The People Behind Cloud Genius
On moving his company to Wales, he saw great opportunities for offering training and development. Currently he has recruited and trained one person from the Jobs Growth Wales scheme. He is looking to take on more trainees immediately and in the coming years.
John has experience of a vast range of IT systems – everything from NHS distributed data collection systems to massive, UNIX-based office automation systems through to Microsoft Windows server systems and Cloud-based services. His IT career spans three decades so far and he was one of the pioneers of Cloud-based computing, working in the early days of ‘private clouds’ and Software as a Services (SaaS). John’s first experience of a ‘computer terminal’, at school, was a telex machine, linked up by an acoustic modem to the local college (see picture).
He says that his greatest programming achievement is the Eventbrite -> Salesforce integration that he created for a client.
Among his qualifications: Salesforce Administrator and Consultant, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, CompTIA Security+, UNIX systems administrator, as well as honours degrees from Durham and Oxford.
In his spare time, John enjoys bread-making and bee keeping.
Event-Bridge Update
Just to let you know that Event Bridge is now fully compliant with the new Eventbrite API (v3). What does this mean? Event Bridge just keeps on working! If you use both Eventbrite, the world-class event booking system and Salesforce, the number 1 CRM system. You need...
The Benefit of Open Source – Security
This week we have seen one of the biggest benefits of Open Source - security. Stick with me there is a BIG benefit for you. (Open Source means that the code the programs are written in is available for everyone to see.) Joost de Valk, who writes many plug-ins for...
Wales or Cymru – you decide
Since Cloud Genius Ltd relocated to Wales over two years ago, we have been proud to serve the people, companies and charities of Wales. As of this week it became even to show off this distinctiveness. The .WALES and .CYMRU extensions are all now available for...
Two new sites go live
This week we have taken two new websites live. Both of them were transfers from other companies but there the similarity ends. The Finchley Reform Synagogue (FRS) site was handled by a bespoke Content Management System (CMS). This was fine until the company that wrote...
Why you need 2 birthdays (for security)
This is a short one - I’ve recently phoned my bank and my insurance companies. It’s not because I live a high flying lifestyle, but because I live in the modern world and you can’t do everything on the internet. What are the security questions they ask? Mother’s...
Cloud Genius Domains are moving – but staying in the same place
As many of you know, Cloud Genius is a reseller for one of the largest domain registries in the world. So, we can offer you even better prices than they can. As part of their security & utility upgrade, the infrastructure of our website is moving. You can still...
Salesforce Taster Session – in Wales
Bringing the advantages of Salesforce to the people of Wales - Cloud Genius are running a Salesforce Taster Session. The Taster session will give you the opportunity to try out the full Enterprise Edition of Salesforce. You will find out how Salesforce can help you:...
Bounce Back with a New Job
Cloud Genius is proud to be providing the technology behind the Bounce Back team at the Pembrokeshire Jobs Fair (29 October 2014). Bounce Back are helping recently redundant people back into work. They are doing this through: Facilitating access to Government grants...
An easier way to buy domain names (and hosting and…)
Here at Cloud Genius we are always trying to make things easier for our customers, clients, friends, selves to buy domain names. A number of our folk were having difficulty remembering where to buy domain names (and other web stuff) at the best price, so we have...