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On Direct Business Services Limited

Data & AI Planning & Migration

The Data & AI Planning & Migration Service takes customers through the assessment, planning and deploy phases of a data & artificial intelligence (AI) transformation leveraging Microsoft Cloud technology.

Features

  • Digital transformation planning
  • Data and AI assessment
  • Data assessment and plan
  • AI assessment and plan
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Microsoft Purview
  • PowerBI
  • Data maturity review and report
  • AI fast start

Benefits

  • Audit data for an AI future
  • Develop a data strategy
  • Develop data and AI use cases
  • Plan digital transformation
  • Accelerate and derisk data and AI projects
  • Delivered by an Azure Expert MSP
  • Get ahead of the competition with AI
  • Develop better and faster services to market

Pricing

£1,100 to £2,000 a unit a day

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

8 4 1 5 1 3 1 0 9 8 1 5 5 2 9

Contact

On Direct Business Services Limited Cloud Direct Public Sector Specialist
Telephone: 01225 300330
Email: enquiries@clouddirect.net

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
This service will allow you to fully understand your current data landscape and plan how to rebuild it to achieve business advantages. The service follows Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for best practice adoption of cloud technology. Securing stakeholder, functional, and organisational requirements will allow Cloud Direct to interpret the findings into the analysis formulating the outlines of a target state architectural roadmap. The output of this stage is to provide customers with a Data & AI roadmap for growth.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft PowerBI

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
A level of knowledge transfer is incorporated into the project, however more in-depth training for specific use cases can be purchased. The in-depth training will be created to cater for the end customer in the form of additional workshops, drop-in sessions or joint-working.
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft PowerBI

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Our service joins the assess, plan and migrate phases together for end-to-end modernisation. Delivered by an Azure Expert MSP the service provides the very best in technical expertise and provides a migration plan focussed on meeting organisation goals. We help buyers to realise their Data & AI aspirations with Microsoft Cloud.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Purview
  • Microsoft PowerBI

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
As part of the planning and migration process, we incorporate milestones and review stages to ensure that the migration delivered meets the performance expectations agreed at the outset. Acceptance criteria is set for each milestone and reviewed before embarking onto the next phase.

Security testing

Security services
Yes
Security services type
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
Yes
Types of service supported
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
How the support service works
We have a number of support packages that provide administrative support. These can be purchased additionally.

Service scope

Service constraints
The service is managed remotely; not on-site. The service is an administrator-level service; not an end-user service. Constraints are subject to the scope of the assessment and planning stages.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Initial response times are:

Urgent (P1): 1 hour
High (P2): 2 working hours
Moderate (P3): 4 working hours
Standard (P4): 8 working hours

Urgent issues (P1) are worked on continuously 24/7 until the issue is resolved. Normal customer support working hours are 08:00-18:00 GMT/BST, Monday to Friday, excluding UK Bank Holidays.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 A
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Web Chat is provided by a third-party service called LiveChat. It is a text-only service.
Web chat accessibility testing
N/A
Support levels
As this is a one-time project, you will have a Project Manager or Co-ordinator to liaise with on queries or issues. You should expect a response within a working day when queries are submitted Monday to Friday, between 09:00-17:00 GMT/BST, Monday to Friday, excluding UK Bank Holidays.

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Microsoft

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
Alcumus ISOQAR
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
11/7/2011
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
The scope of certification does not cover any Legacy Product (which isn’t part of the Microsoft Cloud offerings); although these products will be managed within the processes that have been established for products that are in scope. All exclusions from the security controls have been identified in the current Statement of Applicability (SoA). Users may work remotely whilst the assets used by them are within scope. Remote locations are not within scope of the IMS but are governed by policies and procedures that are in place in respect of the use of information and information processing facilities outside of the Cloud Direct offices.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
Azure Expert MSP certification

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

Fighting climate change

Working towards becoming a B Corp: Continuing our drive to be a good corporate actor, we are beginning our journey to achieving B Corp certification–a global audited standard for measuring a company’s entire social and environmental impact.

Helping customers have an environmental impact: We also help customers understand their environmental impact and options of their environment through the Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard.

Hybrid Working: We operate a Hybrid Working environment. Staff are trained, equipped and encouraged to consider the environment when managing where they work from. The environmental benefits of this include fewer work-related journeys, less commuting, and increased use of remote video conferencing.

Covid-19 recovery

Cloud Direct conducts almost all customer work remotely using Microsoft Cloud technology. This mitigates any risk of exposure to Covid-19 and increases the risk of project continuity for our staff and our customers.

Equal opportunity

Cloud Direct has a very diverse workforce that stems from many different aspects of our company culture, the policies we put in place and inclusive environment we foster. We offer equal opportunities and continue to pull from diverse and varying talent pools. Every aspect of our business is evaluated to promote an inclusive culture for all our people. We are always seeking new and innovative ways to enhance our benefits, our recruitment strategies, our flexibility and increase awareness through training programmes to create the right culture.

Wellbeing

Our five principles and core values are efficiency, responsibility, freedom, mutuality, and quality, and we keep these values flowing throughout the business. Cloud Direct’s culture is centred on its people. Our people have always been our greatest asset.

Stress Management: Cloud Direct recognises that, whatever the source, stress is a health and safety issue in the workplace. We acknowledge the importance of a supportive environment and working culture and of identifying and reducing workplace stressors.

Responsible Time Off (RTO): This policy is an extensive leave scheme allowing all employees to take unlimited paid holiday. RTO empowers our workforce in several ways. Notably, employees can take control of their own time off to ensure they maintain a healthy balance between their work and their personal life to manage their wellbeing.

Health and Advice: Employees have access to Help@hand from UNUM for independent impartial advice. This gives access to remote GP support, a second opinion, mental health and physiotherapy services. There is also support on life, money and wellbeing.

Mental Health: We want you to know that we are always here to help and support you and want our people to know they can talk openly about any problems and in confidence. We’ve a range of support in place, including Mental Health First Aiders and various programmes, to help you if you’re affected by mental ill-health conditions.

Fitness Contributions: All employees are offered a monthly contribution towards any fitness or sports activities to encourage positive health and wellbeing.

Pricing

Price
£1,100 to £2,000 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 enquiries@clouddirect.net. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.