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Micro Focus, now OpenText - Network Operations Management (NoM) on SaaS

The Network Operations Management (NOM) suite provides market leading management for enterprise networks, across public, managed and private clouds, integrating capabilities to monitor fault, performance, configuration, and compliance of physical, virtual, and software defined network (SDN) infrastructure. The Suite has the broadest and deepest multi-vendor support beyond simple SNMP/ICMP monitoring.

Features

• Network Fault Management
• Network Performance Management
• Network Configuration Management
• Configuration Audit
• Configuration Policy Audit
• Network Auditing and Reporting
• On Demand Network Notification

Benefits

• Publish configuration from multiple devices
• Allow network audit on mass
• Enable configuration changes on mass
• Enable network reporting from data source
• Enable secure network access
• Enable network policy compliance
• Identify change type and change originator
• Identify network fault on failure
• Identify network fault on performance
• identify network fault on configurtion

£1.22 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

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

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

922949240172697

Contact

Micro Focus, now OpenText - Public Sector Team
01635 211332
publicsectoruk@microfocus.com

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: None
• System requirements: None

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Please see target response time guidelines given in the attached Ts&Cs.
• 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: Web chat
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the web chat support is accessible: Via a Web Browser
• Web chat accessibility testing: TBA
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Standard support 24 x 7; FlexCare support available at additional cost. This can be used to align additional resources such as a Technical Account Manager, Named Advance Support Engineer or pre-paid points to provide additional onsite or remote support
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training and education available on demand. Please contact your Account Manager for further details.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Facilities are provided to allow export of data from the application. The exact requirements for data extraction at the end of the service contract will be negotiated between the customer and the chosen hosting partner.
• End-of-contract process: This will be negotiated between the customer and hosting partner as part of the service scoping exercise.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Users have full published API call's enabling them to complete all task's needed via the API, including but not limited to:; Adding Device, Deleting Devices, Changing config, Changing application behaviour, and running all reports.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats:
  • Open API (also known as Swagger)
  • HTML
  • PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Administrator can customise the service via API to enable custom polling and configuration per customer and security zone

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The solution is scale-able. A scoping exercise between the customer and chosen hosting partner will identify the different workloads over time and required resources required to support those workloads.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Device count; Device type; User access; Fault audit; Fault access
• Reporting types:
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: European Economic Area (EEA)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: This will be a service provided by the chosen hosting partner.
• Data sanitisation process: No
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data dump from database - command line application provided; API call to database to export data to a pre-defined formate (json, csv)
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats: JSON
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats: JSON

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Other
• Other protection between networks: Data Protection between networks will be discussed and provided by the customer's chosen hosting partner.
• Data protection within supplier network: Other
• Other protection within supplier network: This is for discussion between the customer and chosen hosting partner.

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: This guarantee will be negotiated between the customer and chosen hosting service delivery partner.
• Approach to resilience: Service resilience will be negotiated between the customer and chosen hosting service delivery partner.
• Outage reporting: Outage reporting will be provided by the chosen hosting partner..

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: LDAP/AD
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Administration access has no access to customer data and is segregated in database
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication: Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Schellman & Company LLC
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 19/10/2023
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Wholly compliant
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: No

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: No
• Security governance approach: Security Governance will be a topic to be covered by the chosen hosting supplier.
• Information security policies and processes: Security policies and processes will be a topic for discussion with the chosen hosting partner.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: These facilities will be provided by the chosen hosting partner.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Vulnerability management will be provided by the chosen hosting partner.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: These facilities will be provided by the chosen hosting partner.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: The incident management process will be provided by the chosen hosting partner.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

