StackHPC Ltd

OpenStack Training Workshops

StackHPC provides "HIIT" Training and Workshops to help build up the local skill-set, capabilities and confidence in order to help teams tasked with OpenStack and Ceph administration become effective, self-reliant and self-sustaining as quickly as possible.

Features

• OpenStack training
• Ceph training
• DevOps training
• Workshop based training
• Knowledge to run and maintain cloud software
• Expert-led training for high performance computing (HPC) and AI workload

Benefits

• Provides expert knowledge for running OpenStack
• Provides expert knowledge for running Ceph
• Provides expert knowledge for setting up DevOps workflows
• Reduces vendor lock-in
• Makes IT teams / cloud operations autonomous
• Gets the most out of OpenStack cloud related investments

£1,460 a unit a day

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

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

859786758599129

Contact

John Taylor
07736778093
john@stackhpc.com

Planning

• Planning service: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Many organisations including research institutions face challenges due to skill gaps when transitioning to Linux OpenStack and/or Kubernetes based private cloud (LOKI stack). StackHPC addresses this by providing workshops to enhance local skills, capabilities, and confidence, offering customised training and expert support to close this gap, empowering clients to rely less on expensive vendor assistance.; ; Over the course of two days (our base offering), our experts walk you through the architecture of an OpenStack and Ceph deployment, providing detailed information about all its aspects (networking, security, architecture, workload management, adding further platforms such as Kubernetes).; ; With our Training and Workshops, we equip teams for effective OpenStack and Ceph administration, aiming for self-sufficiency promptly.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • OpenStack
  • Ceph

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: No

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: No

Security testing

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

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: This training is for OpenStack, Ceph and associated technologies, not public cloud offerings such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Training is separate from support. Support may be purchased separately.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Staff screening not performed
• Government security clearance: None

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: Yes
• Other security certifications: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

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

  Fighting climate change

  Energy and sunk carbon cost efficiency: many organisations struggle to make full use of their computing hardware, limiting its efficiency. By helping them deploy a private cloud infrastructure which allows end-users to self-provision workloads, better use of the hardware can be achieved. Furthermore, by helping organisations optimise workload allocation and getting more performance out of existing hardware, higher efficiency (computing per watt) can be reached. This helps make better use of existing computing resources, which can be used for longer.

  Covid-19 recovery

  StackHPC partners with many bioinformatics organisations and supports their research into the prevention of current and future pandemics.

  Tackling economic inequality

  StackHPC is an open source company, building and contributing to open source software. This means anyone can make use of, modify and study the software, providing anyone wishing to do so the opportunity to learn and improve one’s skills.; ; StackHPC provides training on specialist skills such as OpenStack or Ceph, which contributes to the specialisation of the workforce towards highly skilled knowledge.

  Equal opportunity

  StackHPC is an open source company, building and contributing to open source software. This means anyone can make use of, modify and study the software, providing anyone wishing to do so the opportunity to learn and improve one’s skills.; ; StackHPC is a strong supporter and silver member of the OpenInfra Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation shepherding OpenStack and associated open source projects, and is proud that this membership helps contribute to the foundation’s goals of promoting diversity and inclusion in the open source community.

Pricing

• Price: £1,460 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: No

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