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GCP Assessment

Fordway's GCP Assessment performs an end-to-end review of one or a number of GCP subscriptions. Checking all major components; Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, Security, Authentication, Identity, Monitoring, web/Mobile services. Providing a detailed report on the components and recommendations to minimise spend and maximise utility from your AWS spend

Features

  • Workshop with IT and business to understand current environment
  • Review of GCP tenancies for component installation and configuration
  • Ensure Monitoring and Alerting configured
  • Analysis of results, for each component
  • Review of authentication and access controls
  • Aligned to Google Cloud Framework Governance principles
  • Report provided with findings with recommendations
  • Cost benefits of options
  • High Level Design of recommendations to be implemented

Benefits

  • Comprehensive assessment of GCP environments
  • Increased business understanding
  • Take advantage of the latest technologies and products
  • Installed and configured to tailored customer requirements
  • Independent review with no predetermined outcomes
  • Collaboration with in-house IT staff, working with not against them
  • Detailed understanding of management tools, alerting and dashboards
  • Clear, concise recommendations and options
  • Improved IT performance aligned to business strategy

Pricing

£300.00 to £975.00 a person a day

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 tenders@fordway.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 3 8 7 3 6 7 3 6 1 5 9 0 2 2

Contact

Fordway Richard Blanford
Telephone: 01483 528200
Email: tenders@fordway.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
1) Review current cloud and on-premise environments
2) Understand business requirements
3) Review latest features with business and IT
4) Review Management statistics
5) Install tools as required
6) Deliver comprehensive report
7) Provide recommendations and options with costs to deliver
8) Provide resources as required to deliver approved solution
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Hybrid Cloud
  • On-premise
  • Google Cloud

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
Training defined as part of service migration planning. Ad-hoc, online and classroom training provided in line with client requirements
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • MS Azure
  • MS Power BI
  • On-Premise
  • Hybrid
  • MS 365/Intune

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
1) Review existing services
2) Service implementation and migration planning
3) Managed migration from existing service where needed
4) High level and Low level design process as appropriate
5) Service transition to in house or Fordway support, as applicable, once service migrated
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • Azure
  • Microsoft 365, Office 365
  • AWS
  • On-Premise
  • Hybrid
  • Google Cloud

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
QA and testing agreed as part of service migration planning and delivery

Security testing

Security services
Yes
Security services type
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
  • Other
Other security services
  • Security Monitoring and Event Analysis (as a Service)
  • PSNA approved security hosting and design
  • List N (Nuclear) Certified organisation and facilities
  • Security incident response, containment and remediation
  • AWS Cloudwatch Security and Compliance
  • AWS Data Guardian, Sumo or Datadog SIEM analysis and reporting
  • Splunk, Palo Alto, Trend Micro, IBM QRadar, Securonix supported
Certified security testers
Yes
Security testing certifications
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
Yes
Types of service supported
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
How the support service works
All Fordway G-Cloud services
MS Office 365
MS Azure
MS Power BI
MS Intune
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
G-Suite

Service scope

Service constraints
UK service

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Priority 1 incident 24 x 7, 15 minute response.
Priority 2 incident 24 x 7, 1 hour response Priority 3 incident 12 x 5, 4 hour response.
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
Web chat
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
WCAG 2.1 A
Web chat accessibility testing
Assistive technologies supported by MS Teams
Support levels
Defined according to SLA required.
P1 - major service impact
P2 - significant service impact
P3 - individual users impacted
P4 - no user impact/information
Technical Account management available, service cost dependent on scope of requirements

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra features and support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
ISOQAR
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
14/03/2022 (recertification) original certification March 2008
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
ISO27001/27017/27018 Scope of certification available on request
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • List N (Nuclear Industry)
  • PSN Code of Connection and Compliance
  • PAS555
  • NHS IGSoC
  • ISO27017
  • ISO27018

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

Cloud services run at higher utilisation levels than on premise or co-lo environments meaning more efficient processing with less consumption and waste

Pricing

Price
£300.00 to £975.00 a person 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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.