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“ In fact , it only took Kainos a short amount of time to become the Microsoft Partner of the Year ,” says McCourt .
“ The partnership has gone from strength to strength . Kainos is now part of our technical advisory councils , so they actually influence product direction for the future . They know the customer ' s needs intimately and they ’ re able to bring those back into Microsoft and influence our future product road maps .”
McCourt also refers to the quality of people Kainos provides for digital transformation journeys , investing heavily in technical skills – including the mutually beneficial Enterprise Skills Initiative – allowing both organisations to increase their diversity .
Speaking further on the connection Kainos has to the customer , McCourt adds : “ Kainos is very aligned to our business outcomes for customers , so we know we ’ ve got a deeply trusted partner . They can deliver hugely complex cloud projects with a proven track record .”
Such complex projects at significant times of change in the UK include the NHS App and applications around the UK ’ s exit from the EU , where strong citizen outcomes require technology platforms to perform faultlessly with strict deadlines .
McCourt sums up the success of the partnership : “ The NHS App was an incredible piece of quality collaborative work , which required an application to be surfaced on devices used by millions of people .”
Five areas of focus in sustainability Sloan is particularly passionate about the sustainability goals at Kainos . Within the organisation , there are five areas of focus : climate action , gender equality , quality education , and good health and wellbeing .
With typically only 17 % of technology roles undertaken by women , in the first half of the 2021 financial year , 39 % of Kainos recruits were female . Equality initiatives are driven and supported by internal staff networks such as Voice ( ethnically diverse network ), Inspire ( women ’ s network ) – of which Sloan is the executive sponsor – Xpression ( LGBTQ + network ), and the Neurodiversity network .
In summer 2021 , Kainos had over 230 young people attend its CodeCamp initiative in the UK and Ireland , designed to improve skills and encourage participants into a career in IT . Similarly , last year , almost 500 young
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