How DevOps Can Redefine Your IT Strategy In 2014, we had the opportunity to work on a truly cutting-edge project (epoints) for a UK-based client — Instant Access Technologies (IAT) — which quickly taught us that creating excellent and efficient software requires automation and smart methodologies. We still believe this today, more than ever. The idea behind…
Exploring the Smart Cities Concept “Smart cities” is a concept that often gets a mixed reception. Some don’t understand it, some are fully aware and engaging with it, and others have not even heard of it. Yet, smart cities are a growing concept and are bound to become commonplace sooner or later. What’s more, they’ll…
Cloud Security – How Safe Is Your Data? Cloud-based solutions have been adopted by many firms around the globe. However, many non-adopters remain sceptical – often due to concerns about data security in the Cloud. How justified are those concerns? Let’s find out. The topic of data security is often laid out in technical terms and that’s why…
Will Edge Computing Replace the Cloud? The growing number of smart devices in the wake of Industry 4.0 sees the rise of Edge Computing – a decentralised network architecture where data is processed closer to the source. Could this mean that conventional Cloud data centres will disappear? Times Are A-Changin’ In 2016, tech-investor Peter Levine predicted…
AWS Summit Warsaw: Know Before You Go On Thursday, 30th May, the Cloud community is convening at the AWS Summit in Warsaw, which will be the first-ever AWS Summit to take place in Poland. As a proud Platinum Sponsor of this event, we’re very much looking forward to hearing Glenn Gore’s exciting keynote speech, attending the numerous…
Digital Twin Explained – The Next Thing After IoT There are so many new technologies changing the current business landscape that at times it may be hard to keep up. While many people are familiar with Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT) - both terms which refer to large collections of technology and their business applications -…
MicroPython – Pythonic Edge Computing As the Internet of Things becomes more and more popular, so too has the need for computing solutions that work across a network of smaller devices, rather than just centralized processing servers. To this end, developers are always challenged by hardware requirements, yet more modern solutions, such as edge computing,…
AWS Microservices in PHP: A Multi-Tenant Framework When we talk about PHP, it’s often simplified as a “web app language”. This used to be a hindrance, as it overlooked the wider uses and potential of the language but, as we move into Cloud solutions and microservices, the need for a strong “web language” is actually starting work…
AI & ML in Business: Master Problem Solvers? Have a tricky business problem? Chances are Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can help you solve it. However, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution – Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) can do a lot, so there are a few things you need to know, not least of all the…
Scaling Containerised Applications on AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) offer numerous solutions – this gives us, as developers, a broad range of optional tools to meet a client’s business objectives, but how do we determine the best solution? This is a situation that we’re always thinking about, so we’re always looking to test possible solutions,…
