The UC30 conference headphones deals admirably with background voices, not just ambient noise.
Author: Simon
Simon Hudson is an entrepreneur and health sector specialist. He formed Cloud2 in 2008 following a rich career in the international medical device industry and the IT industry. Simon’s background encompasses quality assurance, medical device development, international training, business intelligence and international marketing and health related information and technology.
Simon’s career has spanned both the UK and the international health industry, with roles that have included quality system auditing, medical device development, international training (advanced wound management) and international marketing. In 2000 he co-founded a software-based Clinical Outcomes measurement start-up in the US. Upon joining ioko in 2004 he created the Carelink division and, as General Manager, drove it to become a multi-million pound business in its own right.
In 2008, Simon founded Cloud2 in response to a need for a new way of delivering successful projects based on Microsoft SharePoint. This created the first commercial ‘Intranet in a Box’ solution and kickstarted a new industry. He exited that business in 2019, which has continued to grow as a leading provider of Power BI and analytics solutions.
In 2016, he co-founded Kinata Ltd. to enable effective Advice and Guidance in the NHS and is currently guiding the business beyond its NHS roots to address needs in Her Majesty’s Prisons and in Australasia.
In 2021, Simon founded Novia Works Ltd.
In 2021 he was invited to become Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Hull.
In 2022 he was recognised as a Microsoft MVP.
In 2025 he founded Sustainable Ferriby CIC, a community energy not-for-profit to develop energy generation, energy & carbon reduction, and broader sustainability & NetZero projects in the West Hull villages.
Simon has had articles and editorials published in a variety of technology, knowledge management, clinical benchmarking and health journals, including being a regular contributor to PC Pro, as well as a presenter at conferences. He publishes a blog on areas of interest at noviaworks.co.uk. He is a co-facilitator of the M365 North User Group. He is a lead author and facilitator on the Maturity Model for Microsoft 365. He is the author of two patents relating to medical devices. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Physical Science and a PGCE in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Hull.
Simon is passionate about rather too many things, including science, music (he plays guitar and octave mandola), skiing, classic cars, narrowboats, the health sector, sustainability, information technology and, by no means least, his family.
Are AIs sufficiently ethical? Definitely not, but not for the reasons you might think. The question is, what to do about it.
Should we halt AI research. Apparently, Geoffrey Hinton thinks so and resigned from Google. But is that what he really did, said and believes? There’s always more under the headlines.
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AI – Be afraid. Be slightly afraid
The next generation of AI is upon us. This has been accompanied be fear, hysteria and scary headlines. Should we be afraid of our AIs and what should we do next.
In this short blog I talk about an option to provide signposting within a Teams area to channels and tabs elsewhere in Teams.
Part 1 covered the basics of solar PV. This second article drills into adding a second system, what all those do to household energy bills and the investment case.
As early adopters of solar energy, we are insulated (sic) from the current (sic) energy crisis. This is what we have, what it is and why it’s a great investment then and now
Keyboard shortcuts are built into Microsoft Teams and, to an extent to SharePoint Online. This is a useful list of them.
Originally posted on Doy's Microsoft 365 and Azure Dev Blog:
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Introduction This post is part of a series of blog posts which document iThink 365 journey to implement Viva Goals within the organization. If you have not read the introduction blog post, I would recommend starting there. If you have read the…
Over a quarter of a billion people and 1 million organisations use Microsoft Teams. A shinkingly small proportion of those know all the neat tricks and good practices at the front end. Watch this New York City user group session to help fill in the blanks.
The question of whether you need backup when everything is in the cloud continues to prompt debate. The debate continues here. Some light has been shed…
If you haven’t added the NC500 to your bucket list then you should. This photoblog shares some do’s and don’ts.
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