Going Beyond Delivery Service-focused,
strategic improvements
Foreword
Since 2018, Version 1 has been a dedicated partner to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) supporting you to innovate with purpose, driving innovation with exceptional service delivery and strategic improvements.
We’ve partnered with you to assess and measure DevOps and data skills, migrate on-prem applications to the cloud, and prepare you for your data and cloud migration journeys, always focused on accelerating and unlocking value for the Department at every opportunity.
Our teams understand how your technology works. We pride ourselves on our honesty and integrity, customer-first approach, and personal commitment to success. We are aligned with the Department’s vision to improve people’s quality of life both now and in the future, and our success is interlinked with yours.
Our values align with yours: we care, we deliver, we adapt, we work together, and we value everyone. These values underpin our approach to work as part of the Department’s rainbow teams and seamlessly align with your culture and ways of working.
Whether you are moving away from costly legacy infrastructure, unlocking the value of your data, migrating your applications to the cloud, or modernising and transforming your services, Version 1 is here to ensure that the choices you make deliver positive change for the Department and your citizens.
Richard Holbert
RICHARD HOLBERT Director - Public Sector
Partnering for success with DWP
FREDA migration, from stalled to success
DWP encountered challenges with the stalled migration of the FREDA application from on-premises to AWS, initially handled by another supplier.
The application also required modernisation to improve its performance, reliability, and scalability. DWP engaged Version 1 to take over both the stalled migration and modernisation.
Our primary goal was to reduce your total cost of ownership, improve uptime, enhance recoverability, and introduce modern development and deployment practices.
We designed a robust infrastructure, tailored to your unique requirements.
It leveraged the following AWS services:
The team have been excellent working in an uncertain, complex and changing project –as we discover the user needs and what can be solved.
Damien Corbishley, DWP
The migration was performed seamlessly, ensuring minimal disruption to your end users. The solution included redesigning release pipelines with GitLab, implementing a highly available architecture, and adopting a robust and scalable 3-tier datacentre.
We also provided comprehensive training to DWP staff on using CI/CD pipelines, ensuring best practices through the AWS Partnership and the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP).
The project delivered a 10% reduction in the total cost of ownership, improved uptime with 99.9% availability, and enhanced RTO and RPO to within a 2-hour window. Moreover, the migration fostered a cultural shift towards embracing cloud-first principles and continuous learning, providing significant long-term benefits to DWP.
By partnering with Version 1, DWP overcame the challenges of the stalled migration and positioned itself for future success with a modern, scalable, and reliable infrastructure.
Mastering cloud costs: FinOps tagging
DWP recently completed a large-scale migration to AWS, primarily using ‘Rehosting’ and ‘Replatforming’ due to tight deadlines. Post-migration, the focus shifted to managing the AWS estate, as cloud costs were rising significantly, estimated between £1.2 – £1.4 million per month.
To address this, we were tasked with improving tag compliance across your AWS estate without disrupting existing production services. We developed a unified retrospective tagging approach to maximise compliance with minimal operational disruption.
Our team rapidly prototyped and iterated a solution, conducting limited manual rollouts in controlled environments. This powerful retrospective tag compliance solution empowered developers to fix tag compliance for their products consistently and without impacting production environments. The solution was integrated into the client’s GitLab compliance framework, ensuring compliance across approximately 10,000 repositories.
The solution led to increased tag compliance, providing your FinOps team with comprehensive data for true insight into cloud costs. This allowed for better categorisation and comparison of
cloud costs across business units, teams, and applications, increasing accountability and cost awareness. The FinOps team could also identify and terminate noncompliant resources more easily, significantly decreasing cloud costs and improving visibility, accountability, and traceability.
Our Public Sector expertise
National Highways
National Highways teamed up with Version 1 to drive their digital transformation journey. This collaboration delivers sustainable transformation and boosts public safety and road user experience by modernising infrastructure and enhancing traffic flow, making England’s roads safer and more efficient.
