Stephen Matthews & Associates Limited

Cloud Commercial & Technology Service

The SMA Cloud Commercial and Technology Service provides commercial and technology resource and toolkits to help digital and cloud programmes plan, set-up, deploy and maintain their cloud service operations and services with their cloud vendors

Features

  • Creates cloud technology and commercial strategies
  • Gathers cloud requirements for end state operations
  • Completes a digital and cloud maturity model
  • Creates operating and organisation models for E2E service operations
  • Gathers cloud specifications for procurements
  • Provides toolkits for cloud price-performance provider comparisons
  • Delivers cloud provider management processes
  • Gives access to cloud provider evaluation and selection models
  • Gives access to cloud provider benchmarking tools
  • Reviews cloud consumption and provider invoice charging

Benefits

  • Supports successful digital transformation through cloud adoption
  • Reduces technical, security, service and commercial risks in E2E operations
  • Brings transparency of the cloud provider market and pricing
  • Maintains cloud technical, service performance and commercial benchmarking
  • Supports selection of best vfm cloud BOT partners and CSP's
  • Ensures cloud contract management and price compliance
  • Facilitates proper selection of infrastructure for applications performance

Pricing

£81.25 to £187.50 a person an hour

  • Education pricing available

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

Framework

G-Cloud 12

Service ID

7 7 0 7 1 9 9 1 8 2 4 5 6 9 9

Contact

Stephen Matthews & Associates Limited Stephen Matthews
Telephone: 02035986944
Email: enquiries@smaconsulting.co.uk

Planning

Planning service
Yes
How the planning service works
Stephen Matthews & Associates provide advisory services together with supporting tools and templates to help buyers in the commercial aspects of planning, set-up, deployment and maintenance of their cloud services.
Stephen Matthews & Associates provide buyers with sourcing models, commercial strategies and procurement and contracting tools for cloud services selection and benchmarking
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
Stephen Matthews & Associates Limited provide the commercial and contract strategies, plans and contractual documentation to support clients moving from physical or private cloud infrastructures to hybrid or public cloud environments.
Stephen Matthews & Associates Limited provide commercial and contract exit strategies, plans and contractual documentation for clients to migrate to the cloud or transfer between cloud providers and services
Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
Yes
List of supported services
  • IaaS
  • PaaS
  • SaaS

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
No

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
No constraints are anticipated

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Phone support response is 2 working days
An account manager is provided

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Pricing

Price
£81.25 to £187.50 a person an hour
Discount for educational organisations
Yes

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