Digital Space Cloud Services Limited

Digital Space Well Architected Review

Digital Space can review your existing AWS workloads and environments agains the 6 pillars of the Well Architected Framework (Operations, Security, Reliability, Performance, Cost, Sustainability).

We analyze your environments and workloads to make sure they are meeting best practices and can put things right if there are any risks/deficiencies

Features

• Assessment using best practices
• Meet sustainability goals and targets
• Reduce wastage and overspend
• Improve security
• Take advantage of new platform capabilities
• High calibre, certified Architects

Benefits

• Maximise your cloud platform usage and operations
• Official and Official Sensitive solutions design experience
• Focus on delivering solutions to meet our customers' needs
• Multi-award winning team
• Highly skilled, experienced team with deep and wide knowledge
• Find ways to reduce costs while improving capabilities
• Measure and improve sustainability

£595 to £1,495 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 frameworks@digitalspace.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

986768177640370

Contact

Gary Beddow
0333 220 0222
frameworks@digitalspace.co.uk

Planning

• Planning service: Yes
• How the planning service works: We work with you and your teams to analyze your existing AWS environments and workloads against the 6 Pillars of the Well Architected Framework (Operations, Security, Reliability, Performance, Cost, Sustainability).; ; Using the best practices combined with on the ground knowledge and requirements we can identify areas for improvement to help you maximise your cloud investment.; ; Many organisations are not making the best use of cloud services with recent reports suggesting that there is an average of 35% cloud spend wastage.; ; Our service can help reduce this wastage and make your organisation more efficient.; ; Combine this with ever increasing cyber threat risks and the need to demonstrate sustainability, the Well Architected review process will enable you to achieve wider organisational needs in these, and other, areas.; ; Our collaborative working methodology means that we achieve these results with your teams to keep everybody aligned and laying the foundation for lasting results.
• Planning service works with specific services: Yes
• Hosting or software services the planning service works with: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Training

• Training service provided: Yes
• How the training service works: We provide custom training both on native AWS and on our AWS products. This can be included in an implementation project.
• Training is tied to specific services: Yes
• Services the training service works with: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Setup and migration

• Setup or migration service available: Yes
• How the setup or migration service works: The Well Architected Review may identify opportunities to change the way in which your organisation uses cloud services and technologies. This may include moving from existing systems/configurations or software to alternatives.; ; In order to make changes we can work with you, and use our Architecture, Design and Build services, to implement improvements in your AWS cloud environments.
• Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services: Yes
• List of supported services: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Quality assurance and performance testing

• Quality assurance and performance testing service: Yes
• How the quality assurance and performance testing works: We ensure that new infrastructure is fit for purpose by agreeing the design up-front with the client; performing our own tests; asking them to test and sign it off; and then supporting external testing if required.; ; Where possible, we build environments from scripts such that we can regenerate them rapidly and reliably.; ; We test client satisfaction with ongoing support services through monthly Service Review meetings. In these, we ask a standard set of quality assurance questions, requiring clients to give us an overall score for our service. Scores below 8 / 10 result in action plans and internal escalation.

Security testing

• Security services: Yes
• Security services type:
  • Security strategy
  • Cyber security consultancy

Ongoing support

• Ongoing support service: Yes
• Types of service supported: Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
• How the support service works: Our UK based service desk and support team provide 2nd and 3rd line support for customer environments.

Service scope

• Service constraints: N/A

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Initial response is based on the priority of the request:; Critical: 10 minutes; High: 30 minutes; Medium: 30 minutes; Low: 1 day; Working hours in each case.; Further details on response and resolution times are provided in the Service Definition for our Digital Space AWS Managed Support Service
• 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: We provide 3 levels of support:; 1: AWS Infrastructure only; 2: Infrastructure & Operating System; 3: Advanced (includes special security and more integrated working with your team); 24/7 add-on to any of the above levels.; See more detail in our Service Definition for Digital Space AWS Managed Support Service.

