Skye Cloud announced as West Ham United’s Official Virtual Private Server Partner

James Bishop • Dec 21, 2020

As West Ham United’s first Official Virtual Private Server Partner, we provide essential support to West Ham United’s IT function at London Stadium, Rush Green training ground, the Academy of Football and other sites across east London and beyond.

Our passion to deliver bespoke IT solutions that provide greater flexibility and agility is matched perfectly with West Ham’s IT vision and commitment to their supporters.

West Ham United’s Chief Commercial Officer Karim Virani said: “I am delighted to welcome Skye Cloud to West Ham as our Official Virtual Private Server Partner. I am pleased that we have been able to partner with a company that shares our vision and ethos. We look forward to working closely with Skye Cloud particularly on our website and development and integration of Nutanix over the coming season.”

“Skye Cloud has a superb reputation for providing an efficient, productive and flexible service which will help us to improve our service levels, boost productivity and provide a safe and effective environment for our cloud-based services.

Skye Cloud’s Managing Director James Bishop said:

“When making the decision of which club to align ourselves with, it was paramount to find one that shared the same work ethic, passion, loyalty and pride and, from the outset, West Ham along with their fan base and global following was a perfect fit.

“From an IT perspective, West Ham and their ground are ahead of the curve and both myself and the board are extremely excited to support the Club and further leverage technology to achieve greater mutual success.”

Work is already well underway with a programme of continuous optimisation along with a commitment from West Ham United to undertake a new programme of upgrades to its online store, improving accessibility for all its users.

Both Skye Cloud and West Ham are proud supporters of the Purple Tuesday initiative which sees organisations around the UK come together to promote accessibility and support inclusivity.

Skye Cloud will be assisting West Ham to change their online store customer experience for disabled people and will play a key role in assessing the delivery of the accessibility upgrades and improvements.

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