One of the benefits for many in our industry of being part of an MSP is the hive knowledge it produces. You don’t have to be an expert in everything, and have had every experience yourself, as long as you can engage with your team easily. This allows a MSP Read more…
Due to staffing changes, I recently took on the project lead responsibilities in addition to my wider role. One of the parts of my job in all areas I am responsible for is building systems and enabling my colleagues to perform their roles easier. I really enjoy this, and the Read more…
As I sit here in the aftermath of the worlds biggest education technology show, after a full 3 day stint – you’d think I’d be fed up of talking about my job and my passion – but I always find the opposite is true. There was a real buzz around Read more…
Cloud is coming mainstream in 2023, and I hope Hybrid dies a death. In a education sector that is struggling on so many fronts, we need to simplify edtech environments for schools and trusts so they can benefit from great strides in technology made since the pandemic. Even if the Read more…
I knew 2022 was going to be a year of big change for me, as I started my new role with Concero as their new Chief Technology Officer on 1st January. Starting a new role was something I hadn’t done for 10 years, any movements in my previous role were Read more…
Today was a good day, and that is, in itself, a reason to celebrate. Specifically, today was a good day because I spent a few hours in a school, talking about what the company I work for does, and why I enjoy it. The careers fair, at Alcester Academy was Read more…
I wrote a post a few years ago on the fact there is a staffing crisis in edu IT – and I think the situation has only got worse since I wrote that post. In fact, I’d say we are now at crisis point, thanks to the pandemic, the explosion Read more…
For a while now in EdTech we have seen many tools move to the cloud, some claiming to have moved to the cloud (and are really just a cloud hosted version, not a SaaS) and anything with the word cloud in it has been welcomed as a bit of a Read more…
I completed a boot camp with the Concero crew in the Easter holidays, it was a great day of getting to know the team, and training – but in the introduction I asked a direct question of them – that I had asked myself after watching a tiktok late one Read more…
Apologies for the click bait headline! Over the last few months I’ve been busy settling into my new role at Concero. It’s been great to meet so many new schools, and being part of so many new conversations around delivering digital transformation for schools. Whether that be around hardware and Read more…