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Alcumus Isoqar Limited
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 25/8/2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Nothing - all areas of our business
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: ISO27017 Cloud security

Social Value

• Fighting climate change:

  Fighting climate change

  We monitor and publish our carbon emissions annually and have committed, via the Science Based Targets Initiative, to reduce them by 42% by 2030 against 2020 levels. We hold ISO14001 and have a Corporate Social Responsibility group that meets monthly to design and deliver improvement projects including improvements to the energy efficiency of our data centres. We use virtualisation technologies to improve consolidation of workloads and utilisation in our data centres and then use a combination of building management systems, free-air cooling, cold aisle containment and battery storage to maintain high Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).; ; We enable our customers to reduce their emissions through use of our private and public Cloud services which are typically 80% more energy and carbon efficient than on-premises systems. Our SD-WAN services enable re-use of networking hardware and we provide recycling and re-use of laptops through our partners.; ; We gained a bronze award in 2022 from EcoVadis for being in the top 50% of the companies for whom they track Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Tackling economic inequality:

  Tackling economic inequality

  Digital Space is tackling economic inequality primarily by recruiting Apprentices. Digital Space has a programme in place to source local apprenticeship talent for several of our first line roles. These apprentices are then developed into the business. Key areas of focus for the scheme are our Network Operation Centre and Helpdesk 1st lines, Customer Services and Sales. We will also look to take Product Managers, HR and Administration/Finance apprentices on an ad hoc basis. Our apprenticeship programme works with local schools but also partners with specialised external companies to ensure we get the right talent for the future talent pool of our business. ; ; More generally, Digital Space creates employment for approximately 200 positions in the company head office and warehousing facilities in Newark, with the remaining 150 roles located across all regions of the United Kingdom.; We support home and flexible working, offer salary sacrifice for childcare vouchers, and all staff have the opportunity to opt into private health and dental care schemes. In addition, an Employee Assistance Programme is provided free of charge. ; Each year, the team at Digital Space chooses a charity to support and raise money for through numerous fundraising activities and initiatives.
• Equal opportunity:

  Equal opportunity

  Digital Space addresses equal opportunity by ensuring that everyone is treated with dignity and respect at work. We enforce and regularly review a number of HR policies, ensuring that all employees are treated as individuals, fairly and without bias, including through recruitment, training, promotion and career development and our values or “ways of working” reflect that.; The company aims to create a workplace where employees are confident of fair treatment, have access to opportunities and where the company has a mechanism for solving any problems that occur.; ; Digital Space supports the Equality Act 2010, where “equal opportunities” upholds the idea that all employees should be entitled to and have access to all of Digital Space’s facilities at every stage of employment, including the pre-employment phase.; That means every employee at Digital Space should have:; • An equal chance to apply and be selected for posts pre-employment; • An equal chance to be trained, developed, and promoted whilst employed with the company; • An equal chance to have their employment terminated equally and fairly; Employees have the right to:; • Fair practices and behaviour in the workplace; • Fair allocations of workload; • A workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment or bullying; • Merit based selection process for recruitment and promotion; • Fair processes to deal with work-related complaints and grievances; ; We have completed the government's Modern Slavery Assessment Tool and are working to educate our staff so that they are more aware of potential issues.
• Wellbeing:

  Wellbeing

  Digital Space provides a number of facilities for its staff to encourage a healthy work environment. Employees at Digital Space benefit from discounted physiotherapy sessions, the bike to work Government scheme and a range of discounts on products and services, including gym membership. The company offers a free corporate healthcare cash plan – Medicare benefits include cashback on prescriptions, consultations, diagnostic tests, scans, and complementary/alternative therapies. This also includes a 24/7 health and stress-related helpline service in order to assist with better mental health.; ; The company's objectives are to promote the health and wellbeing of all colleagues and to provide a safe working environment. This is evident in the investment made in the Newark office refurbishment, creating an agile workspace including several standing workstations to help prevent health conditions arising from prolonged sitting, along with new ergonomically designed chairs with body balance mechanisms.; ; We encourage and invest in our staff's ongoing career development, recommending and supporting training and further education across all teams and disciplines. We also work to encourage information sharing including regular 'all hands' meetings, weekly video presentations and the OfficeVibe survey tool which asks all employees to answer a number of questions about how they feel they're being treated and how this could be improved on a weekly basis.

Pricing

• Price: £595 to £1,495 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 frameworks@digitalspace.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.