UI design and UX design are two of the most often confused terms in web and app design – and it doesn’t help that the two terms are usually placed together in a single term, UI/UX design. These terms are not interchangeable; each refers to a specific type of user design ..read more

The software development landscape continues to change at a remarkable rate. New innovations in technology have created opportunities for businesses to grow as well as change how they operate. Amongst these is the current interest in building applications in low-code ..read more

As a professional your time is precious, and busy working environments can demand your attention. But with so many different calendars and commitments, it can be easy to miss meeting reminders if you’re not paying attention to your screen when a notification pings up. Our solution to this is DeskBuddy: a meeting reminder that you'll miss it if it wasn't there ..read more

Building a web app can be time-consuming, especially if it's a core business function. But there are ways to accelerate the process. Here we discuss our own template for building modern web apps ..read more

In today's fast-paced digital world, email has become an essential tool for communication, with Microsoft Outlook as the go-to email client for millions of people. However, by adding ChatGPT to Outlook, users can further enhance their email productivity by automating the processing and analysis of incoming emails based on their own criteria ..read more

Most people never use the full range of features that are available within the Microsoft Office Suite. At the same time, there is always some feature or tool that users wished they had within the Suite to make life easier and potentially save on hours of work preparing documents. This is where add-ins for Office 365 can help ..read more

Bespoke software that utilises artificial intelligence systems has gradually been making its way into business software, with many companies from different industries expecting their activities to be shaped by AI within the next 5 to 10 years. In fact, just as the Internet changed our way of life, so AI systems are predicted to be an equally transforming force. Here we summarise the most popular uses of intelligent applications in business today – in particular, image recognition ..read more

Since the emergence of cloud technology around 15 years ago, more and more computing has inexorably migrated from the company server room (the so-called “on premise” model of computing) to the ignominious gargantuan racks of servers provided by Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google, IBM and other more niche providers. Collectively this is “The Cloud”. 123 ..read more

Custom software development projects have many moving parts. Because of this, managing the developmental process efficiently can be critical to the successful release of a software product ..read more

The healthcare industry is both large and very tightly regulated to protect healthcare data. The result is that getting healthcare applications approved for NHS systems integration means jumping through many hoops. Here, we try and break down the main hurdles as simply as possible ..read more