Governance-grade clarity on digital standards, risk, and investment. Senior technology leadership without the full-time headcount.
Cloudalyte supports MAT CEOs, COOs and CFOOs who need confident digital leadership but don't have the budget (or need) for a full-time CIO/CTO. We work alongside your IT team and suppliers to reduce risk, strengthen assurance, and create a practical roadmap aligned to DfE Digital Standards.
This is strategic capacity and assurance designed to help leaders make the right decisions, with clear ownership and a deliverable plan. We support your IT function, not judge it.
20 years of hands-on education IT leadership across primaries, secondaries, and MATs. From technician to CIO. We understand how trusts actually work, not just the theory.
Fixed-scope engagements with clear deliverables. Board packs, RAG baselines, evidence maps, and roadmaps. You know what you are getting and what it costs before we start.
Deep experience across M365, Azure, Entra ID, Intune, Copilot AI, and Power Platform. Certified, practical, and focused on making your existing investment work harder.
Two focused services designed for MAT leaders. Start with a fixed-scope assessment, then convert to a light retainer if ongoing support is valuable.
A fast, structured engagement that gives leaders a clear view of where the trust stands and what to do next.
Light-touch, leadership-level support to maintain momentum without adding senior headcount.
Beyond our core offers, Cloudalyte provides a range of fixed-price and retainer-based services tailored to the challenges MATs face today.
Annual review of filtering and monitoring. Roles, alert handling, evidence pack, and termly check template for DSLs and trustees.
Admin separation, MFA, patching cadence, backup posture, and incident response basics. Aligned to DfE and NCSC guidance.
Entra ID, Conditional Access, sharing controls, guest access, and device compliance. Safer defaults for your education tenant.
Options appraisal, retention review, restore testing with evidence, and a clear runbook for when recovery matters most.
AI usage policy for staff and pupils, data handling rules, approved tools guidance, prompt playbook, and governor briefing.
1-3 Power Platform automations: trip approvals, parental consent, absence chasing, asset tracking, or IT requests.
M365 licence right-sizing, duplicate tool removal, renewal calendar. Often self-funding from identified savings.
90-minute exercise, first-60-minutes checklist, escalation map, comms templates, and improvement actions for SLT.
Google vs Microsoft appraisal. Scoring matrix, 3-year TCO model, and phased roadmap for trusts with split estates.
20-minute conversation to understand your trust, priorities, and what would be most useful right now.
60-90 minute kickoff with your leadership team. Evidence uploaded via a simple checklist template.
Desk-based analysis, short async clarifications, and your complete deliverable pack within 10 working days.
60-minute session to walk through findings, confirm priorities, and decide if ongoing support would help.
You need strategic digital leadership but can't justify (or fund) a permanent senior hire.
You want clarity on compliance, evidence gaps, and a realistic plan that trustees can see and support.
Your IT lead is doing great work day-to-day but needs clearer strategic direction and governance support.
You rely on an MSP or managed service but want independent assurance and stronger supplier governance.
Cloudalyte is designed to support your existing IT leadership and suppliers. The goal is to give the trust leadership team clearer assurance, stronger control of risk, and a plan that is deliverable with the capacity you actually have.
Cloudalyte is led by Mark Braham, a technology leader with over 25 years of experience spanning education, NHS healthcare, and the Microsoft partner ecosystem.
Mark spent 20 years in education, progressing from IT technician to CIO of a 14-site multi-academy trust with 900 staff and 9,000 students. He has held responsibility for digital strategy, IT budgets running into multi-million pounds, GDPR compliance, and team leadership across primary, secondary, and trust-central functions.
More recently, Mark has worked as Solutions Director for Healthcare at Trustmarque (a Microsoft Partner), advising NHS CIOs and IT Directors on M365, Azure, Copilot AI, and digital transformation.
This combination of hands-on education leadership and commercial technology advisory is what makes Cloudalyte different: we understand how trusts actually operate, not just the technology.
If you'd like to explore whether Cloudalyte could help your trust this term, book a short call and I'll confirm the right scope, timings, and package.
No obligation, no sales pitch. We'll discuss your trust's position and I'll tell you honestly whether Cloudalyte can help.
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