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By James Hobart April 2015 Many of our clients are implementing the next generation of their mobile solutions with great success. They have learned and applying what works best for employee and customer engagement with mobile solutions.  A key strategy has been to leverage big data, turn the data into actionable insights and deliver targeted […]

By Suzanne Robertson March 2015 This is the tenth in a series that explains the thinking behind the Volere requirements techniques. Previous and future articles explore the application of these techniques in your environment. This article illustrates how the requirements travel through an organisation and beyond, and how different people are interested in or affected

By Lindy Ryan February 2015 The mainstream adoption of big data is just now starting. Now, it’s time to figure out what to do with all this data – and how to exploit it for competitive advantage. Ultimately, companies use data – big or not – to solve business problems. The data-centric company, however, doesn’t

By Lindy Ryan January 2015 The mainstream adoption of big data is just now starting. Now, it’s time to figure out what to do with all this data – and how to exploit it for competitive advantage. Ultimately, companies use data – big or not – to solve business problems. The data-centric company, however, doesn’t

By Lindy Ryan December 2014 The mainstream adoption of big data is just now starting. Now, it’s time to figure out what to do with all this data – and how to exploit it for competitive advantage. Ultimately, companies use data – big or not – to solve business problems. The data-centric company, however, doesn’t

By Mike Ferguson November 2014 When you look at competition today, there is no doubt that additional insight is now needed on customers and business operations to remain competitive. New forms of data being created now hold the key to competitive advantage. They contain high value insights that every company must learn to discover if

By Suzanne Robertson October 2014 This is number eight in a series that explains the thinking behind the Volere requirements techniques. Previous and future articles explore various aspects of applying these techniques in your environment. If you work in systems development, especially if you are developing software, it is unlikely that you have not come

By Mike Rosen September 2014 Architecture programs and the architects working in them are often struggling with how to define themselves, and more importantly, what work products they should be producing. One way to look at these issues is to examine the question “What is architecture?” A common, informal definition of architecture is: “the structure

By Rick van der Lans August 2014 Undoubtedly, big data is one of the biggest trends in the IT industry. Big data involves storing, managing, and analyzing massive amounts of data. Today, organizations have a choice with respect to storing data: they can choose a SQL-based solution or a NoSQL-based solution, such as Hadoop, Cassandra,

By Rick van der Lans July 2014 Undoubtedly, big data is one of the biggest trends in the IT industry. Big data involves storing, managing, and analyzing massive amounts of data. Today, organizations have a choice with respect to storing data: they can choose a SQL-based solution or a NoSQL-based solution, such as Hadoop, Cassandra,