industry. We are based in the South West of England and an alumnus of the business incubator and enterprise partnership SetSquared. As a growing SME we look to provide flexible opportunities directly to our staff and indirectly through the data services we provide via GCloud.; ; - We operate a flexible working approach, designed to be able to adapt to changing needs. Our workforce can operate remotely to maintain social distancing and avoid unsustainable travel solutions. In reopening our workplace we have implemented government guidelines to ensure the safety of our team and customers.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  - Information Technology is a high-growth industry. We are based in the South West of England and an alumnus of the business incubator and enterprise partnership SetSquared. As a growing SME we look to provide flexible opportunities directly to our staff and indirectly through the the data services we provide via GCloud.; ; - We have regularly run a paid summer internship programme with a number of practical, technical internship projects. These have been successfully completed by 15 students and re-trainees since 2016, supporting their career development. Some have taken up employment at Epimorphics after they have finished their studies. ; ; - We work with local universities to explore student projects, and have supported the University of Bristol in running a Computer Science Student project working with visualisation software on public sector data.; ; - We are 100% employee owned SME adding to the diversity of the supply chain. We are a Tech Talent Charter Signatory - a commitment to work together in the industry to increase the inclusion and diversity of the tech workforce in the UK in a measurable way. We are committed to achieving greater inclusion and diversity in our team, providing equal opportunity for all.; ; - We work in an innovative, disruptive, evolving sector. We have a strong R&D investment and are growing our technology product base as we scale-up and evolve.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  - We are 100% employee owned SME adding to the diversity of the supply chain. We are a Tech Talent Charter Signatory - a commitment to work together in the industry to increase the inclusion and diversity of the tech workforce in the UK in a measurable way. We are committed to achieving greater inclusion and diversity in our team, providing equal opportunity for all. ; ; - As a growing SME, we have recruitment practices that work with others to support our inclusion commitments. The original motivation for our flexible working policy was to ensure that we provided equal opportunities for disabled people, and we continue to ensure that there are no barriers to hiring disabled people.; ; - We work with local branches of groups support IT education for people from different backgrounds e.g. Rails Girls, a charity helping girls learn IT skills.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  - We improve health and wellbeing in our workforce as part of being a people centred organisation. We are 100% employee owned and so our people are core to who we are.; ; - We have always provided a flexible working environment, allowing our employees to work from home or in co-working environments as well as from our offices. When Covid meant that working from home full-time was necessary we invested in ensuring that all our employees had a suitable working environment, and continue to monitor this.; ; - We look to maximise our social impact in working with others, this includes the projects we do but also the suppliers that we use. For example, we consider local businesses and other SMEs as a priority in our procurement practices.; ; - We improve community integration by collaborating with digital service users in user experience design and testing.; ; - A portion of our profits from this and other contracts are used to support our local community, for example in donating to local schools to enable them to procure IT equipment.

Pricing

• Price: £550 to £1,500 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 gcloud@epimorphics.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.