ABRAXOR LTD

Cloud Landing Zone

Accelerate your cloud journey by deploying modern, extensible, secure landing zones. Our expert practitioners leverage automation to provision resources and deliver end-to-end DevOps, including cost management, security & identity management, governance, and policies. Industry-leading automation created by Abraxor’s AWS, Azure, GCP certified specialists secure production-ready, well-architected cloud Landing Zones.

Features

• Secure landing zone patterns built by certified AWS/Azure specialists.
• Rapid deployment using automated Infrastructure as Code.
• Ensuring the use of AWS' Well-Architected Frameworks.
• Compatibility with IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes, Serverless or hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Proven cloud architectural patterns, deployment automation, and migration methodologies.
• Tooling: Terraform, Ansible , ARM, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Benefits

• Minimal lead times to provision secured, production-ready cloud architectures.
• Assured secure, compliant cloud platform designed to meet NCSC recommendations.
• Ensuring optimal AWS architecture.
• Access to flexible, dynamic and cost-efficient computing.
• Pattern driven architecture.
• Industry standard tooling.

£495 to £1,995 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

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

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

777446520897441

Contact

Wasim Juned
07545814380
wasim@abraxor.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Our Cloud Vision Workshop is structured to identify and develop a compelling, business-focused vision with the next steps to achieve your goals.; ; Cloud Discovery & Strategy – this is achieved in partnership with you developing a detailed process defining and/or building on your existing cloud strategy.; ; Cloud Maturity Assessment - An assessment to analyse current capabilities across people, skills, processes, and tools against those required for optimal cloud adoption.; ; We understand how infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) fit into the broader enterprise mission, priorities, and architecture.; ; Together we consider your options to best meet your requirements selecting the cloud deployment and migration models that best fit your requirements.; ; Our in-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure models underpinned with lessons learned from what others have delivered to harness the power of cloud allows us to help you with governance and management of your cloud infrastructure provided by our expert people.; ; We can advise on cloud security, performance, and day-to-day operational management.; ; We start small, building incrementally with clear goals.; ; Regular discussions with stakeholders with sprint reports to track progress and build confidence.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Organisations seeking to utilise cloud-based applications are becoming increasingly aware of the need to develop sustainable skills and cultural changes alongside the delivery of cloud solutions and services.; We support organisations on their journey to adopt best practices in cloud technology and encourage an environment of enablement.; To focus our training and enablement effort, we have a number of accelerators to determine the current capability and your enablement aspirations, for Centre of Excellence, Centre of Enablement, and DevOps.; We work in mixed teams during engagements to develop skills and coach behaviours required for cloud application delivery. Our teams do this through co-location, code review, pair programming, and peer-to-peer coaching in an environment that develops trust and supports safe learning.; To realise the full benefits of enablement, organisations are challenged to transform beyond project teams. We engage with clients to holistically improve how organisational culture, leadership, strategy, structure, and process contribute to the creation and delivery of valuable cloud services.; We will work with you to shape the scope, pace, and potential benefits of enablement. Additional training services include:; - Workshops.; - Classroom: bespoke training for particular user groups, delivered with documentation.; - Train-the-Trainer: training key/super users who train remaining users.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Depending on where you are on your journey, we will be able to help you with our offerings:; ; Cloud Vision Workshop - 1-day, structured workshop to identify and develop a compelling, business-focused vision and outline the next steps to achieve your organisation's goals.; ; Cloud Discovery & Strategy - Working in partnership with you to go through a detailed process defining and/or building on your existing cloud strategy.; ; Cloud Capability Roadmap - A structured process to analyse your current capabilities across people, skills, processes, and tools delivering a roadmap for optimal cloud adoption.; ; Cloud Landing Zone - Creating a secure cloud landing zone for your infrastructure and applications to be migrated to, aligned to NCSC and cloud provider best practices.; ; Cloud Migration - Migration of services, including Application and Infrastructure discovery, building a secure cloud landing zone, migration factory, re-platforming, capability enablement, and cloud-native modernisation using proven methodologies.; ; Cloud Modernisation - Leverage the cloud to modernise existing legacy applications by using the latest tools and cloud-native technology to deliver enhanced scalability, reliability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and security. Cost Optimisation identifies cost reduction opportunities to get the most value from the public cloud.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: Quality is integral to Abraxor. We are GDPR compliant with embedded specialists throughout our practices ensuring compliance for each engagement. We incorporate quality standards and practices as integral elements of our Agile approach including peer reviews, pair programming, and Continuous Integration.; ; Our integrated test capability provides clients with a wide range of professional services that assure the cloud application, including functional testing, exploratory testing, test guidance for product owners, test automation, non-functional testing (such as performance, security, and accessibility), test strategy, test management and test guidance for developers.; ; Testing is vital to the successful delivery of cloud applications, particularly when released to live cloud services early and often. We involve specialist testers to ensure each iteration of the cloud application is fully tested and assured.; ; Non-functional testing of cloud applications is also critical. We have extensive experience testing and assuring transactional services that have large user bases and are sensitive to downtime. We optimise and tune cloud applications during development and can monitor their performance during production to proactively identify issues. It’s important to identify non-functional issues early in the product implementation so they can be resolved without affecting users.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • GBEST
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme
  • Other
• Other security testing certifications: OSCP

