Incorvus Ltd

Data migration: from legacy to cloud

Migrate improved data & metadata effectively to Cloud & beyond!

Ensure legacy data, data quality or data extraction issues do not disrupt related projects due to increased costs, resources or blown deadlines.

Migrate data concepts for consistent meaning within domain knowledge strategy.

Retain data lineage, value & meaning for AI.

Features

• Domain discovery: determine stakeholder information needs & target data sources.
• Data sitrep: assess quality of data, legacy data & metadata.
• Gap analysis: legacy data & metadata issues.
• Metamodel: design data model fit across cloud, services & domain.
• Prospect: prepare to mine legacy data & metadata.
• Extract & transform: mine & transform legacy data & metadata.
• Test upload: test migration process with trial dataset.
• Upload & migrate: port clean (legacy) data to cloud.
• Feedback project insights to internal team & handover.
• Cloud configuration advisory (Oracle, Microsoft Azure, Google).

Benefits

• Unlock AI value potential within legacy (comparative) data assets.
• Maximise cloud migration efficiencies - reduce cost, effort & risk.
• Reduce cloud migration project risks, downstream & cloud costs.
• Reduce delay & cost of legacy or packaged data extracts.
• Early identification & resolution of migration issues.
• Discover legacy data assets, preserve meaning. Reduce legacy estate costs.
• Improve data/metadata quality & value while migrating to cloud.
• Use migration to further harmonise domain knowledge coherence.
• Reduce future downtime & development time with clean cloud data.
• Contextualise migration within overall domain knowledge strategy.

£245 to £1,950 a unit a day

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  ODT

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  ODT

• Terms and conditions

  ODT

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

891919228771974

Contact

Suzanne Jozefowicz
020 8538 9898
gcloud@incorvus.com

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: Our planning service is pragmatic, probabilistic & agile. It is the product of extensive BI & MI experience, rapidly realising business objectives from troublesome data. It is this delivery expertise & experience which informs our source-to-target modelling, information architecture & engineering-led enough-design-up-front (EDUF) route to data success. Plans are reviewed & adapted as required to facilitate change, reduce risk and fail fast (where necessary).; PEOPLE FIRST; Client & stakeholder interviews to gather critical information, project requirements & business objectives; and to set expectations. The project team identifies, agrees & prioritises project tasks in outline. ; IDEATE THE PLAN; Transfer knowledge of project objectives, context & domain from the client to the project team & enables outline plan of the route forward. ; DATA SITREP; Discover & assess target data & metadata? What extraction or remediation effort is required? What meaning & lineage should be preserved? Tools needed for metadata discovery, analysis and extraction?; MODEL MEANING; Modelling: map source to target in the context of any existing ontology or strategy; trial migration mechanics; a test dataset, then migrate. Iterate to resolve migration issues.; HANDOVER; Project retrospect affirms the ‘TO BE’ condition is fulfilled & facilitates skills transfer & handover back to internal team.
• Planning service works with specific services: No

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Every project involves training (not always explicitly): either as the project proceeds or as retrospective provision for knowledge transfer; skills training & final handover to the internal team. ; ; As every project is different, training is bespoke to particular client needs and tends to be specific rather than generic; project- rather than technology-oriented. Our consultants are generally share knowledge throughout the project with the internal team. Third party incumbents may request training (costed option) in project or technology areas that are not their core expertise.; ; Our practitioners are highly experienced, mature & pragmatic with extensive hands-on expertise - acquired while troubleshooting data & failing digital systems (spotting or building what others could not!); ; From our experience, particularly in rapid application development (RAD) and thought-leadership in BI (ROLAP), our approach is predicated on change where stability is provided by a data-centric perspective. Our view is that data should be disclosable to all authorised users, processes and systems within a cohesive, semantically-consistent, domain ontology of shared meaning & concepts. That ontology should be a key pillar of any data-centric, digital strategy in support of business objectives.; ; Incorvus also provides classroom-based corporate training (as a separate practice, distinct from the on-project training detailed above.)
• Training is tied to specific services: No

