About Us

Brief History

Foundation IT was formed in 1996, when Simon Walker felt compelled to build a business based on providing a higher level of service than he was currently receiving in his role as an IT Manager. Simon started Foundation IT with a small contract combined with a lot of enthusiasm and hope; since then the business has grown to offer an extensive range of services for all sizes of business. In 2011, Foundation IT is a growing, progressive business headquartered near Newbury, in the UK with approximately 30 staff and the company is owned and managed by Simon Walker, Andy Sellers and Simon Grosse.

Today

Today, we provide our services to a wide variety of more than 100 customers, ranging from a specialist school with just 50 pupils to the world’s largest defence contractor. Our services are broad; however there is an increasing focus around VMware technologies and Microsoft SharePoint solutions. It is our strong desire to offer true strategic expertise in these areas and we want to be the best at what we do. As such, we are creating a culture in the business whereby we develop a deep understanding in our core subject areas. The only two subjects for us are VMware, the world’s stand out leader in virtualisation technologies, and SharePoint, one of the most exciting and fastest growing products in Microsoft’s history. Whilst these two unlikely bedfellows have their differences we can also see the links, especially in an ever increasingly connected world where the need for rapid access to relevant information is so fundamental.

We are already recognised by our customers and partners as a strategic, quality thought leader with both VMware and SharePoint. We are passionate yet also pragmatic about technology. We tend to be cautious and always realistic about the adoption of new technologies, preferring to solidly test innovation before recommending it. Technology adoption strategies such as our Virtualisation Maturity Model and SharePoint Inception to Maturity frameworks demonstrate our strategic and measured approach to address both IT and business requirements. We want to share our experiences and approach with our customers to ensure their projects deliver – our future depends on being able to deliver beyond our customers’ expectations.

We are honest and fair and this applies to all our relationships - within the company, with our customers and with our partners. Today, we are a small company and whilst growth is part of our plan we always want to retain a small company feel and “can do” mentality. We want to continue to attract and retain the best talent in our chosen fields to ensure we offer the best solutions and service possible. Every employee is encouraged to be involved in where we want to take the company which we hope contributes towards a strong, unified organisation. Everyone at Foundation IT believes in hard work, transparency and communication and we strive for excellence because life is too short to just get by.

For More Information About Foundation IT's products and services:

Tel: +44(0) 1635 203700

Email: Info@foundation-it.com

"Foundation has provided an excellent service, delivered in a professional and courteous manner."
Venture Finance PLC
ICT Infrastructure and Security Manager
Finance
"Foundation IT works in a pragmatic way which is ideal for a smaller, yet global organisation such as ours. Foundation IT helped us in the virtualisation and storage areas where they provide good technical skills. It’s always good to see a company led by a man who can not only run the business, but more than hold his own as a passionate IT professional."
Enstar Group
Group Infrastructure Manager
Insurance
"We have worked with Foundation IT for a number of years. Our initial venture with them was Server Virtualization and their knowledge and experience assisted us in achieving implementation within two months. In recent years we called upon them for the experience on SharePoint and Desktop virtualization. In all the projects we have worked with Foundation IT we have been confident that our project objectives will be achieved within agreed timescales and budget."
BAM Nuttall Limited
Head of ICT Services
Construction
"The College has built a well-established and successful strategic relationship with Foundation-IT over a number of years to provide consultancy, recommend solutions and assist in the delivery of projects. We are very pleased with the level of service we receive in conjunction with effective account management."
Queen Mary's College
Director of Information and Learning Technology
Higher Education
"We have enjoyed a good relationship with Foundation IT for almost 10 years, during which time we have implemented many projects, including Exchange migrations, sourcing and installation of SAN storage, along with the implementation of VMware for our server infrastructure. Foundation IT staff are very knowledgeable, professional and always there to help with any issue big or small. Their retainer time model of support works well and is also cost effective, as we are only charged for the actual amount of support time we use and not charged on an annual on-going basis per product as many other suppliers\support companies do. I would not hesitate in recommending Foundation IT to colleagues and peers."
Bank of Cyprus UK
IT Operations Manager
Banking
"This organisation has dealt with Foundation IT over several years, often on major, strategic projects. I've been here for almost two years now and in that time I have found Foundation IT to be a professional company and a team of technically knowledgeable people who are easy to do business with, so much so, that they are on our now fairly short preferred-supplier list, which has been radically trimmed during my tenure, in order that we retain only the best business partners, who can provide the most appropriate solution set and an optimum VFM factor."
The Royal College of Physicians
Chief Technical Officer
Healthcare, Charity
"We use Foundation IT because we know we can trust them to find the best solution to our requirements in the Virtualisation and High Availability areas of IT system design"
London Clubs International
IT Manager
Gaming
"From an initial contact with Foundation IT in April 2006 through to our current relationship in 2011, I know that we have built a strong, confident and professional partnership. Through a number of projects, including business continuity, data storage and replication and virtualisation, we have been able to draw upon the expertise and skills of Foundation IT. We continue to draw upon their expertise and knowledge and we know that through direct experience they are on the end of a phone ready to provide support and guidance."
Random House Group
Project Manager
Publishing

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