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Where Microsoft Cloud Meets Business Vision

For us, Microsoft Cloud isn’t just a tool — it’s the foundation for building smarter, stronger businesses. As one of the UK’s leading experts, we help businesses unlock the full potential of Microsoft’s platforms, technologies, and solutions. From the first spark of an idea to the moment your goals are realised, we’re here to guide, support, and empower you every step of the way on your cloud journey.

Take Your Business Sky High

Every business has a future it’s aiming for — and the right technology can get you there faster. The cloud isn’t just about where your data lives; it’s about unlocking the speed, security, and freedom to grow without limits. Here’s how we help you take that next step.

Scale Without Limits

Moving to the cloud enables a high level of elasticity and performance. Flex your capacity and resources to the demands of your business and scale to suit growth.

Security You Can Count On

Your data deserves the highest level of protection — and that’s exactly what we deliver. Our cloud solutions come with enterprise-grade security, automated back-ups, and robust safeguards, so your information stays safe, secure, and exactly where it should be.

Smarter Spend, Bigger Impact

Forget the expense of bulky hardware and endless software upgrades. With our flexible cloud solutions, you only pay for what you need — and nothing you don’t. It’s smart, scalable storage that delivers maximum value without the overheads.

Performance That Never Slows

Our cloud specialists design every solution around you. With a bespoke environment built on next-generation technology, you get performance that’s not just fast — it’s consistent and reliable. And because our solutions are always evolving, you’ll keep unlocking more from your cloud, every single time you use it.

PublicCloud

Get a pay-as-you-go, scalable, low maintenance and evergreen public cloud infrastructure. And take your business into the future with next-generation technology from Microsoft Azure.
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Scale to your demand, pay only for what you use, and get the cyber security you need, built-in.

Experts in Your Corner

Our Azure-certified experts are here to make sure you get the absolute best from your public cloud. From migration and set-up to ongoing management, we handle the heavy lifting while keeping your business needs front and centre — so Azure works harder for you, every step of the way.

Fully Managed from Day One

From first conversation to full migration (and beyond), we’ve got you covered. Our experts take the time to understand your business, then design a tailored migration plan that fits your needs perfectly — and manage the entire process so you can focus on what you do best.

Security Without Compromise

Our cyber security experts work tirelessly to protect your public cloud data. With next-generation defences that monitor, detect, and stop threats before they can impact your business, you get total peace of mind — and the freedom to focus on what matters most.

Optimised for Success

Our private cloud experts keep a constant eye on your setup, turning usage data into actionable insights. This means your infrastructure is always fine-tuned to perform exactly how your business needs it to — no waste, no compromise, just a cloud that works smarter every day.

Your Azure, Your Way

Azure’s public cloud platform offers over 300 products and services, all designed to help businesses thrive. We work with you to pick the perfect mix, then handle the deployment and management — so you get exactly what you need, without the guesswork.

HybridCloud

Get the best of both worlds with a tailored blend of public cloud and on-premises or colocated infrastructure. Our hybrid solutions give you the flexibility to run at peak performance, wherever your workloads live — so your business can move faster, smarter, and with total control.
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An integrated and secure hybrid cloud enables you to boost productivity and meet your business needs.

Specialists in Seamless Hybrid

Our certified cloud experts make sure you get the absolute best from your hybrid setup. From migration and set-up to ongoing management, we handle the hard work while keeping your business needs front and centre — so your hybrid cloud runs smoothly from day one and every day after.

Fully Managed from Day One

From first conversation to full migration (and beyond), we’re with you at every step. Our experts take the time to understand your business, then craft a tailored migration plan that fits your needs perfectly — and manage the whole process so you can focus on moving forward.

Security Without Compromise

Our cyber security experts work around the clock to keep your hybrid cloud data safe. With next-generation protection that monitors, detects, and neutralises threats before they can cause harm, your business stays secure — and you stay in control.

Optimised for Success

Our Microsoft cloud experts keep a constant watch on your hybrid setup, turning usage data into actionable insights. That way, your infrastructure is always tuned to deliver exactly what your business needs — no waste, no slowdown, just consistent, peak performance.

Your Hybrid, Your Way

Our Cloud Journey Solutions approach means we work with you continuously, shaping the ideal blend of public cloud and on-premises technology for your business. As your needs evolve, we reassess and refine your options. By combining Microsoft Azure, Azure Stack Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI), and secure network connectivity, we create a fully integrated hybrid cloud environment built to adapt and perform.

PrivateCloud

Cost-effective, scalable, and built for complete control. Our managed private cloud consulting services make sure you get the very best from your cloud — tailored to your business, optimised for performance, and supported every step of the way.
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Build your own private cloud to enable your business to excel, both now and in the future.

Specialists in Private Cloud

Our certified Microsoft specialists are here to make sure your private cloud works harder for your business. From migration and set-up to ongoing management, we take care of the technical heavy lifting while keeping your needs front and centre — so your cloud runs smoothly from day one.

Fully Managed from Day One

From first conversation to complete deployment (and beyond), we’re with you at every stage. Our experts take the time to understand your business, then design a bespoke private cloud solution built around your needs — and manage the entire process so you can focus on running your business.

Security Without Compromise

Our cyber security experts work tirelessly to keep your private cloud data secure. With next-generation protection that monitors, detects, and neutralises threats before they can impact your business, you get complete peace of mind — and total control.

