Fordway Blog

You can’t put a 10 year old engine into a new car without some reengineering

[fa icon="calendar'] Dec 9, 2020 2:03:18 PM / by Charles Dada posted in Cloud Shock, cloud first, enterprise cloud, Cloud migration, Azure

One of the questions I’m often asked is: “how easy is it to move to public cloud?” There’s only one answer: it depends. Unless we understand exactly what an organisation’s objectives are, and what  systems and applications it has (and some organisations don’t know this themselves) it’s impossible to give a definite answer. There are too many variables and dependencies that can affect the end result.

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Using zero trust to secure the finance sector

[fa icon="calendar'] Dec 2, 2020 3:14:54 PM / by Ashley Denness posted in Security, enterprise cloud

During the pandemic the traditionally office-based finance sector has quickly adapted to remote working – and now many employees may not be returning to the office for some time, if at all.

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Access Fordway's services via a new NHS procurement framework

[fa icon="calendar'] Dec 1, 2020 4:34:52 PM / by Richard Blanford

 

We’re delighted that Fordway is one of just 21 suppliers appointed to the new ICT Solutions Delivery framework run by the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC). It’s testament to our strong track record working with NHS organisations over many years, including University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Bristol Community Health and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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How housing associations can benefit from cloud and secure their legacy applications.

[fa icon="calendar'] Nov 24, 2020 3:45:54 PM / by Mark Behar posted in Cloud, Cloud migration

Like most organisations within the public sector, housing associations (HAs) are moving towards a “cloud first” strategy as a way to better engage their tenants via digital services, whilst driving productivity and keeping costs down. Cloud also gives them the flexibility to adapt quickly – which is vital in this sector, where government changes to how housing benefit is paid, for example, require a rapid response from the IT department.

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Feeling haunted by technical debt?

[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 29, 2020 2:49:04 PM / by Caroline Houlden posted in legacy, IT Strategy, technical debt

Technical debt is a common problem. It isn’t a question of using the latest version of a desktop operating system, but rather the gradual building up IT problems that will come back and haunt organisations in the future.

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Providing Personal IT Support

[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 22, 2020 1:37:46 PM / by Stephen Humphreys

Fordway Head of Operations, Stephen Humphreys, discusses how new Service Desk capabilities and an expanded team are providing customers with personal support

As the days get shorter, we’re all coming to terms with the longer-term impact of COVID-19 on businesses.

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Be a hero with our seven principles for effective Azure cost management!

[fa icon="calendar'] Jun 16, 2020 1:45:00 PM / by Caroline Houlden posted in Cloud Shock, Azure

After migrating your IT services to the Cloud, it is easy to assume that you are getting value for money. However, needs change and vendor offers are continually evolving. With the pressure on organisations to reduce expenditure, now is a good time to review your cloud implementation for opportunities to reduce costs.

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Helping your staff to work securely while remote

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 23, 2020 10:15:44 AM / by Drew Markham posted in remote working

However strong your access controls, and however diligent your patching regime, your security can still be compromised by the behaviour of your staff. This is an ongoing concern during ‘normal’ circumstances; with everyone now working in very different conditions, often using personal devices and with new distractions and concerns, ensuring that users maintain ‘safe’ behaviour is a much greater challenge.

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Are there immediate benefits to moving legacy applications to the cloud – and should you?

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 16, 2020 10:28:54 AM / by Drew Markham posted in Cloud migration, tactical, remote working

As remote working continues, it provides an opportunity to consider whether your organisation can make more of its business applications available to staff by any means possible e.g. public or private cloud and, crucially, whether you want or need to.

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Things to consider when optimising your home working implementation

[fa icon="calendar'] Apr 9, 2020 2:57:45 PM / by Drew Markham posted in remote working

The first in our new series What Now? Not What's Next to help you address immediate IT challenges in delivering mainstream business capability

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