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UK Finance Sector: Now re-Azured, and ready to be Amazed? It never ceases to surprise me how fast the perceptions in the UK mid-tier financial services market can change. The “inherited wisdom” of the sector can be static for years, and then bang!, it changes almost overnight. I’ve occasionally been overheard (when I’m in a […]

The Clover index is thrilled to announce that we have won the award for the “Best Cloud Enablement Company” at the HFM 2017 Technology Awards!! https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=255279&tabid=570481 Ray Bricknell Founder and Managing Director commented: “We are now witnessing a mass migration to the cloud of finance sector workloads. Clover index’s mission is to ensure that we […]

You may have seen the post I did about the coolest Father’s Day present I think I have ever received? (and over the course of 30 years and 5 kids, that’s a lot of gifts!) Well, here is part two of the story… I was so impressed that I took Jack’s hand drawing and asked […]

Nephophobia: noun for a fear of clouds. The word origin is Greek nephos which means ‘cloud’ On Wednesday 28th June, my business partner (Ray Bricknell – https://www.linkedin.com/in/raybricknell/ ) and I were fortunate enough to attend the AWS London Summit along with 6000 other folks to and learn all things AWS and meet partners who provide […]

Coolest Father’s Day present EVER!! Just received this framed picture from Jack, one of my 5 fantastic kids. His own handrawn picture of “The Cloud Vender” – which is probably the best single image I have seen to depict what Behind Every Cloud and The Clover index actually does for its customers… They say a […]

Best Execution Venue … for Cloud Workloads? In about 2014, a good Irish mate of mine (Ian Bowell) and I were sitting together at an Ensono (then Attenda) event, listening to the key note speaker William Fellows (the Founder of 451 Research) and he used a term that has stuck with me ever since.  I will paraphrase him […]

With the majority of UK organisation either migrated to the Cloud (part or full) or planning for their migration to the Cloud. The transition project is a vital step for any business as the migration can be a high-risk event. The execution of the project needs to be done correctly otherwise your organisations operation could […]

The latest ‘wannacry’ ransomware attack which brought down IT systems across the NHS and other organisations in May this year, has provided another “wake-up” call for the IT industry. Sadly I feel these attacks will become more frequent and will penetrate more organisations as the criminal’s tools and skills become more sophisticated and organised over the […]

So much NOISE!! The UK Cloud Vendor marketplace is crazy right now. With pretty well EVERY IT Services Provider in the market offering some form of Cloud related services – and every one of them most sincerely declaring themselves to be the best.. how does a lay person (or even an experienced IT professional for […]

I thought you might enjoy reading a rough “fly on the wall” transcript of a meeting that I brokered this week between a major London Hedge Fund and one of the better MSPs in the UK market. In essence, the Hedge Fund CTO is facing a dilemma that is pretty common-place in our market today. […]