Optimised for Success

Our experts continuously monitor your private cloud, turning usage data into actionable insights. This ensures your infrastructure is always fine-tuned to deliver exactly what your business needs — with no waste, no lag, and performance you can rely on.

Your Private Cloud, Your Way

To deliver your private cloud, we use Microsoft’s Azure Stack Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) — a software-defined solution for compute, storage, and networking, all in a clustered node setup. Starting with as few as two nodes, we can easily scale as your needs grow. Whether you’re well-versed in cloud or starting fresh, our specialists work with you in the way you need, ensuring you get a private cloud infrastructure that’s the perfect fit for your business.

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The transition to any form of cloud infrastructure has the potential to prove highly disruptive to your business if done without the right support. That’s where we come in!
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The Sporting House – Microsoft 365 Cloud

Microsoft 365 Cloud Technologies Help Drive Olympian Levels of Success

Challenge

Whilst Sporting House had enjoyed rapid growth, their strategy was to significantly accelerate this. They were also acutely aware that their then IT service model was inadequate to support their ambitious plans for a number of reasons.

Solution

String worked with Sporting House to develop a new Microsoft cloud-centric IT strategy, that would leverage Microsoft 365 to support their wider business strategy.
“ We selected String because of their clear understanding of our strategic requirements, and were able to articulate how they, and Microsoft technologies could help us to achieve these. Our relationship with String has proven an extremely rewarding one, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with them moving forwards.”
Lee Cunliffe
Finance Director, The Sporting House
Jones Harris Chartered Accountants

Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Technologies Drive Paperless, Secure & Remote Office

Challenge

Jones Harris wanted to move to a fully paperless operation, without any interruption to the business. The company had a major dependency on a local Microsoft SQL Server database for their line-of-business applications, which limited their choices in terms of a potential cloud-only solution.

Solution

String worked with Jones Harris to help them adopt a hybrid-cloud solution, providing the optimal blend of Microsoft 365 cloud services, with the high performance computing power required by their LoB. Jones Harris now make full use of Microsoft's Power Platform, utilising Power BI for business intelligence, and Power Automate for business process automation.
“ String worked very closely with our internal guys, planning it out, mapping it out. There was absolutely no break in service, we were expecting there to be a few bugs, but it was a really smooth and impressive operation to get everything across and migrated. Absolutely top notch work, the String team!”
Martin Wigley
Director, Jones Harris Chartered Accountants
Ludlow Wealth Management - Azure Virtual Desktop

Access to Key Line of Business Applications Hosted on Microsoft Azure

Challenge

The increasing demand for online meetings, driven by the Covid crisis, meant that the Remote Desktop Solution was unable to provide an acceptable user experience. When the time came to refresh their IT infrastructure, we worked with the Ludlow team to ensure that the next upgrade cycle would address the changing end-user requirements, while further enhancing their cyber security and providing a high degree of scalability to cope with their ongoing growth.

Solution

Working with Ludlow, we produced a business case that showed that moving to Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop solution, and hosting their LoB application on Microsoft Azure would provide a more secure, cost-effective alternative to purchasing a physical server cluster. Their LoB application was migrated to Azure, and presented to end-users as a Published Application, removing the need for them to connect to a separate virtual desktop to access the app. Azure Backup was used to provide backup and business continuity and to further enhance Microsoft's already robust resilience measures.
“ String has consistently provided us with innovative IT solutions, without compromising our cyber security. The whole team are a pleasure to work with, and we consider them a trusted extension to our own team.”
Rob Brown
Chief Operating Officer, Ludlow Wealth Management Group
One Fylde - Microsoft Modern Workplace

Identifying Microsoft Modern Workplace as the Best Choice for the Client

Challenge

Following a merger between two organisations, our client found themselves with a disjointed IT service that comprised two large on-premise data centres, various security technologies, and a variety of remote access solutions. The result was a costly, difficult to manage IT infrastructure, with a poor user experience due to a lack of standardisation in the way IT was used. Of concern was that, as a large care provider, the client was responsible for the safe-keeping of a large amount of personal medical and financial data. Plus, users had become used to creating work-arounds to allow them to access and share sensitive information. The complexity of the IT infrastructure also meant they were suffering frequent service outages.

Solution

We discussed the opportunity for them to move away from their large, unwieldy on-premises infrastructure and instead to move to a wholly Microsoft cloud-based IT service. From our early discussions it was clear that such a move would allow us to radically re-imagine their approach to document and information management, business processes, and information security. The concept was embraced enthusiastically by the client, and it was agreed to move on to an initial business case analysis exercise. Firstly, however, we were engaged to stabilise the existing infrastructure, and to address the inadequate business continuity provision. The move to Microsoft Modern Workplace has allowed One Fylde to ensure data is more secure and improve workplace processes. All 400 users were able to access all relevant documents securely from any location. And the client can now enjoy the very latest in innovations from Microsoft on almost a weekly cycle.
“ One Fylde started to work with String at a time where our IT infrastructure was causing problems almost on a daily basis. The problems were meaning staff couldn't do their job to support people with learning disabilities in the way we wanted. String became involved with us and worked as a 'real' partner, feeling like part of the team to solve the immediate problem and with an eye to a longer-term more sustainable solution. We are now in a position where I can sleep at night and our staff are seeing the benefit of the huge amount of work that has gone on. And on a seperate note the whole team at String are really friendly, personable and supportive, working with us and continuing to support us to look at the future. ”
Tracey Bush
CEO, One Fylde
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