--- title: Fordway Blog | Debbie Smith description: Fordway Blog on public, private and hybrid cloud, security, governance and all things IT --- T. 01483 528 200 [How can we help?](https://www.fordway.com/contact-us) [Contact us](https://www.fordway.com/contact-us) [![fordway-logo](https://www.fordway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fordway-logo.png "fordway-logo")](https://www.fordway.com/) - [Home](https://www.fordway.com) - [Insights](https://www.fordway.com/insights/blog) - [Cloud Services](https://www.fordway.com/services/cloud) # Fordway Blog ## Debbie Smith ![Debbie Smith](https://blog.fordway.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Person%20-%20teal.png?width=35&name=Person%20-%20teal.png) ## Recent Posts [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/ht81_editorialbanner%20(1).jpg)](https://blog.fordway.com/gch-heads-for-the-cloud-with-fordway) ## [Housing Technology: GCH heads for the cloud with Fordway](https://blog.fordway.com/gch-heads-for-the-cloud-with-fordway) \[fa icon="calendar'\] May 26, 2021 12:30:31 PM / by [Debbie Smith](https://blog.fordway.com/author/debbie-smith) posted in [Cloud](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud), [IT Transformation](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/it-transformation), [Cloud migration](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/cloud-migration), [Strategy](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/strategy) #### Fordway has completed the implementation of a managed cloud service for Gloucester City Homes’ legacy IT applications, resulting in greater flexibility and scalability combined with reduced costs. *Published in [Housing Technology](http://www.housing-technology.com/magazine), May 2021* [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/gch-heads-for-the-cloud-with-fordway) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/Blog%20Header%203.png)](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0-0) ## [“I believe that having more women makes teams more effective...”](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0-0) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Mar 9, 2021 11:00:00 AM / by [Debbie Smith](https://blog.fordway.com/author/debbie-smith) posted in [#ChooseToChallenge](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/choosetochallenge), [#IWD2021](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/iwd2021)   One of the goals of [International Women’s Day 2021](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalwomensday.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clisa.hehr%40fordway.com%7Cc2c05d3eac1d43ad664908d8dfd704d0%7C92f571261c684e5180855cb2e14cc381%7C1%7C0%7C637505461881059154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jSuYjZ5u6Y0R0FGcieO41639PCOgkDvI2uEZRfHd%2Fts%3D&reserved=0) is to celebrate women’s achievements. At Fordway, we decided to celebrate three women with very different roles who are all part of our management team. And, in the light of this year’s theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, we also want to contest any preconceptions that women can’t or don’t want to run technical teams. As Jenny and Jo demonstrate every day, they can and they do – and the company is thriving as a result of their work. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0-0) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/Blog%20Header%202.png)](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0) ## [How women are taking on leadership roles at Fordway, part 2](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Mar 8, 2021 11:00:00 AM / by [Debbie Smith](https://blog.fordway.com/author/debbie-smith) posted in [#ChooseToChallenge](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/choosetochallenge), [#IWD2021](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/iwd2021)   One of the goals of [International Women’s Day 2021](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalwomensday.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clisa.hehr%40fordway.com%7Cc2c05d3eac1d43ad664908d8dfd704d0%7C92f571261c684e5180855cb2e14cc381%7C1%7C0%7C637505461881059154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jSuYjZ5u6Y0R0FGcieO41639PCOgkDvI2uEZRfHd%2Fts%3D&reserved=0) is to celebrate women’s achievements. At Fordway, we decided to celebrate three women with very different roles who are all part of our management team. And, in the light of this year’s theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, we also want to contest any preconceptions that women can’t or don’t want to run technical teams. As Jenny and Jo demonstrate every day, they can and they do – and the company is thriving as a result of their work. [Read More \[fa icon="long-arrow-right"\]](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway-0) [![](https://blog.fordway.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/Blog%20Header%202.png)](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway) ## [How women are taking on leadership roles at Fordway](https://blog.fordway.com/how-women-are-taking-on-leadership-roles-at-fordway) \[fa icon="calendar'\] Mar 5, 2021 2:00:00 PM / by [Debbie Smith](https://blog.fordway.com/author/debbie-smith) posted in [#ChooseToChallenge](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/choosetochallenge), [#IWD2021](https://blog.fordway.com/topic/iwd2021) One of the goals of [International Women’s Day 2021](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalwomensday.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clisa.hehr%40fordway.com%7Cc2c05d3eac1d43ad664908d8dfd704d0%7C92f571261c684e5180855cb2e14cc381%7C1%7C0%7C637505461881059154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=jSuYjZ5u6Y0R0FGcieO41639PCOgkDvI2uEZRfHd%2Fts%3D&reserved=0) is to celebrate women’s achievements. At Fordway, we decided to celebrate three women with very different roles who are all part of our management team. And, in the light of this year’s theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, we also want to contest any preconceptions that women can’t or don’t want to run technical teams. As Jenny and Jo demonstrate every day, they can and they do – and the company is thriving as a result of their work. 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