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: We deliver expert support services that relieve organisations’ IT departments from the day-to-day demands of maintaining their cloud-based applications. We have extensive experience in running and optimising a broad range of bespoke and off-the-shelf (COTS) business applications in a wide range of cloud environments. For many of our customers, we support legacy applications and integration points, and we have specifically transitioned support from existing service providers or ESCROW to ourselves. We quickly resolve problems and performance issues, which raise user satisfaction levels.; ; Our support methodology is based on the rigour of ITIL and the flexibility of Agile principles and a DevOps culture. Services offered include incident investigation, service desk, change controls, service, and supplier management, consultancy, hosting and cloud services, solution upgrades, and training.

Service scope

• Service constraints: No constraints are envisaged. Each service will be tailored to meet the client’s support requirements and priced accordingly. Please see attached T&Cs.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: We typically respond within 30 minutes depending on the incident categorisation and prioritisation as defined in a tailored service level agreement (SLA) per service.; The tailored SLA also defines the agreed hours of support service available which can range from 24x7 to weekdays 09:00 to 17:00.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• 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 AA or EN 301 549
• Web chat accessibility testing: We use 3rd party tools that have undergone testing with assistive technology users.
• Support levels: Our mature cloud support service blends continued service improvement with defect resolution, to ensure user needs, business goals, and performance targets are realised and user satisfaction is maximised.; We offer a range of support levels (from 2nd to 4th line) that are aligned to the client’s support requirements and defined in a tailored service level agreement. ; ; Our support methodology is based on the rigour of ITIL and the flexibility of Agile principles and a Dev Ops culture. ; ; We provide flexible charging models for support that accommodate both peaks and troughs in business-as-usual support along with ongoing development requirements. This pay-as-you-use approach means you are only charged when you require support and allows you to draw on a wide range of skills as required.; A typical support team is led by a technical account manager who is responsible for day-to-day support and allocation of support requests to multiple cloud support engineers. This approach provides a resilient support service with sufficient cover to ensure all support requests are managed in an effective and efficient manner.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• 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: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

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

  Fighting climate change

  We adopt sustainable practices, reduce emissions, and utilize green technologies in our operations. We support initiatives that promote renewable energy and resource conservation, contributing to a healthier planet.

  Covid-19 recovery

  We assist in recovery efforts by facilitating remote work solutions, supporting local businesses through partnerships, and contributing to community health initiatives. Our focus is on creating resilient infrastructure that can withstand future crises.

  Tackling economic inequality

  We engage in fair employment practices, support local job creation, and offer training programs aimed at upskilling individuals from underrepresented communities, promoting economic diversity and stability.

  Equal opportunity

  We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We implement unbiased recruitment and promotion practices, and actively support programs that aim to bridge opportunity gaps across different demographic groups.

  Wellbeing

  We prioritise employee health and mental wellness through comprehensive benefits, flexible working conditions, and a supportive work environment. Our initiatives aim to enhance overall employee satisfaction and productivity.

Pricing

• Price: £495 to £1,995 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

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