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COBALT COMPUTING SERVICES LIMITED

Performance and Technical Test Engineering

We provide complete end to end performance and technical test engineering services for cloud, hybrid cloud or on-premise systems. We troubleshoot system performance issues and assure operational readiness by identifying and reducing near term and future facing risks.

Features

  • Non-functional test strategy and design
  • Requirements discovery and analysis
  • Risk assessment and prioritisation
  • Framework design and implementation
  • Workload modelling and simulation
  • System tuning and root cause analysis
  • Performance analysis and capacity planning
  • System health review and stabilisation
  • Continuous testing and SDLC integration
  • Post implementation support and monitoring

Benefits

  • Increase confidence in operational readiness
  • Understand system limits and behaviour
  • Increase system stability and uptime
  • Improve user experience and increase efficiency
  • Reduce operating cost
  • Evaluate technology and architectural choices
  • Identify and mitigate future facing problems
  • Identify non-functional and general technical issues
  • Linux system analysis and JVM tuning expertise
  • Government systems and technology experience

Pricing

£550 to £785 a unit a day

  • Education pricing available

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 john.spooner@cobaltcomputing.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

7 1 3 4 3 2 0 2 7 1 3 5 8 0 2

Contact

COBALT COMPUTING SERVICES LIMITED John Spooner
Telephone: +447745892771
Email: john.spooner@cobaltcomputing.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
We help plan and design performance test engineering for cloud migration projects. Our service involves a comprehensive review of the target application environment, test engineering scope and workload requirements to identify options and recommended designs for hosting, containerisation, storage, networking, resilience, automation and observability.
Planning service works with specific services
No

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Training can be provided on tools and frameworks developed by Cobalt Computing Services as well as general performance testing techniques. Training can be delivered on-site, remote or through documentation.
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
Tools and frameworks developed by Cobalt Computing Services

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Our service offers design, deployment and configuration of software defined infrastructure for repeatable and cost effective testing. We work with project teams to implement into deployment pipelines and development methods.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • AWS
  • Azure

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
We are a technical consultancy specialising in performance testing. We can provide expert advice on specific aspects or complete end to end services. Our approach covers:
PLANNING: We work with the team to develop an approach tailored to the type of project and preferred way of working. Identifying and agreeing scope, requirements, approach, volumetrics, environments, data, tools and monitoring.
PREPARATION: Tests are designed based on system architecture, workload requirements and delivery approach. Targeting specific aspects to identify problems and validate operational requirements. Test tools (e.g. Jmeter/gatling/k6/loadrunner/neoload/wiremock) and observability frameworks (e.g. Grafana/elasticsearch/influx/ Prometheus) are installed and configured as required. EXECUTION: Execution is sequenced and automated, with fault finding cycles carried out to diagnose problems. We use a number of different observational, experimental and statistical methods to analyse and identify issues. Combining metrics, logs and trace data for each architectural layer alongside test tool throughput and response time data.
REPORTING: Comprehensive reporting at the end of testing or testing phases provides a summary of results, test status and residual risks.
We have experience of government platforms (e.g. Rosa), core technology infrastructure and cloud providers such as AWS and Azure. We also run other non-functional testing (NFT) services (e.g. resilience, DR).

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
Technical support for software and frameworks developed by Cobalt Computing Services.

Service scope

Service constraints
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Within 2 hours Monday to Friday, and 4 hours at the weekend.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), 7 days a week
Web chat support
No
Support levels
We work hard to provide full support to respond as quickly as possible. Our customer support channel is monitored by the lead consultant assigned to the project.

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
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

Social Value

Social Value

Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Cobalt Computing Services offer equal opportunities to all employees and partners. We do not discriminate against anyone based on their race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

Pricing

Price
£550 to £785 a unit a day
Discount for educational organisations
Yes

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 john.spooner@cobaltcomputing.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.