KPMG LLP

Azure Application Load Balancing Design and Implementation

Our service optimises application delivery and performance across global networks using Azure Load Balancing solutions like Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager, ensuring high availability, security, and seamless user experiences for your applications.

Features

• Optimisation of application delivery for enhanced global accessibility.
• Implementation of Azure Front Door for optimal traffic balancing.
• Application Gateway setups with advanced routing and SSL offloading.
• Efficient distribution across networks using Azure Traffic Manager's capabilities.
• Robust SSL management ensuring secure communications and transactions.
• Customisable health probes for real-time application performance monitoring.
• Advanced URL path-based routing for precise request handling.
• Web Application Firewall integration for comprehensive security against threats.

Benefits

• Boosts global application reach.
• Enhances security, significantly reducing exposure to cyber threats and attacks.
• Streamlines deployment of new applications and services.
• Optimises resource usage.
• Improves application reliability and uptime.
• Facilitates seamless scalability, adapting to fluctuating traffic demands
• Simplifies SSL management.
• Enables precise traffic routing
• Strengthens web defense.
• -Ensures business continuity with effective failover and redundancy mechanisms.

£400 to £2,855 a unit

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

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

801404010638624

Contact

KPMG G-Cloud Team
02073111000
PSopportunities@kpmg.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Our approach to aiding organisations in implementing Azure Load Balancing solutions—such as Front Door, Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager—starts with a comprehensive assessment of the current application infrastructure and traffic patterns. This evaluation helps us understand the unique demands of the organisation's applications, including requirements for global reach, security, and high availability.; Based on this assessment, we design a customised load balancing strategy that leverages Azure's robust services to meet these needs. This strategy includes selecting the appropriate Azure Load Balancing solution to optimise application delivery, ensure security, and improve performance across global networks. We focus on configuring solutions to handle traffic efficiently, implement SSL offloading for secure communications, and set up Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to protect against web vulnerabilities.; We also plan for the seamless integration of these services into the existing architecture, ensuring compatibility and minimal disruption. Our detailed implementation roadmap outlines key milestones, timelines, and resource allocation, providing a clear path to deployment.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We provide comprehensive training while handing over the work to your operations team.; An extensive knowledge transfer will take place to ensure all teams understand support during phase transitions.; Depending on client needs, we provide online or on-site workshops in a one-to-many relationship, including training documentation, all project documentation, and technical scenarios.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Our service facilitates a seamless migration to Azure Load Balancing solutions like Front Door, Application Gateway, and Traffic Manager, ensuring that organisations achieve improved application performance, security, and global accessibility. This migration process begins with a detailed analysis of the existing network and application architecture to understand the specific requirements and challenges. We identify key areas where Azure Load Balancing can provide the most significant benefits, such as enhanced global reach, optimised traffic distribution, and robust security protections.; ; We then develop a comprehensive migration plan that outlines the step-by-step process for transitioning to Azure Load Balancing services. This plan includes configuring the chosen services to meet the organisation's specific needs, such as setting up WAF policies for Application Gateway, defining URL path-based routing rules, and implementing SSL offloading to secure and accelerate content delivery.
• 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: We devise a testing strategy that addresses both functional and non-functional aspects, including user experience, security, and performance. This comes after working with clients in understanding their specific requirements. We conduct thorough quality assurance checks using various tools. These include tests for scenarios, and security testing to ensure the application is fortified against potential vulnerabilities. ; We also simulate various load and stress conditions to evaluate how the application behaves under peak traffic, identifying bottlenecks and areas for optimisation. This process includes load testing, stress testing, and scalability testing, ensuring the application can handle expected user volumes while maintaining high performance and stability.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security design
  • Security testing
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications: CREST

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: We will work directly with the client to ensure we have a adequate understanding of the service requirements and outcomes desired. We will required adequate access and a timely response to requests for further access to client services such as accounts and permissions. Where needed we will need client involvement to further understand the client landscape and overall outcome. All constraints will be decided and agreed prior contract signing.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: We have an IT service management ticketing process; ; We provide the flexibility to choose from various support models based on our client’s requirements for example, 24x7, 24x5, 16x5, 16x7, 8x5, 8x7.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: KPMG provide tiered support levels to match different needs, ranging from standard support with business hours coverage to premium support offering round-the-clock assistance. Our support team consists of experienced cloud engineers, ensuring that our clients receive expert guidance and quick resolution of any issues.

