Audacia Insights
Insights on the latest technologies, trends processes and advancements within technology, as well as Audacia news and updates.

Technological progress is commercial progress. And your ability to deliver profit-first transformational solutions on time and within budget is paramount to success.
But the challenge is complex. Whether your focus is automation, legacy systems, supply chain efficiencies or customer experience, you’re operating in an environment which saw 7-10 counterparts cancel projects in …

When your business identifies an opportunity for operational improvement, it’s time to work out how best to implement it. Technology delivers transformational change, improves efficiency and enhances business profit. But to secure maximum operational improvement, new digital transformation projects require robust planning.
Making the right decisions early on will set a course…

Improved agility, better customer experience, reduced costs. These are the top three benefits fuelling organisations’ sustained interest in Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
If your organisation is sitting on data, you’re well positioned to leverage AI by introducing machine learning into your processes and systems. However, AI and ML are the latest IT b…

As a senior leader, you know technology plays an important role in enabling revenue growth, customer experience, cost savings and productivity gains.
With 50% of senior stakeholders stating that legacy systems are a barrier to digital transformation, you’re aware that outdated IT is holding you back.
But navigating a digital transformation takes more than engaging with an e…

“What we see here is a milestone in the transition to the third era of IT: the digital era.” Andy Rowsell-Jones, vice president, 2019 Gartner CIO Agenda.
For CIOs leading strategy in this ‘third era’, the pressure to make the right business-critical decisions is ever-present.
They must negotiate the balance between risk and reward while scaling their digital business to meet …

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 …