Obford Ltd · Infrastructure & Operations
Nobody notices good infrastructure.
I'm Oliver. I look after the infrastructure businesses rely on every day, from servers and cloud services to laptops and internal tools. One person, working with you directly, from Leamington Spa. I leave things secure, tidy and easier for everyone who uses them.
Services
Four things, done properly.
Practical work that makes technology easier to use, easier to trust and altogether less troublesome.
Infrastructure
Servers, storage, networks, virtualisation and Azure. Thoughtfully organised around the people and business they support.
IT operations
Devices, accounts, upgrades, joiners and leavers. Kept secure and running smoothly, so people can get on with their work.
Tooling
Scripts and applications that take repetitive work away and make everyday jobs quicker, simpler and less frustrating.
Security & reliability
Sensible protection, tested backups and useful monitoring. Enough to keep the business safe without making good work harder.
Start here
The restore test.
When did you last restore something from your backups? In one evening I find every backup you have, restore one file and one whole system from each, and time it. You get a written report: what's protected, what isn't, and what it would cost to fix.
History
Six years in the field.
Six years spent learning how businesses use technology, where it lets people down and how much better it can be.
Infrastructure & operations
Obford Ltd
Networking, servers, storage and cloud operations, alongside internal tooling for managing and understanding the wider estate.
Support & endpoint engineering
Games sector
Endpoint management, provisioning and internal application development at a large creative studio.
Computer systems management
Industrial systems sector
Managed bespoke industrial systems built around specialist hardware from the 90s to today.
Computer systems engineering
Hardware manufacturing sector
Built and tested servers and desktops for clients across the UK, working with engineering in Germany.
Repairs & contract work
Device repair sector
Device diagnostics and repair, followed by contract graphics work and a Python stock tool that is apparently still running.
The bear
Trust in the bear.
The bear belongs to the Beresford arms, chosen for my grandfather, whose hard work and example has made the family name something I really care about.
Putting that name on my work is a promise that I'll look after its reputation.
Contact
Tell me what is making work harder.
A couple of sentences is plenty. Tell me what is going wrong, what keeps being postponed or what you would simply like to work better. I will take it from there.