CEO Monthly Issue 10 2018

20 CEO MONTHLY / ISSUE 10 2018 , EAS Cloud Services is a specialist technology company providingmodern cloud services to their customers. In September, the firm’s CEO, AlanHazell, was named among the winners of CEOMonthlyMagazine’s 2018 CEO of the Year Awards programme, as the Technology CEO of the YearWest Midlands. Alan took some time out of his schedule to give CEOMonthly a unique look at his career and responsibilities as CEO of a leading establishment in cutting- edge cloud technology. A Pioneering CEO Providing Best in Class Cloud Solutions The cloud sector is booming. As the global business landscape embraces an ever-changing workplace dynamic, on the back of swift technological development, the unique opportunities offered by cloud computing are too good to pass up. The advantages of utilising cloud technology are apparent, offering a cost-effective solution to a problem that has plagued businesses since the dawn of the digital age. Namely, how do you store an ever-burgeoning -and increasingly crucial- asset in a safe and secure manner, whilst still allowing for an ease of access? By all considerations, cloud technology has become a necessity in the modern age of business. In this, EAS Cloud Services offers expert IT management solutions to help their clients capitalise on the benefits of cloud computing. To start the interview, Alan offers a brief overview of EAS’s history and operations. “Twenty-one years ago, I formed what is now EAS Cloud Services. Eighteen months ago, an opportunity presented itself for me to transform my company from a limited company with one employee to an SME. Today, and with a couple of name changes along the way, EAS has grown exponentially and we now have 25 employees and a similar number of associate consultants on our books. We have also achieved Microsoft Gold Partner accreditation and we are continuing to build a strong technical, agile and dynamic team in Coventry – the newly named City of Culture for 2021.” Alan continues, detailing the importance of cloud technology for today’s businesses. “A major part of the IT strategy of many organisations is to commit to the 1810CE13 adoption of cloud computing in order to benefit from the overall lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of running their IT and business in the cloud. To quickly summarise EAS’s role – we work with customers to help them develop and deploy cloud strategies and cloud solutions using agile principles and practices in line with the adoption of DevOps culture as applied to