We mentioned as long ago as June last year, in our third update of the Periodic Table, that the conversation surrounding AI and Privacy had already gained serious momentum.
Today, it seems that that momentum is unstoppable:
Calligo is a “Tech Growth Business of the Year” finalist at the National Technology Awards
Yesterday, the shortlist for the National Technology Awards was announced, and included Calligo in the “Tech Growth Business of the Year” category.
The National Technology Awards are the most comprehensive celebration of technology, celebrating the pioneers of the industry. The judges were looking for companies that are in full growth mode, and are expanding by virtue of excellent service, products and insight.
Calligo was made a finalist primarily on account of its geographical, financial and technical growth over the last years. But Calligo was also shortlisted because of its vision in basing a portfolio of managed data services around a central concept of data privacy, and the quality of the subsequent delivery of each of those services.
“The National Technology Awards are probably one of the broadest in scope of all technology awards. Spanning from B2B to B2C, and across all industries, the sheer range of organization that the judges will have considered for this category is so much greater than for any other award scheme, which makes being a Tech Growth Business of the Year finalist all the more special. This nomination is testament to the great work the team has put in over the last few years to ensure that our growth plans have been met and that we do not lose sight of our customers’ needs in the process.”
– Julian Box, Founder and CEO of Calligo.
This shortlisting follows last week’s triple shortlisting in the European IT & Software Excellence Awards, and last year’s Global MSP of the Year win.
This week, the finalists for the European IT & Software Excellence Awards were announced. This is one of the most well-regarded IT award schemes in Europe, run by IT Europa, one of the top IT and channel publications in the region.
Calligo was shortlisted for three categories:
As the awards criteria said, “This is for a solution which is an outstanding example of the effectiveness of managed services in reaching new customers, new ways of working, or ways of building portfolios for services to work together.”
“The best managed services solution emerging in the last 18 months.”
Judges were looking for a unique use of managed services that focuses beyond traditional IT, and offers a new level of productivity, security or effectiveness.
For all three of these, our submissions were based on our Privacy by Design and Data Protection Officer services. These services provide proactive, continuous oversight of data processes and infrastructure operations. They guarantee ongoing data privacy adherence and infosecurity resilience, without compromising business operations, development or infrastructure efficiency.
Calligo is the only MSP to have developed a managed privacy service comprised of a blend of expertise in privacy law, infosecurity, compliance and cloud architecture. This unique mix prevents privacy initiatives being incomplete and ineffectual, or becoming “business blockers”.
And crucially for the Managed Service Project of the Year category in particular, Calligo’s services do more than simply audit clients’ environments and identify their vulnerabilities. Calligo’s blend of skillsets means we are also able to rectify any weaknesses too.
As Daniel Murphy, Product Manager at Planning Center, one of our clients for Privacy by Design and Data Protection Officer services, said:
“The main difference in choosing Calligo was how they sit apart from most other privacy consultants. We had the impression – and this was born out in the delivery – that the service would not be limited to auditing our processes and leaving us to interpret them and determine next steps ourselves. Nor would they simply write our privacy policies and hand us certifications. It was clear it would instead be a thorough, honest, and practical engagement, and the start of a long-term collaborative relationship.”
We think these services showcase our different approach to managed services – optimizing the entire data lifecycle by uncovering the opportunities and averting the risks inherent in every data interaction. And the judges agreed!
We’re excited to announce that we have achieved VMware Cloud verified status.
This accreditation is only awarded to providers who meet VMware’s strict criteria and who can demonstrate their skill and expertise in deploying and managing VMware Cloud Infrastructure.
To view our entire list of accreditations, click here.
The VMware Cloud Verified status means that CloudCore – Calligo’s own high-performance privacy-centric IaaS platform – runs on the complete VMware Cloud Infrastructure – the world’s most capable and comprehensive cloud architecture.
Our decision to harness the full capabilities of VMware creates a consistency of design across our cloud service that allows us to provide our customers with market-leading integration and interoperability, cost optimization and flexibility.
Fewer than 5% of the 4,000+ VMware Cloud Providers worldwide have been able to achieve this accreditation.
Securing VMware Cloud Verified status requires more than simply choosing to rely on VMware technology. Partners are also required to meet strict criteria in best practice deployment, technical capabilities and also be able to offer cloud deployments that meet a wide range of business’ strategic needs, in particular enterprise hybrid cloud.
Calligo’s CloudCore is one of the most innovative, secure and high performance public cloud platforms available, and was the first to be designed with data privacy and data sovereignty at its heart.
CloudCore has an industry-wide reputation for being an early adopter, if not first to market, with some of the most advanced cloud technologies available. These combined with Calligo’s technical expertise and privacy-centric mission means that CloudCore is able to offer financially-backed industry-leading SLAs for performance – even to the application level – and offer data residency guarantees. You can find out more about CloudCore, here.