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Meet Andy Sefton, Head of IT and Data Security @ Centrepoint, the tech-powered UK charity with standout ambitions to “end youth homelessness by 2037”…

·       Centrepoint charity: centrepoint.org.uk

·       Contact details & FAQs: Centrepoint contact

·       Synextra: synextra.co.uk

·       Call, email, visit: Synextra contact

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🥳Happy new year, techie addicts 🥳 – we’re back!  That’s right, just when you thought 2021 had brought all the technology tutorials and cloud-based capers you could handle, it’s time to buckle up for even more IT top tips and practical insights in 2022. 

EPISODE 5 | This week, we caught up with Andy Sefton, part-time international man of mystery and full-time technology guru. 

When Andy isn’t striving toward his yoga black belt in India or ordering another slice of Sugarloaf in Rio, he can be found helping to hasten the positive impact of charity on society in his role as Head of IT & Data Security at Centrepoint. 

What’s in store:

✔ Meet Andy (the man, the myth, the mainframe magician).

✔ Centrepoint Charity work – discover more about Centrepoint, one of the UK’s top charity organisations working to support young homeless people.  

✔ Insights from an industry legend whose first job was replacing “OM” (Office Machinery – that’s “typewriters” to the rest of us) with IT equipment in 1986.

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Got a question? Ask us anything. From the life and times of Andy Sefton to Centrepoint’s exemplary charity work (and anything about MSP channel partners along the way), let’s start the conversation and kick 2022 off with new friendships. 

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About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

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A hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is a software defined IT solution, redeploying elements such as storage & network to the cloud. Join the debate.

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Today, we’re unpacking a two-word topic with the vast potential to transform, streamline, and simplify enterprise level IT operations. Listen in as Chris, Dean, and Mike explore the past, present, and future of hyperconverged infrastructure…

What are the benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure?

Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) offers multiple benefits over a traditional hardware-defined three-tier architecture. The virtualised layer abstracts and groups resources, expediting the allocation of data requests to apps running in virtual machines. 

A hyperconverged resource management approach results in:

• Efficient IT Processes

With HCI, a single outsourced team can monitor, maintain, and manage a company’s virtualised IT solution, eliminating the associated ongoing expenses linked to permanent on-site siloed expertise.

• Flexible Scalability

HCI significantly reduces a company’s on-premises IT requirement. Replace the CAPEX of a traditional three-tier structure with a flexible hyperconverged infrastructure that avoids both vendor lock-in & overprovisioning.

• Lowered Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Vendors can pass on the reduced TCO of a hyperconverged infrastructure in many ways. For example, users stand to make savings across equipment, software, staffing, power & cooling costs, and IT housing costs.

• Single-Pane-of-Glass

By virtualising all mission critical elements of a company’s IT solution (e.g., storage, compute, networking), a hyperconverged infrastructure delivers single-pane-of-glass control features, allowing users to control multiple VMs from one centralised interface. 

• New Deployments & Time to Market 

HCI facilitates expedited app development & rollout times – all of which can be carried out by less experienced staff accessing online features with reduced physical on-site architecture. 

For more information on how Synextra can help you to deploy and manage hyperconverged infrastructures for your clients, contact us today.  

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• Tel: 0161 883 1383 
• Email: [email protected]
• Synextra: https://www.synextra.co.uk

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About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

Connect with us:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synextra
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synextra
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Ever wondered what the role of a non-executive is in a business? 

With a huge amount of experience, not just as a non-exec, but in business as whole, we sit down with Paul Beaumont and dig into how he helps businesses achieve more and perform better. Paul takes us through his interesting journey, detailing just how he got to where he is today talking through his stance on sales and marketing and the importance of brand.

 
Get in touch with Paul on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/consultpb/

Join us as we get inside knowledge and insights, really getting that non-executive perspective.

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About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

Connect with us:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synextra
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synextra
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-
• YouTube: / @synextra
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/synextra

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This is your chance to get behind the scenes of recruitment...
 In this episode we explore the good, the bad and the ugly truth of recruitment - offering genuine insights and insider information.
 Join us as we talk CV red flags, interview mishaps and what not to do when you’re being technically assessed.
Give this episode a listen, get the inside scoop and finally complete that job application we know you’ve been putting off!
Give this episode a listen and finally complete that job application we know you’ve been putting off!
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About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

Connect with us:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synextra
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synextra
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-
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Experts in Polo Shirts: Why Working From Home Isn’t Working for Us
We’re all familiar with remote working or as we often see it, WFH. We are also familiar with the benefits associated with working from home as we see post upon post on social media detailing the perks enough - often alongside pictures of coffee cups and dogs. But are we hearing about the other side of working from home enough? We know about the good, but what about the bad and the ugly?
With more and more businesses opting for hybrid working, are you against the norm if you or your business feel five days of working in the office is key? Well, you’re not alone. In this episode we sit down with our CEO, Chris Piggott and Infrastructure Manager, Dean Murray and discuss, why working from home, just isn’t working for us.

If you’re looking for some inspiration or just want to listen to an interesting story, get comfy and enjoy!

Watch our video podcast here - https://youtu.be/9XX9Ub8AmEk

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LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-/
Twitter | @synextra
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/synextra/

About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

Connect with us:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synextra
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synextra
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-
• YouTube: / @synextra
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/synextra

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How did one person go from a service desk engineer to a CEO of a successful technology company? What did the journey look like? Were there any stumbling blocks along the way? In our first episode of Experts in Polo Shirts, we sit down with Synextra founder and CEO, Chris Piggott and discuss where his journey began and what challenges he has faced to get where he is today.

We delve into his chosen leadership styles, his view on being a young CEO in technology and how his career has developed working in the cloud industry.

If you’re looking for some inspiration or just want to listen to an interesting story, get comfy and enjoy!

Watch our video podcast here - https://youtu.be/V7wnIgK5FIE

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEW WEBSITE!
https://www.synextra.co.uk
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-/
Twitter | @synextra
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/synextra/

About Synextra

We're your new favourite cloud provider.

Based in the North-West of England, our team of experts help organisations like yours thrive in the new era of cloud tech.

Visit https://www.synextra.co.uk/ to find out more and book a chat with one of our cloud specialists. We'd love to show you just how good a cloud-powered work life can be.

Connect with us:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synextra
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synextra
• LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/synextra-ltd-
• YouTube: / @synextra
• Linktree: https://linktr.ee/synextra