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: Cloud migration typically requires shoehorning application-centric data (from legacy systems) into a slim, domain-centric, target environment. Migration should port improved data & metadata to Cloud.; 1. Kick-off covers overarching project and planning issues such as transition, continuity, skills, resources, data governance, security measures, integration and any cross-compatibility issues. This assumes early permissioned access to any necessary systems, resources or data.; 2. Candidate data evaluation: covers quality, volume, metadata, provenance, & potential data redundancies: in particular, how legacy data structures may be constrained by new cloud environments or domain ontology. We can assist further with context, meaning & semantic metadata (ontology) should the project be a precursor to AI initiatives where comparative/historic data can be uniquely valuable. ; 3. Cloud configuration: covers review of target Cloud against the stated intent; preparation, configuration; sandbox trialling of test data uploads; review of volume, performance, integration or any exit issues. ; 4. Trial uploads: From use cases we derive AS IS and TO BE states.; 5. Post go-live: issue resolution, maintenance, training, handover and wider information architecture or governance advisory.; We offer further post-migration training, services & consulting to help you realise value from your data no matter what Cloud you choose.
• 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 testing are already implicit by virtue of agile project management & embedded at every step, within iterative sprints.

Security testing

• Security services: No

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: No

Service scope

• Service constraints: All client support requests must be submitted via the ticketing system.; We do not access or hold client data, unless by written client request, compliant with prevailing Data Protection & Privacy regulation and permissions. Unless appointed as a Data Processor or Sub Processor we will not be responsible for client or user data held within the client's cloud.; For data care & security, our policy is to use client infrastructure. This may invoke constraints by incumbent 3rd party infrastructure or service providers e.g. access to servers.; Clients must provide us with access to data, system & resources during inception.

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Standard support is available during our normal working hours, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. All support requests or questions will be acknowledged promptly. Response times, incident levels, escalation protocols, types of response (active/passive/fully-resourced) & hours of availability are determined within the SLA for the contracted service & its level. ; ; It is expected the client will route all support requests through the ticketing system.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: Standard support is available during our normal working hours, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. All support requests or questions will be acknowledged promptly. Response times, incident levels, escalation protocols, types of response (active/passive/fully-resourced) & hours of availability are determined within the SLA for the contracted service & its level.; ; Basic support includes access to an Account Manager and, through them, technical support. Support issues & escalation will be managed by our Account Manager, acting as a single point of contact. It is expected the client will route all support requests through the ticketing system so that requests, response times & support provision are orderly, de-duped, timely & auditable. ; ; Emergency contact details will be provided.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Silwood Technology

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: 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

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  The business has a minimal carbon footprint. Please refer to our website for our Environmental Policy.
• Covid-19 recovery:

  Covid-19 recovery

  Training is a major practice within the business and aims to provide opportunities, post COVID, for people to return to the workforce & with digital skills, or, to start their own businesses with real-world digital advice & business support. Training emphasises digital metamorphosis, encouraging recipients & their organisations to use digital as a means to successfully overcome the new challenges presented by COVID and the post COVID reality. Training derives from our experience of typical up-front but costly mistakes, made by start-ups, SMEs & entrepreneurs unfamiliar with commercial reality; short on the professional advice needed for business discipline & compliance; & without the necessary technical or financial expertise, resources or digital savvy.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  Incorvus offers courses on digital & traditional business skills (updated for digital) for entrepreneurs, start-ups & small companies. These courses prime digital understanding; how to realise value from digital and pre-empt common mistakes that have hitherto impeded growth & success for startups, and instead, have given rise to costly failures.; ; Our training also includes key business disciplines (accounting, compliance, marketing, sales, social media & finance) that are vital for those starting or trying to grow businesses. We have further relevant experience in venture capital and funding in both the private & third sector which may be helpful to those; ; And, to help large organisations & corporations (public, private & 3rd sector), we offer training for boards & senior executives, to help them overcome digital deficit; to 'disrupt' or 'inrupt' by gaining digital savvy, digital culture and digital leadership.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  Please refer to our website for our Equal Opportunities Policy.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  Our core team includes a former school Governor & a local councillor - people who have served their community. Please also refer to our website for our Corporate Social Responsibility policy.

Pricing

• Price: £245 to £1,950 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes

Service documents

• Pricing document

  ODT

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  ODT

• Terms and conditions

  ODT

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