Fordway

Fordway Cloud Readiness Assessment

Fordway’s Cloud Readiness Assessment reviews an organisation’s existing skills, processes and technology and determines recommendations and cost/benefit analysis in moving to a private, public (Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or other provider) or hybrid cloud environment. Migration guidance provided where relevant. A FREE or comprehensive report is available.

Features

  • Comprehensive assessment of existing IT infrastructure and investment
  • Business and technical ICT requirements reviewed with your key personnel
  • Use of independent/experienced consultants
  • Concise report with recommendations and a cost/benefit analysis
  • Outlines cost effectiveness of current service vs cloud services
  • Industry standards and best practice frameworks
  • Assessing the suitability of public cloud for your organisation
  • Suitability assessment of Microsoft Azure, AWS and other cloud providers
  • SFIA (Skills for Information Age) and ITIL (IT infrastructure Library)
  • FREE assessment available

Benefits

  • An independent view of your organisation’s use of cloud computing
  • Cost/benefit analysis of: on premise, private, public or hybrid
  • A clear understanding of what cloud means for your organisation
  • Determining the benefits of cloud for your organisation
  • Time based analysis on when to move to the cloud
  • Benchmarked against other organisations and their requirements
  • Analysis of your in-house staff skills and existing processes
  • Fordway has strong, referenceable experience as an existing G-Cloud
  • Leverage Fordway’s knowledge of cloud and the marketplace
  • Business impact of a potential migration

Pricing

£0 to £975 a person a day

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

Framework

G-Cloud 12

Service ID

6 4 9 6 4 8 8 0 3 6 9 7 7 1 5

Contact

Fordway Richard Blanford
Telephone: 01483 528200
Email: tenders@fordway.com

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
Fordway Cloud Readiness Assessment is an analysis engagement only. Design and implementation can be obtained through other Fordway Services.
Planning service works with specific services
Yes
Hosting or software services the planning service works with
  • Fordway IaaS
  • Fordway PaaS
  • Fordway DaaS
  • Fordway IT as a Service
  • Microsoft 365 Suite (F1, E3, E5)
  • Fordway Cloud Migration Service
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Fordway Application and Service Availability Monitoring

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
The training service is tailored to the buyer and dependent on the service provided
Training is tied to specific services
Yes
Services the training service works with
  • Fordway IaaS
  • Fordway Paas
  • Fordway DaaS
  • Fordway Cloud Intermediation Services
  • Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365
  • Fordway Cloud Migration Service
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Fordway Application and Service Availability Monitoring
  • Fordway Application and Service Availability Monitoring
  • Fordway Security Management Service

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
Yes
How the setup or migration service works
Fordway Cloud Readiness Assessment is an analysis engagement only. Setup and migration can be obtained through other Fordway Services.
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • Fordway IaaS
  • Fordway PaaS
  • Frodway DaaS
  • Fordway IT as a Service
  • Fordway Security Management Service
  • Fordway Cloud Migration Service
  • Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Fordway Application and Service Availability Monitoring
  • Fordway Cloud Connectivity and Access

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
Fordway Cloud Readiness Assessment is an analysis engagement only. Quality assurance and performance testing will be included in design and implementation engagements which can be obtained through other Fordway services.

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
  • Other
Other security services
  • Security Monitoring and Event Analysis (as a Service)
  • PSNA approved security hosting and design
  • List N (Nuclear) Certified organisation and facilities
  • Security incident remediation
Certified security testers
Yes
Security testing certifications
  • CHECK
  • CREST
  • Tigerscheme
  • Cyber Scheme

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
Yes
Types of service supported
  • Buyer hosting or software
  • Hosting or software provided by your organisation
  • Hosting or software provided by a third-party organisation
How the support service works
Fordway have a wide rage of hosting, software and support services which include:
Fordway IaaS,
Fordway PaaS,
Fordway DaaS,
Fordway Cloud Intermediation Services,
Fordway Identity and Authentication Management,
Fordway Cloud Migration Service,
Fordway Data Storage Service,
Fordway Cloud Monitoring as a Service,
Fordway Cloud Security Management as a Service,
Fordway Security Monitoring as a Service,
Fordway Disaster Recovery as a Service,
Fordway Backup and Restore as a Service,
Fordway Endpoint Protection as a Service,
Fordway Server Hosting Service,
Fordway Patch Management as a Service

Service scope

Service constraints
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Priority 1 incident 24 x 7, 15 minute response.
Priority 2 incident 24 x 7, 1 hour response Priority 3 incident 12 x 5, 4 hour response.
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
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
WCAG 2.1 A
Web chat accessibility testing
Supports all assistive technologies supported by the base browser
Support levels
Fordway have a standard SLA for hosting and software services

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2012
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Pricing

Price
£0 to £975 a person 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 tenders@fordway.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.