Kraken · Energy, water and telecoms

Independent Kraken migration and assurance, worldwide

Kraken now runs energy and water, and is moving into broadband and telecoms, and the migrations onto it are happening across the world. We plan, recover and assure Kraken migrations as an independent consultancy, in any country and any sector, so the programme lands on time and the billing works from day one. We hold no reseller agreement, so our only interest is your outcome.

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£249mof Kraken programmes delivered
Firstwater migration onto Kraken
5Kraken practitioners on the bench
Worldwideany country, any time zone
WORLDWIDE FOOTPRINTKraken is live across the globeEnergy, water and broadband accounts across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.United StatesCanadaUnited Arab EmiratesJapanAustraliaEuropeUK, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Slovenia, GreeceOn the platform: National Grid, Tokyo Gas, Origin, Plenitude, Severn Trent, TalkTalk and TAQA. PEF supports migrations wherever Kraken goes.
Why independent

The platform is proven. The migration is where it goes wrong.

Kraken works. What catches organisations out is the move onto it: the data, the cutover, the billing and the sequencing. We have done this on the hardest programmes in the UK, and because we hold no reseller agreement, we tell you the truth about where a migration is and what it needs.

Migration and cutover

Planning and running the move onto Kraken in controlled, contained stages, so the risk is contained and the business keeps running.

Programme recovery

Bringing a stalled or slipping Kraken migration back to delivery, with client side control reasserted and a plan people believe in.

Assurance and billing integrity

Independent assurance over the programme and the billing, so the errors are caught before they reach customers or the regulator.

Every sector Kraken touches

Energy, water and now telecoms

Kraken started in energy, moved into water, and is now licensing into broadband and telecoms, with a former BT chief leading that push. The migration challenge is the same in each one: data, cutover, billing and sequencing. Our discipline does not change with the sector, and we have delivered Kraken migrations across energy, water and telecoms alike, including a major telecoms operator.

Go deeper by sector: energy and utilities, water, and telecoms and broadband.

THE PEF APPROACHAssurance and control at every stage1AssessIndependent readiness and risk review2SafeguardCommercial and contractual protection3MobiliseThe right operating model and team4DeliverControlled, closely governed delivery5AssureIntegrity proven before go live6RealiseStabilised, with benefits secured
Two ways to work with us

Not just migration: assurance or full integration

We do more than migrations. On Kraken we work in two parts, and you can take either or both.

Part A: assurance

Independent assurance alongside Kraken and your systems integrator: readiness before you commit, the plan and contract tested, stage gates and go live assured, and data and billing reconciled, with an honest view for your board at every step.

Part B: full integration

We take on the full integration: programme leadership, integrating Kraken with your surrounding systems and industry processes, data migration, testing, cutover and hypercare, delivered by our own practitioners alongside your team.

Or both, in sequence

Many clients start with assurance and ask us to take on the integration once they have seen how we work. The same people carry the knowledge from one part to the next.

Track record

What we have already done on Kraken

Led the first water migration onto Kraken in the UK, with no existing playbook, and recovered it from twelve months behind to delivery.
Recovered a billing imbalance of more than £160m after a Kraken go live for a major energy supplier, before it reached customers or the regulator.
Delivered a Kraken migration for a UK utility sixty five days early and to budget.
Around £249m of Kraken programmes delivered between them, with a bench of five Kraken practitioners.
Delivered a major telecoms operator onto Kraken, and supporting Kraken programmes internationally including in Australia.
Worldwide

Any country, any time zone

Kraken is being adopted across Europe, Australia, Japan, the United States and beyond. We work wherever the programme is, across the time difference, and on the ground when it matters. Our Kraken work in Australia is one example of delivery outside the UK.

Common questions

Questions we are asked

Are you a Kraken or Octopus partner?

No, and that is deliberate. We are independent, with no reseller agreement and no commission, so our advice and assurance serve you and not the vendor.

Do you only work on energy Kraken migrations?

No. Kraken now covers energy, water and increasingly broadband and telecoms. We have delivered Kraken migrations across energy, water and telecoms, including a major telecoms operator, so we work across all three.

Do you work outside the UK?

Yes, worldwide. We already support Kraken programmes internationally, including in Australia, and we work across time zones and on the ground when it matters.

Can you recover a Kraken migration that is already in trouble?

Yes. That is often how we are brought in. We reassert client side control, replan the cutover and get the programme back to delivery.

Who actually does the work?

A bench of five Kraken practitioners and a wider network of senior consultants, not two people.

Where we work on Kraken

Kraken is landing in new markets worldwide. We support migrations wherever they are, with focused pages for the countries and regions where it is being adopted now.

Related reading

New to Kraken?

Start with our plain explainer, What is Kraken Technologies?, which covers who runs on the platform, what it does differently and what a migration really involves.

Do you only do Kraken migrations?

No. Migration is one part of what we do on Kraken and on every other platform. Clients use us in two parts: Part A is independent assurance of the vendor and integrator, and Part B is full integration, where we lead the programme and integrate the platform with your wider estate through to a stable service. Many start with assurance and move to full integration.

Planning or recovering a Kraken migration, anywhere?

Tell us where the programme is and we will tell you honestly what it needs.

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