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Specialist Computer Centres plc

SCC Nimble - Cloud DevOps - Azure

Our Azure DevOps team provides a comprehensive service for software development, we utilise tools for collaboration, version control, continuous integration, and delivery. We automate workflows, and enable seamless deployment to Azure. Streamlining the software development lifecycle, enhancing productivity and quality.

Features

  • Azure Repos: Git repositories for version control and collaboration.
  • Azure Pipelines: Automated CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery.
  • Azure Boards: Agile planning tools for project management and tracking.
  • Azure Artifacts: Package management for Maven, npm, and NuGet.
  • Azure Test Plans: Comprehensive testing tools for manual/automated testing.
  • Azure DevOps CLI: Command-line interface for DevOps automation and scripting.
  • Azure DevOps Extensions: Integrations and extensions for customized workflows.
  • Azure DevOps Integrations: Seamless integrations with Azure services/third-party tools.
  • Azure DevOps Analytics: Insights and analytics for performance tracking/improvement.
  • Azure DevOps Security: Built-in security features for protecting code/data.

Benefits

  • Efficient Collaboration: Streamlined teamwork with integrated development and collaboration tools.
  • Automated Delivery: Accelerated software delivery through automated build/test/deployment pipelines.
  • Agile Planning: Agile project management tools for efficient planning/tracking.
  • Package Management: Simplified management of packages and dependencies for applications.
  • Comprehensive Testing: Robust testing capabilities for both manual/automated testing.
  • Flexible Automation: Customisable automation with CLI/extensions for diverse workflows.
  • Seamless Integration: Easy integration with Azure services and third-party tools.
  • Actionable Insights: Analytics for performance monitoring and continuous improvement.
  • Enhanced Security: Built-in security features for safeguarding code and data-integrity.
  • Scalable: Scales with project needs, for teams of any size.

Pricing

£895.00 a unit a day

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 3 8 0 5 6 4 8 5 9 4 4 9 2 8

Contact

Specialist Computer Centres plc Warren Strain
Telephone: 01217667000
Email: frameworksales@scc.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
We assist buyers in planning their cloud hosting or software service implementation by:

Understanding Needs: Gather requirements to ensure the chosen solution aligns with their business goals, budget, and technical capabilities.

Assessing Options: Our experts provide insights into available cloud services, considering factors like scalability, security, compliance, and integration requirements.

Customizing Solutions: We help tailor solutions to meet specific needs, whether it's selecting appropriate service tiers, configuring resources, or integrating with existing systems.

Cost Estimation: We offer guidance on cost implications, including pricing models, potential discounts, and cost optimization strategies to ensure budgetary alignment.

Migration Strategy: Assist in devising migration plans, including data transfer, application refactoring, and downtime mitigation strategies to ensure a smooth transition.

Security and Compliance: Address security and compliance concerns by recommending best practices, encryption methods, and compliance certifications relevant to their industry.

Training and Support: Provide resources and recommendations for training staff on the new services and ongoing support options to ensure successful adoption and utilization.

By offering comprehensive guidance and support throughout the planning process, we help buyers make informed decisions and lay the groundwork for successful cloud hosting or software service implementation.
Planning service works with specific services
No

Training

Training service provided
No

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
We assist buyers in migrating to the cloud or between cloud services by:

Assessment: Conduct a thorough assessment of their current infrastructure, applications, and data to determine migration feasibility, dependencies, and potential challenges.

Planning: Collaborate with stakeholders to develop a detailed migration plan, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.

Architecture Design: Design cloud architectures optimized for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, considering factors like workload requirements and cloud service capabilities.

Data Migration: Provide guidance on data migration strategies, such as lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or refactoring, ensuring data-integrity, consistency, and minimal downtime.

Application Migration: Assist in migrating applications to the cloud, whether it involves rehosting, replatforming, or rebuilding, ensuring compatibility, functionality, and performance.

Testing and Validation: Oversee testing activities to validate the migrated infrastructure and applications, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance requirements.

Training and Support: Offer training resources and support to empower staff with the necessary skills and knowledge to operate and manage the cloud environment effectively.

Optimization: Provide ongoing optimization recommendations to optimize costs, performance, and security post-migration, leveraging cloud-native services and best-practices.

By offering comprehensive guidance and support throughout the migration process, we help buyers navigate complexities, minimize disruptions, and achieve successful outcomes in their cloud journey.
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
By leveraging cloud-capabilities and best-practices, we help buyers conduct thorough QA and performance testing, ensuring their applications meet quality/scalability/reliability requirements in cloud environments.

Tool Selection: Help select appropriate testing tools and frameworks tailored to application stacks, such as Selenium for automated web-testing or JMeter for performance-testing.

Environment Setup: Assist in setting-up cloud-based testing environments that mirror production configurations, ensuring consistency/accuracy of results.

Scalability-Testing: Facilitate scalability-testing to evaluate how the application performs under varying loads, leveraging cloud-scalability features to simulate real-world-scenarios.

Load-Testing: Oversee load-testing to assess system behaviour and response-times under anticipated user loads, using cloud resources to generate realistic traffic patterns.

Security-Testing: Collaborate with security experts to conduct security-testing, including vulnerability-assessments, penetration-testing, and compliance checks, leveraging cloud-native security tools/services.

Monitoring/Analysis: Implement monitoring solutions to track key performance metrics during testing, enabling real-time analysis and identification of performance bottlenecks.

Cost Optimization: Provide recommendations for optimizing testing-costs by leveraging cloud resources efficiently, such as using spot instances or auto-scaling for cost-effective-testing.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, automating testing processes and enabling rapid-feedback-loops to catch defects early in development lifecycle.

Documentation and Reporting: Document test plans, results, and recommendations in comprehensive reports, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions/prioritize improvements.

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
N/A

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Support for this service would escalated via the Account Manager. They will then address an issue through to resolution.

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

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

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
LRQA (Lloyds Registrar)
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
06/07/2023
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/A - Our certification covers all locations and services provided by SCC.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
Yes
Who accredited the PCI DSS certification
Barclaycard Data Security Manager
PCI DSS accreditation date
27/06/2023
What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover
N/A
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • ISO 22301 - Business Continuity
  • CAS (S) - Sanitisation of classified material

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

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

Fighting climate change

Sustainability is central to SCC’s operations and embedded into our business. Our defined carbon reduction targets are externally reported in our Carbon Reduction plan via the Carbon Disclosure Project.

Covid-19 recovery

SCC’s products, services and solutions can help facilitate and implement new ways of working for our customers. Through our propositions, additional health, wellbeing and agile working benefits can be achieved.

Tackling economic inequality

SCC provides employment and training opportunities, are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant. Working with our supply chain we promote collaboration and diversity.

Equal opportunity

SCC is an inclusive employer with various initiatives to support, engage and develop our employees. We promote supply chain diversity and have mechanisms in place to manage modern slavery risks.

Wellbeing

SCC has a range of health and wellbeing activities available for our employees to access. Our volunteering programme and charity partnerships help facilitate and deliver a range of community benefits.

Pricing

Price
£895.00 a unit a day
Discount for educational organisations
No

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