Cloud Insights - November 2024

From navigating Azure deployment to our reluctance to hit DELETE, we've covered a broad spectrum of topics in our expert insight and analysis this month.

Plus, whether you're getting close to your Microsoft data storage limits or not, now is the time to take stock and prepare for the future. Our webinar on 19 November will cover best practice advice and top tips for action to take both natively within Microsoft 365 and the external options available. Secure your place now.

In today’s fast-paced business environment, change is constant. Organisations that plan for growth from the outset will have the ability to scale up or down with ease, helping them ride out change while remaining competitive and adaptable.?

This growth-aware mindset is central to our Azure design philosophy at Cloud Essentials. Read more >>

Cyber Security Awareness Month is an annual initiative held each October, designed to educate individuals and organisations about the importance of cyber security. This may seem unnecessary – who in this day and age is unaware of the dangers of cyberspace? But the truth is, cybersecurity threats are continually evolving, and those who fail to stay up to date on the developments are by far the most likely to fall prey to them.

So, in the quest to stay one step ahead of cyber attackers, we took a look at exactly what’s happening in today’s risk landscape. Read more >>

Compliance can be a daunting prospect for organisations for a number of reasons. One of the most common is the fact that it’s virtually impossible to encapsulate compliance in a single project with a clear start point, end point, and business case.

The truth is compliance isn’t really a project at all. It’s much more of a programme of inter-related workstreams. The key to success, in our experience, lies in letting go of the idea of isolated compliance projects and embracing the concept of a systematic compliance programme with solid programme management. Read more >>

In today’s digital age, data has become one of the most valuable assets for organisations. It can provide critical insights, improve decision-making, and enhance overall performance. However, data also poses significant risks, such as exposing sensitive information, incurring unnecessary costs, and potentially violating laws and policies.?

Effective data lifecycle management (DLM) is essential for maximising the value of data while minimising these risks. And yet, even with clear retention schedules in place, many organisations still struggle to hit that big (bad?) delete button. Read more >>

We pride ourselves on the long term relationships that we build with our clients. For the past year, we’ve been asking our clients the industry standard question for measuring client satisfaction, based on the likelihood that they would refer us to friends or colleagues at the end of a project/engagement, on a scale of 0-10. The results of this are then aggregated to calculate our net promoter score (NPS).

We’re immensely proud that our NPS is currently +92.9, and the vast majority of respondents rated us 10 (the highest rating, indicating? the strongest likelihood that they would recommend us).

Top quartile industry standard NPS scores for professional services firms, like ours, were benchmarked at +73 or above in 2023. We’re delighted to be amongst the leaders in client satisfaction. Read more >>