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ABOUT US
LayerV is an IT consultancy and end-to-end cloud service provider. We deliver winning IT strategies to help companies generate new value and manage technological change throughout their organisation. WHY CHOOSE LAYERV? Our focus is to create total synergy between a company and its IT department. We have established long-term partnerships with our clients and have developed an in-depth understanding of their infrastructure and work cultures. Using our extensive cross-industry experience, we develop IT roadmaps that are both aligned with current business strategy and identify new ways to add value. LayerV are experts in the management of the modern Cloud infrastructure. We consult on the planning, migration, monitoring and optimisation of Cloud services. We promote lean business models and maximise cost savings while delivering world-class security, reliability and quality of service. Although we provide vendor-neutral consultancy, we are proud to be one of only 16 companies in the UK that have achieved AWS Advanced Consulting Partner status, as well as being Microsoft Partner certified. THE VIRTUAL LAYER Our company name is derived from the concept of acting as a Virtual Layer within the companies we partner with. Our ethos is that we are always available in a virtual capacity to be called upon when our expertise or services are required. This is facilitated from our London based headquarters and supported by our Euro technology centre. This allows us to offer enterprise level support around the clock. We are very proud of our team and only employ those individuals that meet our stringent standards for knowledge, experience and work ethos. THE LAYERV END-TO-END APPROACH LayerV s solutions are designed to maximise business value while ensuring client satisfaction. We offer various engagement options and services that not only optimise your cost savings, but also allow greater flexibility, enhance business performance, facilitate sustainable growth and maximise your ROI. We take a highly practical approach to the provision of IT services which incorporates people, process, technology and architecture. This includes: Expediting the transition from physical to cloud Removing barriers to cloud adoption Improving operational processes Changing IT from cost centre to business stimulator Our end-to-end services extend across the various cloud layers, from Business Process as a Service, Software as a Service, and Platform as a Service to Infrastructure as a Service and includes strategy, system integration, engineering, application development and infrastructure.
CONSULTANCY
The LayerV strategy team draw on extensive technical knowledge and real world commercial experience to help companies succeed. STRATEGY Our bespoke approach to planning and transformation is practical, cost effective and personal. We believe in total accountability and ensure our solutions are delivered within strict timeframes and have measurable benefits. HOW LAYERV ENSURE SUCCESS: Maximise efficiency and minimise cost by optimising existing systems and resources. We streamline your IT systems, processes and resources Generate growth by utilising the latest technologies like cloud, social and mobile in a way that works for your business Mitigate risk and build confidence using our real world experience to ensure system uptime and integrate legacy systems Create new value thorough in-depth analysis, fresh innovative thinking and a mastery of digital advances ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN An IT infrastructure that is not performing at its optimum level can severely impact your business, resulting in higher operational costs, ineffective decision making and an inefficient use of resources. LayerV draws on extensive enterprise experience in developing structured processes and deploying solutions to maximising efficiency, reducing costs and ensuring alignment with business needs. We oversee the architecture and design activity to help ensure successful integration with your IT environment. Our highly personalised and pragmatic approach to IT transformation ensures we maximise the effectiveness of your IT delivery. We provide the framework to successfully bridge the gap between strategic IT vision and deployed infrastructure. Build capabilities via the transfer of skills and knowledge to your workforce, enabling them to improve and evolve Achieve operational excellence by perfecting technology-enabled processes and governance
CLOUD SOLUTIONS
LayerV has the experience and tools to streamline and improve your operating environment by leveraging the very best in cloud technology. CLOUD ADVISORY Organisations with the best cloud strategy benefit from the highest levels of cost savings, security and reliability. But with a myriad of options and solution providers available, it can be a challenge for any IT executive to make the right choices. LayerV provide independent, vendor-neutral advice to help you make these choices and shape your cloud strategy from end-to-end. Our team of experts continuously monitor and evaluate the latest solutions and industry best practices to ensure our clients are achieving the most value from their Cloud platforms. LayerV are highly experienced in the use of cloud technologies / platforms and are one of just a handful of certified AWS Advanced Consulting Partners based in the UK. Furthermore, we have experienced DevOps operatives and can assist in educating your IT department towards this highly efficient model. The LayerV cloud advisory team will assist you in developing and implementing a cloud strategy roadmap that is in line with your business strategy safely, securely and in a controlled way. CLOUD AUTOMATION Cloud automation is the process of identifying tasks which are time consuming and expensive for an organisation to manage with internal resources. With a cloud automation strategy, your business will use processes by which your IT environment can deploy services quickly, efficiently with all machines being updated simultaneously and automatically. Additionally, by adopting a DevOps approach, we can further improve development collaboration within your organisation and increase the quality and assurance of release deployments. Cloud automation spans the entire infrastructure, enabling a high-quality operating environment that is flexible enough to adapt to the changing needs of your business. Ultimately your business will become leaner, more agile and have decreased costs. Key benefits of cloud automation Increase flexibility You do not need to commit to more resources than are required, especially useful when forecasting capacity is difficult or will vary considerably. Continuously Develop Services Cloud automation means you can find out if new developments work and roll back easily if they don t. React more quickly to changing needs Cloud automation can provide an ideal, cost-effective platform for development and test environments.
