
Support Engineer to Microsoft Partner CEO: Shane Gronniger & GCS Technologies
Straight out of university, he and two mates launched a small MSP in Austin.No capital.No customers.No business degrees.Just curiosity, grit, and a knack for solving real tech problems.Fast forward 25...
29 Jul 202556min

Rise of Telana: Combining Azure and GCP to Drive Applied Innovation
How do you deliver outcomes, no matter the platform? Everyone has the same tools. The difference is what you do with them. That’s the ethos behind Telana, the new force born from Ancoris + Sundown So...
6 Jun 20251h 7min

Idea to Impact: How IBM Is Rewiring Microsoft Delivery
IBM & Microsoft. Once fierce rivals. Now strategic partners. If you'd said this in the 80s in the midst of the PC wars, you'd be laughed out of the server room. Fast forward to today, IBM have a stro...
30 Mai 202559min

From outsider to insider: How Richard Conway helped shape Azure in the UK
It started with two people in a pub… and ended with 250 people queuing outside a packed-out Azure event. That’s how you build credibility in the Microsoft ecosystem. Before Azure was mainstream, Elast...
23 Mai 20251h

You can scale a company and your fitness at the same time!
Since refocusing his attention on his own health and fitness (and dropping 30kg!) Hugh rediscovered his energy and built a culture that runs (literally) on wellbeing. His big realisation? Making time ...
15 Mai 202548min

Grow to scale or grow to sustain? The Founder dilemma
Grow to scale or grow to sustain?The founder dilemma no one talks about enough.Big vision. Bigger risks.And a million micro-decisions in between.This week’s Microsoft Mentors Live is a proper deep div...
9 Mai 202551min

£18m → £100m revenue, 50 staff → 170 employees - This is Cisilion's Story!
£18m → £100m revenue50 staff → 170 employeesAnd a Microsoft Practice they never meant to build. This week on Microsoft Mentors, I sat down with Rob Quickenden, CTO at Cisilion — who shared how a “defe...
2 Mai 202554min

The Story of Mondo Cloud, the UK's newest Microsoft CSP!
"We've signed 15 new customers, hired 7 people and will have achieved x2 Microsoft Solution Partner designation in the first 12 months!"Today’s Microsoft Mentors episode features Chris, co-founder of ...
18 Apr 202549min



