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: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: British Standards Institute (BSI)
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 12/05/2022
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Any services falling outside the following scope: The protection of information in relation to the provision of professional services by KPMG LLP and its subsidiaries operating from the UK
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• 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’ve committed to Net Zero 2030, backed by our environment strategy, aligned to the 1.5-degree pathway, and approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative. And introduced an internal carbon price. A self-imposed tax that’s applied to our energy use and business travel. Bringing the cost of our carbon emissions back to us to fund decarbonisation projects. Initiatives have inspired our staff and gained us a top 2% Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) A Rating, Platinum EcoVadis medal and Environmental Management (ISO 14001) and Energy Management (ISO 50001) certification. During contract delivery we will: ‒ Encourage our suppliers to report their carbon data to CDP, helping us to measure and encourage progress and remain on their Supplier Engagement Leader board. Reducing pollution through our supply chain. ‒ Facilitate a ‘fighting climate change’ 90-minute session and create a team charter to agree: o Traveling SMART | Minimising travel for those involved in the contract and measuring and monitoring all contract related business travel and carbon emissions using our proprietary KPMG carbon tracker tool. o Living sustainably at home | Managing home office equipment efficiently and avoiding printing. o Adopting a ‘digital first’ approach | Using collaborative technologies for data storage/ sharing to maximise effectiveness and reduce email volume. Reducing travel, power consumption, and paper usage to minimise emissions and support sustainable behaviours. ‒ Host a 60-minute sustainability impact modeller tool demonstration. Helping reduce your carbon footprint of cloud deployments using bespoke tooling to optimise implementation. ‒ Monitor, measure, and report commitments using the Social Value Portal. An evidence-based, data-driven tool, underpinned by the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures framework. It’s endorsed by the Local Government Association and compatible with all major ESG frameworks. Bringing rigour to commitments tracking and allowing you to flex and value the impact and hold us accountable.

  Covid-19 recovery

  The pandemic accelerated changes in the way we work, forcing us to adapt to ensure rapid recovery. Office space has been transformed for innovation, collaboration, and convening between our colleagues, clients, networks, and local communities. Contract specific commitments: ‒ Leverage market-leading devices and hybrid working plans to allow teams to be outstanding in delivery empowered by agile working. Offering greater flexibility and choice during the working week, bringing together physical and virtual worlds. ‒ Welcome those who have not been able to join the workforce previously to play an active role e.g., those who couldn’t spend much time away from home due to caring commitments, those with great distances to travel to an office, or those with a disability which precludes travel. Creating a more diverse workforce. ‒ Host a 60-minute future of work session to share our latest thinking. Including, helping you to consider how innovative technologies can support some of the hardest aspects of change to achieve and sustain high performance and nurture creativity. ‒ Monitor, measure, and report commitments using the Social Value Portal. An evidence-based, data-driven tool, underpinned by the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures framework. It’s endorsed by the Local Government Association and compatible with all major ESG frameworks. Bringing rigour to commitments tracking and allowing you to flex and value the impact and hold us accountable.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Like you, we are committed to shaping an environment to narrow disparities, level the playing field, and create better growth opportunities for diverse businesses. During the delivery of the contract, we’ll tackle economic inequality through the following commitments: ‒ Adhere to inclusive recruitment and progression practices that follow the five foundational principles in the Good Work Plan (satisfaction, fair pay, participation and progression, wellbeing, and voice and autonomy). Increasing self-worth and motivation and improving retention and productivity. ‒ Provide access to KPMG’s Introduction to Python Coding 10-week course to your staff and suppliers. Successful participants will receive a Credly digital certificate. Strengthening logic and problem-solving skills and equipping future generations with the desired skills to make them a relevant asset. ‒ Extend the reach of our technology and engineering apprenticeships by partnering with local authorities and charities. Generating additional paths to employment for people from lower socio-economic backgrounds and bolstering future skills in the UK. Practical work experience is gained while working towards professional qualifications/ accreditations and earning a salary. ‒ Create business opportunities for a range of local suppliers such as entrepreneurs and start-ups. By encouraging our 1,800 active suppliers to use local sourcing in their supply chain. For example, for our national catering contract we expect the supplier to source produce locally, supporting local producers and reducing food miles. Our sustainable procurement policy is supporting SMEs and VCSEs via various initiatives e.g. the prompt payment code. ‒ Monitor, measure, and report commitments using the Social Value Portal. An evidence-based, data-driven tool, underpinned by the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures framework. It’s endorsed by the Local Government Association and compatible with all major ESG frameworks. Bringing rigour to commitments tracking and allowing you to flex and value the impact and hold us accountable.

