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SCC Nimble - Containerisation

Our Containerisation service involves encapsulating applications and their dependencies into lightweight, portable containers. Leveraging technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, it enables seamless deployment, scaling, and management of applications, improving efficiency, flexibility, and consistency across diverse cloud environments while optimizing resource utilization and enhancing scalability.

Features

  • Portability: Run containers consistently across different cloud environments and platforms.
  • Scalability: Easily scale containers to meet changing workload demands.
  • Resource Efficiency: Optimize resource utilization with lightweight containerized deployments.
  • Isolation: Ensure application isolation and security through containerization boundaries.
  • Orchestration: Automate container management and scaling with Kubernetes/similar tools.
  • Microservices Architecture: Adoption of microservices architecture for modular/scalable applications
  • Continuous-Integration/Deployment: Seamless integration/deployment pipelines for containerized apps
  • Version Control: Manage application versions and dependencies efficiently within containers.
  • Monitoring: Monitor container health and performance metrics for proactive management.
  • Cost-Optimization: Through efficient resource allocation/management of containerized workloads.

Benefits

  • Consistency: Ensure consistent application behaviour across different cloud environments.
  • Flexibility: Easily move and deploy applications across cloud platforms/environments.
  • Scalability: Scale applications quickly and efficiently to meet changing demands.
  • Resource Efficiency: Optimize resource utilization with lightweight containerized deployments.
  • Isolation: Enhance security by isolating applications and dependencies within containers.
  • Portability:Achieve vendor lock-in-avoidance & platform independence with containerized applications
  • DevOps Integration: Seamlessly integrate containers into CI/CD for automated deployment/testing.
  • Microservices Architecture:Facilitate the adoption of microservices for improved agility/scalability
  • Dependency Management: Simplify dependency management and version control within containers.
  • Savings: Reduce costs through efficient resource-allocation/utilization in containerized environment

Pricing

£895.00 a unit a day

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

6 8 9 0 8 3 5 9 9 0 3 9 5 4 8

Contact

Specialist Computer Centres plc Warren Strain
Telephone: 01217667000
Email: frameworksales@scc.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
We help buyers plan the implementation of cloud containerization by:

Assessment: Understanding their current infrastructure, application architecture, and business objectives.
Requirement Analysis: Identifying specific use cases and requirements for containerization, such as scalability, portability, or microservices architecture.
Strategy Development: Collaborating to develop a containerization strategy aligned with their goals and technical capabilities.
Tool Selection: Recommending containerization tools and platforms suitable for their environment and requirements, such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Architecture Design: Designing container-based architectures optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Environment Setup: Assisting in setting up container orchestration platforms and cloud infrastructure tailored to their needs.
Migration Planning: Developing migration plans for existing applications or services to containerized environments, considering factors like compatibility and dependencies.
Security Considerations: Addressing security concerns and implementing best practices for container security, such as image scanning and access control.
Training and Support: Providing training and resources to educate staff on containerization concepts, tools, and best practices.
Monitoring and Optimization: Establishing monitoring and optimization processes to ensure efficient resource utilization and ongoing improvement of containerized environments.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • AWS
  • Azure

Training

Training service provided
No

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
No

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
We assist buyers in conducting quality assurance (QA) and performance testing for cloud containerization by:

Requirement Analysis: Understanding their testing objectives, performance metrics, and application architecture.
Tool Selection: Recommending QA and performance testing tools compatible with containerized environments, such as container orchestration platforms or load testing frameworks.
Environment Setup: Helping set up containerized testing environments resembling production configurations for accurate testing.
QA Testing: Conducting comprehensive QA testing to ensure functionality, reliability, and compatibility of containerized applications across different environments.
Performance Testing: Performing load, stress, spike, and scalability testing to evaluate application performance and resource utilization in containerized environments.
Security Testing: Incorporating security testing to identify vulnerabilities and ensure secure container deployments.
Automation: Implementing automated testing processes to increase efficiency and reliability of tests, leveraging container orchestration tools for testing automation.
Monitoring and Analysis: Setting up monitoring tools to track performance metrics and analyze test results, identifying performance bottlenecks and areas for optimization.
Optimization Recommendations: Providing recommendations for optimizing containerized applications based on performance test results and monitoring data.
Documentation and Reporting: Documenting test plans, results, and recommendations for stakeholders' review and decision-making, ensuring transparency and accountability in the testing process.

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Support for this service would escalated via the Account Manager. They will then address an issue through to resolution.

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
LRQA (Lloyds Registrar)
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
06/07/2023
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A - Our certification covers all locations and services provided by SCC.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
Barclaycard Data Security Manager
PCI DSS accreditation date
27/06/2023
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
N/A
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • ISO 22301 - Business Continuity
  • CAS (S) - Sanitisation of classified material

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

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

Fighting climate change

Sustainability is central to SCC’s operations and embedded into our business. Our defined carbon reduction targets are externally reported in our Carbon Reduction plan via the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Covid-19 recovery

SCC’s products, services and solutions can help facilitate and implement new ways of working for our customers. Through our propositions, additional health, wellbeing and agile working benefits can be achieved.

Tackling economic inequality

SCC provides employment and training opportunities, are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant. Working with our supply chain we promote collaboration and diversity.

Equal opportunity

SCC is an inclusive employer with various initiatives to support, engage and develop our employees. We promote supply chain diversity and have mechanisms in place to manage modern slavery risks.

Wellbeing

SCC has a range of health and wellbeing activities available for our employees to access. Our volunteering programme and charity partnerships help facilitate and deliver a range of community benefits.

Pricing

Price
£895.00 a unit a day
Discount for educational organisations
No

Service documents

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 frameworksales@scc.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.