I was asked to speak at the Buckingham’s Civic Service held at St Bernardine’s Church, Chandos Road on the 28th of April.[…]
Imagination in Business
The Cloudy Academy was born out of our belief in investing in the future of digital services and encouraging entrepreneurship. Having built up a fantastic network of partnerships with local councils and higher education bodies we are now able to provide young people with real-world work experience in the industry, apprenticeship opportunities and dedicated training to help them enhance their passion for digital solutions, IT, telecommunications and creative media.
Stoke Mandeville School in Aylesbury took part in the APPrentice Challenge last year and as part of the Cloudy Academy’s commitment to engage with the students further, the winning ten students were invited into our offices last week to meet our team – most of whom started out as apprentices themselves – and to continue building their winning ‘Exam Revision Aid’ App. They also visited Buckingham Universities computing department, meeting lecturers to deepen their understanding of the industry.
Cloudy Group supporting the Milton Keynes Hospital Charity Cancer Centre Appeal
Our exercise obsessed Director David Hall has put his passion to good use this year.[…]
Cloudy Academy’s Local Enterprise Engagement Program Gets off to a Flying Start!
The Cloudy Academy was born out of our belief in investing in the future of digital services and encouraging entrepreneurship. Having built up a fantastic network of partnerships with local councils and higher education bodies we are now able to provide young people with real-world work experience in the industry, apprenticeship opportunities and dedicated training to help them enhance their passion for digital solutions, IT, telecommunications and creative media.
Stoke Mandeville School in Aylesbury took part in the APPrentice Challenge last year and as part of the Cloudy Academy’s commitment to engage with the students further, the winning ten students were invited into our offices last week to meet our team – most of whom started out as apprentices themselves – and to continue building their winning ‘Exam Revision Aid’ App. They also visited Buckingham Universities computing department, meeting lecturers to deepen their understanding of the industry.
Cloudy Group supporting the Milton Keynes Hospital Charity Cancer Centre Appeal
Our exercise obsessed Director David Hall has put his passion to good use this year. He’s pouring his energies in to raising money for a brilliant local charity – Milton Keynes Hospital Charity Cancer Centre Appeal – who are aiming to raise a huge 2.5 million pounds of the 15 million required to build a designated cancer centre at the hospital.
Digitally transform your council through Microsoft 365
We are all aware of cloud computing, its everywhere in our lives, from the items we buy (Amazon) to the services we consume (Google). But how can the ‘’cloud’’ help you and your council? Well the
Council Modernisation Training Day
Cloudy Group are pleased to be working with Sally McLellan at Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council (WGTC), we recently migrated them to Microsoft Office 365 Cloud, please read our latest blog post from Sally regarding the councils experiences…
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
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Working in Partnership with Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils
Cloudy Group is proud to be working closely with Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils to help with the digital transformation of their members IT and web systems, through our Council’s Modernisation Program.
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils represents 168 members Councils, and part of its remit is to provide its members with key advice and benefits. Through its partnership with Cloudy Group they are ensuring their members have access to the most modern IT knowledge base, as well as discounted rates on a number of IT and web services.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1548346843518{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1548342760535{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
Modernisation training From CloudyGroup and The Readiness Company (TRC) an authorised Microsoft Learning Partner.
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As part of our Councils Modernisation Program, Cloudy Group will be holding a number of workshops for members. The workshop will include key information and training on:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1548869870002{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-image: url(https://cloudy.agency/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/slice2.jpg?id=2396) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1548869502546{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
The modern work place and the benefits it can bring, this includes:
• Communication & collaboration
• Document management
• Data Security
• Communication & collaboration
• Document management
• Data Security
Microsoft applications
• Microsoft Planner – Improve productivity and communication
• Microsoft Bookings – Facilities and services booking solution
• Microsoft Forms – Collect and read data for making better decisions
• Microsoft Power Apps – Create applications from a mobile
phone to help with day to day services
• Microsoft Planner – Improve productivity and communication
• Microsoft Bookings – Facilities and services booking solution
• Microsoft Forms – Collect and read data for making better decisions
• Microsoft Power Apps – Create applications from a mobile
phone to help with day to day services
Website management & Hosting
Demonstrating benefits of our easy to use platform designed for councils
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Demonstrating benefits of our easy to use platform designed for councils
Cloudy Group offers all 168 members of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils discount rates on their IT and Web related services. If you are a member then please contact us and we would be more than happy to discuss this further.
If you are a council association or a council looking for advice on your IT, Comms or Web Service then we would be more than happy to discuss your requirements.
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Carole Burslem
County Officer
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
Association of Local Councils
County Hall
Aylesbury
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Cloudy Group are pleased to be working with Sally McLellan at Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council (WGTC), we recently migrated them to Microsoft Office 365 Cloud, please read our latest blog post from Sally regarding the councils experiences…
Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Security
Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security
At Cloudy IT we are proud to offer Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), an all in a one identity mobile management and security solution from Microsoft which is licensed on a per user base.
In today’s world the majority of employees in our workforce prefer to be able to have the flexibility to work and complete tasks on the go. Using Laptops or mobile phones gives us that flexibility. However, this rise comes with an increased security risk. And since mobile devices are so small, it’s easier to lose them—and the data they contain. Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) is the solution to all these problems. The cloud-based program promotes mobility while ensuring security, allowing administrators to easily manage accounts, change passwords, and monitor data.
What is included?
Azure Active Directory Premium
Azure Active Directory is a comprehensive, highly available identity and access management cloud solution. It includes core directory services, advanced identity governance, and application access management. You can manage your network without a server.
Azure Rights Management (RMS)
Azure rights management helps secure your data such as files and emails by using authorisation policies, encryption and identity even when it has left your network. This will also help you stay compliant with new GDPR regulations.
Advanced Threat Analytics
ATA provides information on what is happening within your network by identifying suspicious user and device activity. Built-in intelligence helps against targeted attacks by automatically analysing, learning, and identifying normal and abnormal entity (user, devices, and resources) behaviour.
Intune MDM – Mobile Device Management
Microsoft Intune manages and protects data and application on any device including mobiles, tablets and laptops. Deploy, manage and even wipe corporate data from any managed device.
SSO Single Sign On
Centrally managed passwords for all your applications across all your devices. Self-service portal providing secure single sign on to all your applications.
The Benefits of EMS
Managing Applications
EMS is integrated with more than 2500 of the leading SaaS applications. This means companies can provide more customized application packages to their users, all with single sign-on enabled.
Work anywhere, anytime
With an EMS system, employees can access their data and applications from literally anywhere in the world. Working from the comfort of your own home has never been easier!
Single sign-on
With single-sign on, employees can access all their registered applications with just a single identity. Ultimately, this simplifies identity management and enhances employee productivity.
Data protection
EMS is easily integrated with Android, IOS, or Windows operating systems. It provides protection to all these devices and with remote data wiping, usage alerts and notifications, active threat analytics, and data tracking, EMS ensures that all your company data remains protected.
Reduced costs
Perhaps the most important benefit of EMS is the reduced cost of managing teams. With EMS, the cost of infrastructure decreases, as all data are shifted to the cloud. IT departments also no longer having to worry about micromanaging users. Above all, EMS helps companies save considerable sums by reducing the risk of data breaches.
Conclusion
These are just some of the main benefits of EMS. In short, EMS aligns your business with modern workplace requirements. If even some of your employees work remotely and use mobile devices, as many people do nowadays, integrating EMS is essential to ensuring that your data remains protected at all times.
To speak to us about EMS or any security issues you might have please call us on 01280 830107. To visit our contact page click here.