  Equal opportunity

  We aim to attract the best talent in the market, from all backgrounds at every stage of their career and empower them to reach their full potential. Our initiatives include establishing 16 diversity networks to support individuals and voluntarily publishing diversity pay gaps and action plans to close gaps. Improving progression for our historically underrepresented groups* and placing us in the Top 5 in the Social Mobility Employer Index since 2017. * Bridge Group – KPMG progression gap analysis. During the delivery of the contract, the following commitments will go further to level the playing field: ‒ Take a risk-based approach to policies, training, governance, and approvals to ensure human rights due diligence. Although our industry is not considered high-risk, risk can arise in our operations and supply-chain. Supporting your zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery. ‒ Invite your employees to join our Cross Company Allyship Programme. Matching mentees from ethnic minority groups with mentors from across KPMG and our client base. Creating diversity of thought, experience, providing career guidance, and building professional network and confidence. ‒ Provide employability support to people who have served with the armed forces. We’re signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant and holders of the Gold Defence Employers Recognition award. Providing successful career opportunities for those embarking on ‘civvy street.’ ‒ Ensure the contract workforce are physical/ digital accessibility trained, recognising that not all disabilities are visible. Building an awareness of the policies and standards that enhance accessibility and productivity. ‒ Monitor, measure, and report commitments using the Social Value Portal. An evidence-based, data-driven tool, underpinned by the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures framework. It’s endorsed by the Local Government Association and compatible with all major ESG frameworks. Bringing rigour to commitments tracking and allowing you to flex and value the impact and hold us accountable.

  Wellbeing

  Our wellbeing strategy has been shaped by listening to our people and working with specialists. Focusing on the areas where we can have the biggest positive impact. During contract delivery, we will support wellbeing with the following commitments: ‒ Provide the contact workforce with a rich, innovative suite of specialist information, advice, services, and treatment – supplemented with focused initiatives. Shaped by listening to our people and working with specialists. Using clinical, organisational, and positive psychology to empower individuals by providing the right care, at the right time. And allowing them to be at their best. ‒ Facilitate a 90-minute wellbeing workshop for the contract workforce, using our bespoke Wellbeing EDGE tool to create a wellbeing charter. Identifying team member “non negotiables,” creating an inclusive environment, and agreeing our collective approach to maximise team wellbeing. ‒ Facilitate monthly constructive health and wellbeing check-ins using Wellbeing EDGE and a wellbeing survey to measure the success of our approach and identify additional support required. Understanding how the team can be effectively supported through emerging challenges. Ensuring the workforce witnesses our commitment to continuous improvement, including feedback being incorporated and acted on. Thus, empowering them to continue to speak up. ‒ Appoint a dedicated accredited Wellbeing Ambassador, with a passion for wellbeing, to challenge mental health stigma and begin empathetic conversations with team members. Building, embedding, and maintaining a sustainable wellbeing approach and giving visible support to those struggling mentally or physically. ‒ Monitor, measure, and report commitments using the Social Value Portal. An evidence-based, data-driven tool, underpinned by the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures framework. It’s endorsed by the Local Government Association and compatible with all major ESG frameworks. Bringing rigour to commitments tracking and allowing you to flex and value the impact and hold us accountable.

Pricing

• Price: £400 to £2,855 a unit
• 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 PSopportunities@kpmg.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.