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Companies House
As the chosen digital transformation partner for Companies House, we propel their digital transformation through a landmark initiative, unlocking significant value through expertise in modernisation and automation. while effectively managing risks.
Cafcass
Cafcass collaborated with Version 1 to seamlessly migrate its case management system to the cloud, delivering sustainable digital transformation and maintenance with an ongoing managed service by Version 1. This initiative unlocked considerable operational efficiencies and financial savings of approximately 40%, ensuring system availability and compliance with legislative deadlines. By reallocating budget to frontline services, Cafcass can now focus on its core mission.
Large UK Government Department
A major UK government department partnered with Version 1 to migrate over 40 Oracle databases to the cloud, achieving substantial cost savings and operational efficiencies. Provisioning time was reduced by approximately 99.5% and post-deployment checks were reduced to 1/12 of the original time. This strategic initiative ensured robust data security, providing a resilient and secure cloud solution that unlocked substantial value while effectively managing risks.
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reduction in release times for faster software iterations 80%
reduction in manual test effort
Version 1 at a glance
Europe
Malaga, Spain
Ljubljana, Slovenia
India
Bangalore
Pune
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Recognition
Global leaders in Generative AI as ranked by ISG
Leaders in AWS Professional Services, AWS Managed Services, and AWS Data Analytics, AI and ML as ranked by ISG
Named Finalist in 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award – Inclusion Changemaker
Named Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023
Named AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year – EMEA 2023
Named Microsoft Ireland Partner of the Year 2023 Winner – Social Impact
Named Innovation Partner of the Year Winner - 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards
Named AWS Migration Partner of the Year – EMEA 2022
Version 1 capabilities
Cloud Transformation
Adopting, optimising and leveraging Cloud to unlock new or enhanced business value and innovation.
Industry specific cloud
Readiness and enablement
Migration and transformation
Operate and optimise
Specialist services
Application
Modernisation and Integration
Accelerating the modernisation of applications embracing sustainable engineering and AI-assisted development.
Legacy systems modernisation
Continuous modernisation
Next Gen Apps
Integrated Apps
Portfolio modernisation
Data x AI
Becoming an intelligent, data driven organisation needs quality data x AI to make better decisions and processes.
Data strategy and architecture
Data engineering
Data analytics and visualisation
Data modernisation
Data governance
AI co-creation services
Experience Design and Development
Designing, shaping and building products and solutions that deliver fantastic people and societal experiences.
Digital strategy and innovation
Product management and roadmaps
Behavioural research, analysis and journey mapping
Creative design and UX services
Product development and AI accelerated engineering
Envisioning and innovation workshops
Enterprise Applications
Optimising the core of your business with deep functional and technical expertise in Finance, People, Customer and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM).
Reshaping finance for the future
Elevating HR and people operations
Enhancing supply chain management
Amplifying customer touchpoints
Realising value with Data insights and AI
ASPIRE
Managed Services
Reduce time, cost and risk by leveraging our VLA approach to run and optimise traditional and Cloud services to improve business agility and accelerate innovation.
Cloud management and optimisation
Oracle app management and optimisation
Database and infrastructure management
EBS and JDE managed service
Application management and optimisation
Digital workspace and service management
At Version 1, we don’t just deliver transformation; we empower you to define the future. Our comprehensive range of services ensures that we can meet the diverse needs of our clients across various sectors.
Cloud and data migration
Version 1 has a proven track record in cloud and data migration. Our approach is designed to reduce cost, risk, and time to deploy, ensuring a smooth transition to the cloud. We have successfully migrated complex application estates, such as the Legal Aid systems and secure policing systems, to AWS and Azure.
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Our dedicated AI Labs & Innovation team is at the forefront of leveraging cuttingedge technologies such as generative AI, computer vision, and conversational AI. We help businesses implement AI-related technologies, develop enterprise-ready productivity apps, and drive business success through AI innovation.