A newly formed IT solutions provider whose name is a nod to a famous techie in-joke is hunting for its first SME customers.
Layer8 has for 30 years been the IT backbone of Hull-based engineering firm Spencer Group.
Now it has been established as a separate limited company and is offering its services to other growing businesses with up to 100 employees.
It will be run by MD Paul Biggins, who joined Spencer Group as a graduate in 2013.
“Spencer Group started life as a small business, so we understand the challenges and complexities of running a startup or scaleup company, with limited resources, including setting up and operating IT infrastructure and employing robust cyber security measures,” Biggins stated.
Successful IT solutions providers that have grown from captive IT arms are not without precedent, with Bam Boom Cloud, for instance, selling up to Pax8 in 2023 having split from accountancy Cooper Parry two years previously.
Layer8 characterised its name as a “twist” on the phrase commonly used by IT pros to refer to problems caused by user error.
“Layer8 believes users shouldn’t be the butt of IT jokes, but at the very centre of solutions, with user needs shaping technical provision in every business,” it stated.
