Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew Gilbert

Andrew founded Node4 in 2004 at the age of 24, to provide businesses of every size with access to IT innovation that was previously only available to the multinational enterprise. Since then he has grown the company’s service offering to include Cloud, Colocation, Connectivity, SIP, Hosted Unified Communications and Security.

With a mission to serve fast-growing businesses with access to tailored, effective and flexible technology for a wide range of mission-critical business applications, Andrew has spearheaded Node4’s technological evolution. A strategy of organic growth and strategic acquisition has seen company revenues grow by 70% over the past three years, bringing staff numbers to 225 and a customer base of over 900 organisations.

Under Andrew’s guidance Node4 has invested in its own high quality infrastructure.It also owns and manages three state of the art data centres in the UK, giving it full control over the quality and flexibility of the solutions it provides. The data centres also incorporate their own cloud virtualisation, storage and back up platforms giving customers and partners the ability to deploy true hybrid cloud solutions through Infrastructure-as-a-Service, fully managed private cloud environments, or public cloud environments.

This continuous investment in its own infrastructure, together with in-house technical expertise and a commitment to outstanding customer service, has ensured Node4 has become a trusted advisor and partner of choice for fast-growing businesses keen to reap the benefits of technology innovation.

Andrew’s entrepreneurial flair has been recognised by several awards, including European Data Centre Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst & Young North and Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The company has also ranked in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and the Deloitte Fast 500.