We are pleased to announce that we have achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification on our first attempt, following our earlier Cyber Essentials achievement. It's been an interesting experience, providing a good opportunity to reflect on our progress and how we went about achieving our goal.

BlakYaks have proudly become a signatory of the Tech Talent Charter (TTC), showcasing our commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. The TTC, a government-supported initiative, unites over 700 organisations to drive diversity and inclusion efforts. We actively promote gender diversity, continuous skills development and equitable career progression, ensuring all employees have equal opportunities to thrive. Read more about our recent partnership and our D&I commitments.

Welcome to our blog series "Meet the Herd!". In this section, we will give you a closer look at the wonderful people that make BlakYaks so great. By way of fun interviews and spotlights, you will get to see the faces behind the business and find out what drives and inspires them.

BlakYaks has been recognised as the 'Best Overall' company in the ‘Small’ category of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech™ 2023 List, as awarded by Great Place to Work® (GPTW®). This recognition underscores BlakYaks' commitment to fostering a transparent and inclusive workplace culture.

BlakYaks has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2023, in the New Business category. This recognition highlights our exceptional growth, successful services, innovative approaches, and ethical practices. The awards program celebrates business brilliance and innovation, with the final ceremony taking place in November 2023.

Discover the exciting world of AI innovation at BlakYaks as we delve into the realms of Artificial Intelligence and explore the Azure OpenAI service. In this blog, we share our early insights and success with the YakBot OpenAI console, a seamless gateway to the Azure OpenAI service, tailor-made to enhance productivity within our business.

BlakYaks, a UK-leading Microsoft Azure specialist building, migrating and operating secure cloud-native platforms, today announced that is now a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP). By becoming a KCSP, BlakYaks joins an elite group of service providers in the UK recognised for their excellence in helping organisations leverage the full potential of Kubernetes. The KCSP program, managed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF®) in partnership with the Linux Foundation, is a pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers who have deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Kubernetes.

At BlakYaks we believe in giving back to our community and we wanted to celebrate our second anniversary in a meaningful way, so we decided to volunteer with Heath Hands, a charity organisation that works to preserve and protect the natural environment of Hampstead Heath.

We are offering free-of-charge Azure workshops to celebrate our second business anniversary! Speak to us during the month of March and book a session to optimise your Azure cloud-native platform.

BlakYaks turns two years old!

Welcome to our blog series "Meet the Herd". In this section, we will give you a closer look at the wonderful people that make BlakYaks so great. By way of fun interviews and spotlights, you will get to see the faces behind the business and find out what drives and inspires them.

BlakYaks is certified as a Great Place to Work® UK, achieving a whopping 99% average of all Great Place to Work® survey statements.

BlakYaks is celebrating its 1st anniversary! Today is a special day for our team as we are celebrating BlakYaks’ first full year in business. We would like to thank the Yaks, our customers, partners, and those who believe in us and support the journey we are on. We look forward to what is in store for our second year in business!  

We are happy to announce that our key services and solutions are now listed and made available for purchase on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, making our solutions more transparent and accessible for our current and future customers and partners.

Reflection is an important part of growth, it not only challenges us be critical of ourselves and the environment around us but it beautifully transforms experiences into genuine learning (A theme that will persist throughout this article) and so with my personal six month anniversary with BlakYaks fast approaching, it seemed only appropriate to take a step back from all the certifications and office comradery to reflect on what has been my first six month at BlakYaks.

We are a specialist Azure and cloud-native consultancy & engineering business based in the UK (London), delivering technology services and solutions to larger businesses. As a business, we set out with clarity regarding the technology partnerships and some cloud-native tools that are strategically important to us, and ultimately to many of our customers. Selecting a set of strategic technologies and tools is important because it drives some strategic imperatives for our business.