With over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry we have seen many trends and changes. The recent trend, (if it can be called a trend), is the mass migration of UK systems and skills to foreign cloud providers. This migration is hurting the UK in many ways, firstly, it is causing a shift in the IT industry skill set away from fully rounded IT individuals to specialist 'Cloud' engineers who are choosing to hone their skills around these foreign systems. We are building a future where the only players in town are these foreign 'Clouds'
I use the term 'Foreign Cloud' because it seems major decision makers in both the UK public and private sector, have only one view of the 'Cloud' and that is not 'UK Cloud'.
Another downside to this migration is the flow of IT revenue. We are seeing more and more projects that feed the UK IT industry, being moved to these foreign clouds which do not benefit the UK in any way. Given the nature of these foreign clouds, where the cloud provider is only interested in annuity revenue, a partner is required to implement these systems resulting in a very expensive endeavour.
So together with the loss of skills and the increasingly expensive cost of IT services, we are seeing many SME's struggling to get good, all round, IT support.
Launching our new product ‘Virtual IT’, we are offering a new service that will hopefully provide a solution for many SMEs across the UK. This is a complete, end to end, IT service, providing everything from first line telephone support to IT director advice in a personalised, friendly, human to human service.
Our USP is that we provide not only IT support but everything else that a typical IT department would provide: Software development, UK Hosting in our 'Cloud' all backed up by UK professionals that are not only fully trained in all things IT, but also in customer service, ensuring you get a professional and friendly experience.
We are also expert at taking on and integrating the many disparate systems that you may need to run your business. We also have as an option within 'Virtual IT', a complete toolkit of applications similar to those found in the many popular Cloud providers so that you can craft your IT, to match your business.
IT can be the biggest headache for some business owners and keeping it all up to date and relevant a challenge. Throw in the risks of cyber-attacks and the frequency of them happening, it does really need to be at the forefront of any business. Our aim is to simplify it all for clients, so they can focus on what they do best – their roles and their company.
We are currently building a job management system for a hazardous waste company, to revolutionise their planning and streamline their business. We have software engineers, so if you want to get your business on Shopify and link it to Sage, we can do it and provide a single email address for all your IT.
We are showcasing ‘Virtual IT’ at the North’s biggest digital and IT event next month, DTX in Manchester. So if you want to come along and meet us, it would be great to see you there. Otherwise contact us at
Glenn Scaife – CEO at Claritas Solutions Ltd