We’ve been delivering resilient, multi-link internet connectivity for 16 years and what better way is there to celebrate and reminisce about our connectivity and innovation development is to talk to Nick Johnson, the CEO and owner of Evolving Networks. We take a trip down memory lane, celebrate our achievements in the last year and share our exciting plans for the future.
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It all started over a pizza. I was working for Siemens Technologies, selling managed VPN solutions when the first load balancing technologies started to appear on the market.
I had a good relationship with Nic Elliott, who was one of my biggest customers. We met for a meal and discussed the potential of developing software to improve connectivity for businesses. By the end of the meal, we had agreed to quit our jobs and give it a go.
16 years of developing and refining the concept, thousands of implementations later we’re still going – and in fact, we’re going from strength to strength!
The flippant answer is that we had to be. We self-funded the business and have grown it organically from day one. That means you have to be lean, and you have to innovate to deliver exceptional service to your customers.
We were first to market in the UK with pro-active monitoring and native, zero touch bi-directional QoS as well as first to automate connectivity benchmarking and pro-active sync rate protection all before 2010.
In more recent years, we were the first to aggregate multi-gbps connectivity and to bring hyper-scaler integration into resilient internet connectivity and we’re not stopping there.
Every industry needs innovators, and that’s what we are doing. We enjoy pushing the technology through the application of the concepts of over engineering, automation and resilience.
But we innovate in every area of our business. We have groundbreaking sales engagement, account management and project functions.
Its fast paced, exciting and invigorating!
We delivered a 100 site layer 2 SD-WAN with centralised security for a local education authority through the first COVID lockdown.
We then re-engineered the sales engagement process and had a significant win in the defence sector, delivering a carrier resilient, multi-core, global Network as a Service solution based on multi-carrier resilience and a defence in depth security posture.
More recently we have embraced the channel model and built very strong relationships with key MSPs resulting in very innovative customer solutions being deployed in the education sector and significant recent wins in the financial services sector.
We are going to continue to innovate, our focus on R&D won’t change. We will also continue to build our relationships with key partners whilst building new relationships with MSPs looking to offer innovative connectivity solutions to their customers.
We are also seeing customers looking to drive efficiencies in their cloud adoption strategy, specifically the rise of hybrid cloud. We see the adoption of more localised cloud compute strategies, where we deliver cloud capacity from the core of the network via our datacentre presence as a growth area in the short to medium term.
Innovation is what gets me out of bed every morning and excited for the day ahead. If you feel like you’re on solid ground, you’re not doing something new.
I worked out early in my career that I needed to always be moving forward, working in technology, and specifically leading an innovative, R&D focussed business gives me that challenge!
To find out more about Evolving Networks innovative solutions and how they can transform your business visit https://www.evolving.net.uk/ultimate-internet
If you wish to get connected, contact our network experts on 0330 55 55 333 / sales@evolving.net.uk
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At Evolving Networks, apprenticeships are at the heart of how we grow our people and our business. This month, we’re proud to celebrate a huge milestone for Brandon Hancock, who has successfully completed his Level 3 Information Communication Technician (ICT) Apprenticeship with a Distinction. We sat down with Brandon to talk about his journey, what he’s learned, and where he’s heading next.
“Flex for All” is about making flexibility accessible, real, and part of everyday working life. At Evolving Networks, that means creating space for parents to do school runs, for apprentices to study, for colleagues to prioritise wellbeing, and for women to thrive in technology careers. And yes, it also means welcoming the occasional wagging tail in the office — because flexibility should reflect all the ways life and work connect.
At Evolving Networks, we understand the challenges schools face when it comes to cybersecurity and content filtering. We can manage, monitor and protect your entire digital infrastructure with our Firewall as a Service. Our Firewall as a Service is tailored specifically to the needs of the education sector. Our solutions are designed to meet and exceed UK education safeguarding standards— providing intelligent protection without the overhead of managing it yourself. Whether you’re a large academy trust or a small rural school, we can build a firewall just for you.
We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Abstract Group. The Abstract Group is a Digital Transformation business delivering a uniquely integrated service across the technology landscape. Their integrated capabilities across Transform, Tech and Talent, enable them to provide a full technology service offering to resolve technological challenges, increase efficiency, and accelerate business growth.
