About the podcast This podcast seeks to give something back to our customers and the wider tech community. We’ve worked on some really exciting projects over the last 10 years and also have a very talented team of consultants with a lot of knowledge and experience. So we thought we’d share it with you. And as our name suggests, there are 101 Ways to solve a problem. It’s about having the correct skills and expertise in place to find the right way forward that works. If you like what you hear, you can listen to all our episodes on Spotify, and please don’t forget to hit the follow button! Epis ..read more

Monolithic applications are becoming an endangered species. They appeared for a number of very good reasons – not least the single codebase helping to simplify initial development. Now though, it’s safe to say that most companies are moving towards modern-era microservices.  With so much ‘accepted thinking’ about monolithic applications, we thought it was time to debate why they’re under threat, and the best ways to modernise today from a software engineering, delivery, and product perspective.   We turned to 101 Ways’ Engineering Principal Ray Parkar, Delivery Principal Anikh S ..read more

About the podcast This podcast seeks to give something back to our customers and the wider tech community. We’ve worked on some really exciting projects over the last 10 years and also have a very talented team of consultants with a lot of knowledge and experience. So we thought we’d share it with you. And as our name suggests, there are 101 Ways to solve a problem. It’s about having the correct skills and expertise in place to find the right way forward that works. If you like what you hear, you can listen to all our episodes on Spotify, and please don’t forget to hit the follow button! Epis ..read more

There’s nothing like bringing together a roomful of senior tech leaders to share their seasoned – and impartial – advice on what it takes to create an effective modernisation strategy. But that’s exactly what we did at a recent Breakfast Meeting held at the Groucho Club in Soho. Our invited frontline experts were able to network and converse in a pitch-free workshop environment where the focus was on their shared challenges and experiences at unlocking modernisation success.  These group discussions, facilitated by Grant Smith, Michael Seipp, Matthew Penhall, Zane and me from 101 Ways, ge ..read more

For organisations operating in highly regulated sectors like healthcare and financial services, modernisation and adherence to strict compliance standards can feel like mutually exclusive goals.  By eliminating outdated – often manual – processes, they’ll generate valuable efficiency gains. Plus, they’ll be able to engage in new digitised ways of working, collaborating and transacting. However, concerns will be high that initiating automated systems could give rise to regulatory violations. Something that will result in unexpected costs and cause harm. So, how do engineering managers reso ..read more

About the podcast This podcast seeks to give something back to our customers and the wider tech community. We’ve worked on some really exciting projects over the last 10 years and also have a very talented team of consultants with a lot of knowledge and experience. So we thought we’d share it with you. And as our name suggests, there are 101 Ways to solve a problem. It’s about having the correct skills and expertise in place to find the right way forward that works. If you like what you hear, you can listen to all our episodes on Spotify, and please don’t forget to hit the follow button! Epis ..read more

Modernisation programmes can deliver amazing results for the organisations that undertake them. At the same time, they can be dizzyingly complex and hard to manage. How do you keep projects of that scale on track? How do you get them over the line and ensure that they deliver? Just recently, I had the pleasure of chatting to John Fredrickson, director of platform engineering at FreeAgent, a developer of SaaS-based accountancy software. Over the course of a 25-year career, John has seen all manner of modernisation projects through to successful completion, leaving him with what he described as ..read more

About the podcast This podcast seeks to give something back to our customers and the wider tech community. We’ve worked on some really exciting projects over the last 10 years and also have a very talented team of consultants with a lot of knowledge and experience. So we thought we’d share it with you. And as our name suggests, there are 101 Ways to solve a problem. It’s about having the correct skills and expertise in place to find the right way forward that works. If you like what you hear, you can listen to all our episodes on Spotify, and please don’t forget to hit the follow button! Epis ..read more

Recently I had a fireside chat with Andy Burton, CTO at esure Group, who generously shared his insights on what it takes to initiate and steer a successful modernisation project. A highly experienced CTO who’s led more than his fair share of initiatives, Andy’s pragmatic words of wisdom resonated with those who joined our ‘Discover Modernisation’ webinar. So much so that we’ve been asked to summarise some of Andy’s responses to the audience questions that were posted on the day.  We hope you find this overview of the Q&A session with Andy informative and thought provoking. If you’re i ..read more

The mere mention of modernisation can be enough to put any C-level exec into a cold sweat. And that’s not surprising. Modernisation is no walk in the park. It’s a complex journey involving constantly moving, interconnected parts – structures, processes, strategies, tech and, of course, people. That’s why we embarked on this blog series: to break down what modernisation means, and address the key elements so you can plan your approach. So far, we’ve looked at the fundamentals of the tech stack. And how multidisciplinary teams underpinned with the right metrics are one of the vital aspects of mo ..read more