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

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change; ; At Micro Focus, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint and supporting the transition to a low carbon business. We encourage our employees to live and work sustainably – and help our customers and partners address their carbon footprint by implementing carbon-friendly IT strategies, which deliver greater efficiency and extend the life of their existing technology and equipment.; Through our support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), we are working to adopt and inspire sustainable actions across everything we do to help shape a more sustainable, inclusive and equitable future for all.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Covid-19 recovery; ; Micro Focus continues to manage the evolving situation and monitor closely how COVID-19 is affecting our communities, our team, our customers, and our partners.; Since the start of global lockdowns, we continue to keep focused on helping you by making it easier to ensure business continuity for your remote workers and your organization.; Micro Focus continues to maintain a state of full operational readiness. Given the unprecedented dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic, our dedicated COVID-19 Steering Group, comprised of leaders from across our organization, continues to operate and collaborate to adapt our plans as needed.; The COVID-19 Steering Group is actively monitoring the evolving situation, working closely with our teams, customers, and partners locally to ensure that business continues to operate without disruption. Our own business continuity plans are robust, focused on maintaining the delivery of services and support to customers and partners worldwide while supporting our local team.; Having 40 years of experience helping customers navigate the need to build, operate, secure, and analyse their systems – the systems that keep important business and social functions running and optimized. COVID-19 has reinforced the importance of using that knowledge and experience to help our customers and partners. Our goal is to continue to be there for all customers and colleagues in whatever way they need.; We will continue to make content and resources available to all of customers and partners to help you keep your business plans progressing and ensure you have what you need for your own business continuity. We remain confident in the power of our people and of our collective ability to come out stronger. Please know that the entire Micro Focus community is continuing to do our part and are here to serve when and where needed.

  Equal opportunity

  Equal opportunity; ; At Micro Focus, we are committed to actions that support diversity and inclusion (D&I) in everything we do. We believe in the power of a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the many aspects of the customers, suppliers, and communities we serve around the world, and promotes equal opportunity for all. We seek to enable the needs of our customers, drive new business, fuel innovation, and attract, engage, and retain our employees.; We are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive culture where every employee feels a sense of belonging, has opportunities to grow, express themselves, exchange ideas, and feel heard. This commitment includes providing fair and equal opportunities to both employees and prospective employees throughout their career journeys. We are actively striving to identify and eliminate biases and barriers (seen or unseen) that could delay or prohibit full participation by any individual or group. D&I also means we provide an ethical and safe workplace environment where we treat each other with dignity and respect, creating a culture free of harassment, bullying, and hostility. This is underpinned by our Code of Conduct.; We recognise that each person brings a unique set of qualities, attributes, backgrounds, skills, and perspectives to work. We aim to not only accept but to value and harness those unique differences. Our intention is to achieve our broad business goals by increasing representation of underrepresented people groups, including at the leadership level.

  Wellbeing

  Employee wellbeing and maintaining mental health are key priorities at Micro Focus.; ; The Micro Focus Wellbeing program focuses on The Five Pathways to Wellbeing (Stay Connected, Be Active & Healthy, Maintain Emotional & Mental Health, Keep Learning & Give Back) and offers a rich library of resources including tips, videos and curated learning.; ; Micro Focus also celebrates World Wellbeing Week and Mental Health Awareness Week each year to further highlight the importance of wellbeing of all employees.; ; Mental Health Awareness training is provided for managers, employees and HR. Through our 24x7 learning resource partners, employees have access to self-paced training on topics such as stress, anxiety and burnout management, meditation, and mindfulness. In addition, we monitor employee sentiment and wellbeing through My Voice surveys.; ; A global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available to all employees and their family members to help address specific life concerns and stressors that impact concentration, motivation and enjoyment of life. Available in multiple languages, EAP is a free, 24/7 confidential service offering counseling and resources designed to help employees with family, relationship and parenting issues, financial and addiction concerns.; ; Micro Focus launched a dedicated COVID Resource Center for all employees, providing specific health, wellbeing, including mental health resources such as webinars on managing work life balance, and coping with depression and anxiety. COVID-19 manager-specific training is also provided, offering both coaching and group discussion opportunities to help support managers themselves and to help managers support their teams.

Pricing

• Price: £1.22 a unit
• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: 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 publicsectoruk@microfocus.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.