AUSTIN ELLIOT CONSULTANCY LTD

Better Business (realising your vision)

Elevate your business with our Better Business (realising your vision) service. Our transformational approach includes iterative activities, comprehensive training, and digital architecture roadmaps. We ensure your cloud ambition realises its full potential through the complete lifecycle, fostering constant development and real-time business intelligence for tangible benefits and sustained growth.

Features

• Re-enforcing service transition to cloud services
• Defining Key Performance Indicators (metrification of services)
• Analysis & presentation of Business Intelligence
• Demonstrating significant enhancement to business operations

Benefits

• Real time data on improved services
• Ability to make informed decisions right for the business
• Reduction in business risk and cost
• Assurance of business transition & continuity

£550.00 to £1,200.00 a unit a day

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 bidhub@austinelliot.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

969942810471740

Contact

Bid Hub Member
01242 233 003
bidhub@austinelliot.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We will work with you to provision and setup the services required to enable you to migrate and operate in a cloud environment, we will work to: 1. Design, develop and create migration plan for the implementation of cloud hosting through business analysis, solution design and security architecture 2. Establish and embed service leads and assist them in governance service working groups 3. Establish and maintain service roadmaps 4. Carry out business change activities as per the service roadmaps 5. Consumer-stakeholder engagement and management
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with:
  • Amazon Dedicated Cloud
  • IAAS
  • PAAS
  • SAAS
  • DBMAAS
  • FAAS
  • STAAS
  • SECAAS

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: Training will ensure minimal disruption to the end users services. This will be highly nuanced and specific for each application or service as each have their own unique requirements. Typically, we will take an iterative approach as opposed to a big bang approach. This is to ensure issues are small and that they will impact fewer end user clients. Austin Elliot have extensively engaged in Developer Experience (DevEx) Dev Ops, CICD pipelines and time is spent on educating system engineers and system architects on the target architecture and how their applications need to integrate. We use extensive training packages working with our industry partners to do this. In the past we have used a staged approach, depending on the architecture. We would usually move the application up the infrastructure stack from IAAS -> PAAS -> FAAS. Enabling a growth in cloud maturity.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with:
  • AWS
  • PAAS
  • FAAS

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: We will work with you to: 1. Conduct hosted and legacy applications analysis & consumer engagement 2. Plan to deliver Target Architecture 3. Deliver Business change and transformation activities in line with the 4. Cloud Strategy to improve take-up and draw-down of legacy utility services 5. Design & Implement platform and application lifecycle management 6. Align developer experience (DevEx) with corporate cloud initiatives 7. Establish corporate could service as ”business as usual”
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services:
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: We will work with you to: 1. Embed the change and provide assurance of a stable operation of your could services. 2. Define Key performance indicators and metrics that are in line with your visions and benefits. Collect the Business Intelligence (BI) metrics to demonstrate realisation in a BI dashboard 3. Quality Assurance and Performance Testing - Continuously ensure that a service does what it’s supposed to do to meet user needs efficiently and reliably. 4. Ongoing Support - Support user needs by providing help before, during and after service delivery. 5. Demonstrate significant enhancement to your business operation

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Security risk management
  • Security design
  • Cyber security consultancy
  • Security testing
  • Security incident management
  • Security audit services
• Certified security testers: Yes
• Security testing certifications:
  • CREST
  • Cyber Scheme

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Buyer hosting or software
• How the support service works: We will work with you to provision and setup the services required to enable you to migrate and operate in a cloud environment, we will work to: 1. Design, develop and create migration plan for the implementation of cloud hosting through business analysis, solution design and security architecture 2. Establish and embed service leads and assist them in governance service working groups 3. Establish and maintain service roadmaps 4. Carry out business change activities as per the service roadmaps 5. Consumer-stakeholder engagement and management The service we support are: IAAS, PAAS, STAAS, DBMAAS, Object Store, FAAS, SECAAS

Service scope

• Service constraints: N/A

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: No
• Phone support: No
• Web chat support: No
• Support levels: AE does not run the service, we set the services up for the buyer to provide them

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

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

  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Equal opportunity

  In line with the Procurement Policy Note (PPN 06/20) focus on closing employment gaps and addressing workforce inequality, Austin Elliot is committed to promoting an inclusive environment that advocates for equal opportunities. Our initiatives are designed to enhance representation among disabled individuals and support skill development through relevant training programmes. Additionally, we are focused on identifying and rectifying employment, skill, and pay disparities within our workforce, ensuring that those from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds have opportunities for in-work advancement. Through these efforts, Austin Elliot aspires to establish a more equitable workplace and contribute to the overarching objective of delivering social value through our projects. This dedication to equal opportunity is integral to our company's ethos and operational framework, ensuring that we not only meet but surpass the governmental standards for social value.

  Wellbeing

  Austin Elliot is committed to enhancing the wellbeing of both its workforce and the communities it engages with. The physical and mental health of our employees, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, is of paramount importance to Austin Elliot and we have implemented numerous initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of our employees. We promote a supportive workplace that prioritises our employees' health, launching programmes dedicated to mental health awareness and support. Our supportive working environment and culture aligns with PPN’s principles and we’re striving to redefine industry standards for wellbeing. We regularly seek feedback from our employees on our wellbeing practices and continually look at ways of how we can enhance the wellbeing impacts of our activities.

Pricing

• Price: £550.00 to £1,200.00 a unit a day
• Discount for educational organisations: 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 bidhub@austinelliot.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.