The mission of “Waybeyond IT” is to bring a wealth of experience of cloud computing by drawing on a team of professionals with extensive and deep experience under the WaybeyondIT banner that are currently available within the industry to ensure that "best of breed" solutions are provided to clients with the “bigger picture” in mind.
Whether you own or are involved in a multinational organisation, a small to medium business, an entrepreneur with a brilliant idea, a startup, an end computer user, a CEO or higher management, a charity, an accountant, a legal practice, a marketing and media agency, a data analytics organisation, an education service provider, a procurement team, a health service, a local council, a government or non governmental organisation, an artist, a sole trader, a shop owner, an online business, an online newspaper, a bank, a fashion or modelling agency, a TV production company, or a defence organisation we have extensive experience working with similar organisations. Hence we can offer an approachable and personalised service to help you achieve your vision, short and long term goals.
Our approach is to reduce your stress and do the heavy lifting for you so that you can focus on your business.
Most people get confused by the terms cloud computing and cloud services.
Let's simplify it, if I host a service on my personal computer and give you access to that service via the world wide web or internet I can class that as a cloud based service. To state it literally, if you have access to my word processing service on my computer via the internet or world wide web we can it is a cloud based service that I provide to you. The "cloud" being the ether or the internet that connects you to my computer via a highway of routes to my computer at home. The service being the word processor application running on my computer that I have given you access to as a service. I can call this simple example as software as a service (SaaS) that I provide to you. All cloud services run on bigger computers hosted within data centers. The delivery of these services can be controlled by automation and orchestration tools that the cloud service provider or third parties provide. All of these tools interact via Application Programming Interfaces known as "APIs" of the different cloud services.
I would class Netscape as one of the first public cloud services that was available more than two decades ago. In recent years marketeers have capitalised on the term “Cloud” to bewilder people with terminology and acronyms when it should not be the case. Having worked with diverse technologies and such as Linux, Novell Netware, Dos, Windows, Xen (Citrix) and VMware for over two decades it is my firm belief that we should simplify the delivery of technology rather than complicate it.
For instance your Hotmail or Yahoo mail services are cloud based services and are controlled via API's within these service environments, hence cloud services go back decades in time. For instance:
Hotmail was founded in 1996.
Yahoo mail was founded in 1997.
These can be classed as cloud based email services.
As the founder of "WaybeyondIT", I am an IT professional with over 27 years experience in information technology having worked (as an external consultant or direct employee) for organisations such as VMware, The Financial Times, BAE Systems, RBS, The London Metropolitan Police, British Airport Authority (BAA), ITV, Dell, Steria, CapGemini, Oslo Kommune, Cambridge City Council, EMC and a multitude of smaller companies doing many roles in security, architecture design and engineering, both hands on and hands off.
I also hold a host of professional certifications within these fields in addition to those mentioned below which relate to Amazon Web Services (AWS), this is because I have been focusing more these lately.
Our values and your total cost of ownership and return on investment.
My personal belief is that once you understand the underlying core architecture of cloud services that are available in the market you are able to make informed decisions matching available services to client requirements.
Knowledge of most cloud services can be enhanced by studying for professional vendor based certifications but you can never substitute years of experience in a field of expertise with the knowledge gained by passing a certification. I plan on taking the complicated jargon out of cloud based services to ensure that when we deliver solutions to a client, the client is able to understand the fundamental capabilities of these services. This process ensures that the client is able to make informed decisions rather than going blindly from a sales pitch and implementing a proposed solution that may consist of services that are not required. Thus, saving them time and money and a better return on investment.
This website illustrates the capabilities of some the basic services provided by Amazon and other cloud service providers, feel free to read about them and expand your knowledge.
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