CLOUD MIGRATION PLANNING AND DEPLOYMENT Successful migration to the cloud is not simply about lifting and shifting existing applications and infrastructure in their current state to the cloud. The true potential and cost-saving benefits can only be achieved with a fundamental change in business thinking. LayerV will provide a detailed assessment of which solutions will work more effectively on the cloud than in your physical data centre and break them down into smaller isolated components. This then allows for a smooth and manageable transition of services. DEVOPS-AS-A-SERVICE A methodology and set of practices that unify a team consisting of business leadership, development, testing, deployment, and operations to be responsible for the creation and delivery of business capabilities LayerV are firm advocates of DevOps and agile working. We aim to help our clients develop and adopt this leaner model wherever appropriate. While a successful shift to such as a model requires a total change in culture within an organisation, we provide the tools and capabilities to facilitate it. Our consultants have the development, operational and leadership experience to advise on such a migration. Ultimately, we architect solutions that involve new and existing tools and take advantage of the skillsets that already exist in an organisation. By harnessing the cloud as part of a DevOps transition, we are able to provide developers with better access and integration with cloud infrastructure to enable automated and rapid deployments. We are also able to advise on workflows and provide applications to support rollbacks if required. Once implemented, your business will benefit from many advantages including better performance monitoring, continuous development and increased release frequency with less code failures. Key benefits of cloud automation Proven Increase in Deployment Efficiency Companies that incorporate a DevOps business model deploy code up to 30 times faster and less than 50% of their deployments fail* Better IT Infrastructures DevOps enabled businesses benefit from continuous software delivery. Processes and architecture are simplified and problems resolved more quickly. Added Value to Business Features are delivered faster through a more stable operating environment allowing your team to spend more time adding value and not fixing / maintaining. * Puppet Labs 2013 State of DevOps survey
MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES
Ultra-efficient managed services for your cloud based IT infrastructure - facilitated in London and supported by our European Technology Centre. MANAGED SERVICES As IT environments grow and businesses are put under increasing pressure to do more with less, there is far less of a business case in keeping your entire IT infrastructure in house. LayerV combine an independent, vendor neutral cloud service with a 24/7 round the clock managed service offering. Facilitated in our London headquarters and supported by our Euro Technology Centre, we are in a unique position to provide a proactive bums on seats service with leading levels of reliability and cost efficiency. Our UK management team have decades of sector and core application experience, which means we can reliably manage your key systems and infrastructure remotely, so you don t have to. We understand that there is no one size fits all approach and so each solution is completely bespoke, adopting a modular strategy, designed to grow with your business needs. Furthermore, all LayerV services are developed and aligned with ITIL best practice framework to ensure a consistent and systematic approach to the management of your IT services. BENEFITS INCLUDE: Retain control of your operations whilst ensuring critical, budget-constrained services are constantly available Reduce operating costs considerably and keep initial capital outlay to a minimum Minimise risk and ensure continuity and compliance Stay secure by ensuring all your data is kept in only the most resilient accredited data centres Be more efficient by retaining flexible use of your on-site technical staff Improve agility across your entire organisation Monitor and measure success with regular reporting from a dedicated UK based operations manager In keeping with the LayerV ethos of providing measurable success in everything we do, we have developed KPIs to ensure continuous competitive effectiveness.
CLOUD MANAGED SERVICE Service Desk (NOC) Support Services Maintenance Services 24x7x365 Bums on Seats Desk Dedicated Ticket System Pro Active System & Service Monitoring Analytic Reporting Escalation Management Service Catalogue Dedicated Service Delivery Manager Cloud Ops Specialists Incident & Problem Management Service Request Management Backup Disaster Recovery Preventative Maintenance Dev/Test/Prod Support Optimisation Security & AV Management Performance & Capacity Management Change & Release Management Asset & Config Management
Head Office LayerV Limited Suite 3a, Oriental Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7AH United Kingdom info@layerv.co.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 845 544 0045