<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/D9A1421D-7FAF-4B8F-8EAC-C16C07B61059" ns1:id="D9A1421D-7FAF-4B8F-8EAC-C16C07B61059"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/C3E5A927-EE2C-47B4-B63C-B5CE39A7AE3C" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/678F066E-4373-4B04-9C68-DC2EEEEDABAC" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/678F066E-4373-4B04-9C68-DC2EEEEDABAC" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-04-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/AEA07D51-8A7F-4F02-AFBA-598BF89DEF1D" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-11-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">88358</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Development of an Affordable and Flexible Solution for SMEs to Establish and Run a Highly Secure Remote-Working System, Resulting in Improved Efficiency</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Founded by Martin Ferguson, Valerie Viaud, Andy Price and Neil Burman, Azured intends to address the considerable issue currently posed by the lack of secure and affordable remote-working solutions for SMEs. The issue has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic as businesses have had to change their working practices and more people are working from home. Azured is offering SMEs an affordable, managed, subscription-based multi-tenanted firewall that allows them to continue to successfully operate during COVID-19\. Azured proposes to generate a year-5 post-project revenue of &amp;pound;6M+.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>