Praxus Limited

Cloud Transition Consultancy and Implementation Services

Delivering design and implementation services for migration to cloud-based solutions. Providing programme management, technical architecture, and DevOps to support discovery, planning, solution selection, design, implementation and assurance. We provide independent subject matter experts to 'simplify' the complexity to enable decision makers to fulfil their goals, understand transition needs, without compromise.

Features

• Cloud migration, implementation delivery and support services
• Transition planning, Service design, enterprise architecture roadmap planning
• Technology agnostic approach - Cloud First, Mobile First, Data-Driven First
• Assess services of IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/COTS/Open Source vendors
• Assure solutions within government guidelines: GDS, Service Design, Security
• Information Modelling and Services Definition (SOA, JSON/XML Schema, etc.)
• Design Authority/QA areas: UX Design, Mobile First, Accessibility, Web Services
• Expertise: Blue-light Emergency Services, Fire and Rescue, Home Office, DCLG
• Expertise: Fire Statistics, Incident Recording System (IRS), GIS, HOGaAP, NFDCS/FRDP
• Expertise: AWS/DMS/RDS/SQL Server/PostgreSQL/Github/JSON Forms/ JSON-rules-engine/React/Java

Benefits

• Offers clients an independent assessment geared to cloud initiatives
• Prioritising People, Service Transition and Design
• Technology risk assessment across multiple domains/technologies
• Architecture blueprints balancing business priorities, commercials and timescale success factors
• Realising measurable optimal return on investment and value for money
• Defining an appropriate “to-be” landscape/product design to deliver efficient service
• Improving solutions through flexible future design and quality deliverables
• Determining the relative importance of different requirements and solutions
• Align with Cabinet Office/GDS policies for technology choices
• Flexible delivery approaches: Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid

£755 to £1,095 a unit a day

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  ODT

• 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 contracts@praxus.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

807101329428807

Contact

Steve Bailey
01214052050
contracts@praxus.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Praxus helps organisations to build and deliver a coherent cloud roadmap aligned to business strategy through service design, business process analysis and solution profiling. Their values allow selection of the optimum platform or solution - private, hybrid or public native cloud. ; Successfully transitioning to the target architecture requires strong programme management. Praxus has programme managers/enterprise architects/DevOps roles who are used to drive workstreams needed to ensure a successful transition.; It is vital to effectively source and orchestrate multiple Suppliers to deliver a seamlessly integrated cloud solution.; ; We leverage our extensive experience of Public Sector programmes and operate a phased approach aligned to the GDS Service Manual and Agile approaches:; - Discovery; ; - Alpha; ; - Beta; ; - Live.; ; It is equally important that ongoing support is fully defined during Service Design at the start of the process. Provides a clear costed plan, migration plan, transition support, solution resilience, and BaU support.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We adopt a flexible approach to training clients, which is appropriate to their needs and skills. Tailored training plans are considered based on the cloud solutions adopted, the level of user skills and familiarity with the subject matter and environment. Our general approach is to establish a self-service model by applying appropriate skills transfer in order to reduce ongoing costs.
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Our consultants can assist in migrating to various cloud-based services or solutions. Replatforming of services onto Open Source/Open Code alternatives when appropriate, reducing costs, without forfeiting ongoing support and enhancements.; ; The following are some example areas:; ; --> Amazon (AWS) Implementation - Establishing environments for various type of commercial and open source applications utilising many Amazon AWS capabilities such as S3, RDS, Workspaces, DMS, and so on. ; ; --> Data Capture Solutions - Many solutions require forms and web service channel data submission to store for data analytics purposes. We can assist buyers to transition to open source public sector solutions such as Tymly Data Capture Platform.; ; --> Data Science/Analytics - Most analytical solutions used in organisations are currently on-premise using commercial solutions. We can assist buyers to assess the impact of moving to technologies in a cloud environment such as SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL and so on. Our services can advise buyers on how to migrate old technologies to cloud environments and also future proof for cloud-based techniques such as AI and Machine Learning.; ; We aim to focus on native cloud solutions and operate on this basis ourselves.
• 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 assurance and performance testings form part of every project. We perform internal QA testing as well as supporting external User Acceptance Testing (UAT), PEN Testing, Performance Testing as agreed.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type: Security design

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 provide a range of Cloud support services as required: Service management, helpdesk support, remote web-based support and on-site technical consultancy services. We offer a range of support service models with agreed support SLAs. ; We aim to implement support packages that ensure the focus is on enhancements for business improvement rather than maintenance activities. We focus on cloud-based solutions that deliver agile improvement capabilities.

Service scope

• Service constraints: None - Defined Support to be agreed.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: All emails responded to within 24 hours during the working week, 48 hours at weekends.; Target to respond less than 4 hours of Severity 1 related issue.
• 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: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support accessibility standard: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Web chat accessibility testing: Provide Skype for Business, but can use others if required.
• Support levels: SLAs tailored to individual customer requirements and needs.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Staff screening not performed
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

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

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  The company is heavily invested in fighting climate change. Company office employ: Solar, Battery Energy Storage, Heat Pumps.; No fossil fuels are used by the company or employers. All staff operate EV company cars.

Pricing

• Price: £755 to £1,095 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  ODT

• 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 contracts@praxus.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.