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

£0 to £975 a person a day

Service documents

• Pricing document (pdf)
• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card (pdf)
• Service definition document (pdf)
• Terms and conditions (pdf)

Framework

G-Cloud 12

Service ID

649648803697715

Contact

Fordway

Richard Blanford

01483 528200

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

• Pricing document (pdf)
• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card (pdf)
• Service definition document (pdf)
• Terms and conditions (pdf)