Audacia Insights
Insights on the latest technologies, processes and advancements within bespoke software development and systems integration, as well as Audacia news and updates.
Most businesses were having difficulties with inefficient legacy systems years or decades ago – and most still are today. New technologies come to market, and businesses and their customers both evolve, so outdated software platforms begin significantly impacting on performance across departments and functions.
As painful as these systems are, it can feel daunting to replace …
Blazor is the name of an experiment which Steve Sanderson has been running for eight months, namely: Can we run .NET in a web browser?
What is Blazor?
Essentially, Blazor uses WebAssembly to bootstrap a cut down Mono run time within the browser. It’s described in the official GitHub repository in the following way:
Blazor uses only the latest web standards. No plugins or tran…
Audacia reports a successful year as part of controlled growth strategy, during which we doubled our headcount and opened a new London office in Bank to continue to offer bespoke software development services to a growing number of clients located in the south east.
“We have established a reputation as a critical technology partner for businesses facing large-scale complex pr…
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will be taking effect on the 25th of May this year, and it is going to affect a lot of companies. At Audacia, we've been preparing ourselves and our customers for the changes that GDPR will bring about.
Our key considerations include:
- Explicit consent for storing data on users
- Breach Notifications
- Right to Erasure
What is GDPR?
GDPR…
British Gypsum, part of the Saint-Gobain group, is the UK’s leading manufacturer of interior lining systems, developing innovative products and services that improve spaces to live, work and play.
British Gypsum has awarded Audacia a contract to develop a bespoke web-based sales support system to automate and increase the operational efficiency of their existing processes. Au…
Does software only get attention when something goes wrong? If so, you’re not alone.
Manufacturing businesses can often view software solutions as a fix to a problem, rather than a business enabler. But having adaptable systems is key to enabling your business to scale in line with your ambitions and provide a platform for strategic innovation.
To follow on from Digital Manuf…
Audacia launches a bespoke product database for leading IT reseller, Techbuyer, to enable their global growth.
The six month project delivered a stable and robust platform that reduces downtime, improves reporting, resilience and sales management and provides enriched product data.
Techbuyer IT security manager, Rich Kenny, said:
“We complied an initial list of almost 40 soft…
Continuous improvement is far from a new philosophy. Dating back to the 1950's, Japanese manufacturers such as Toyota decided to make incremental changes in processes and products to remove waste and increase business efficiencies and outcomes.
The same is true today. Through ongoing efforts to improve the quality of services, products and processes through constant review, m…
First, A Little History on .NET
During the late 90s, Microsoft started work on something that they were calling Next Generation Windows Services (or NGWS for short). NGWS was originally designed to let Windows users access all kinds of services over the Internet.
In fact, in an early presentation for NGWS, Steve Balmer (who hated the name NGWS) said that it would allow users …