How 3D printing will change the world By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, “has the potential to change everything.” That was the sweeping statement made by a former ship engineer in an interview with Forbes back in 2012. Three years on, if you’re not buying into…
SMAC – Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud: A Guide By Team Arrk BlogsManaged CloudMobile Application 4 mins read Described as “driving innovation inside many, if not most, enterprises” by Vince Kellen in the Cutter IT Journal, social, mobile, analytics, cloud (SMAC) represents a bundle of new technologies that is rapidly replacing basic messaging and communication services,…
Feature Driven Development: A Guide By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read If you want fast functionality from your software, then feature driven development (FDD) could be the key. Feature driven development revolves around quick development cycles and provides businesses with feature-rich systems because they are constantly developing. What is the history of feature…
Team Dynamics in Agile: An Exploration By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 7 mins read Team Dynamics is a hugely important part of putting together and managing high performing software engineering teams. It can sometimes be de-prioritised however and in some extreme instances, completely forgotten under the pressures of working with stringent timelines and deliverables. It…
Bespoke or Off the Shelf Software: A Comparison By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read Bespoke or off the shelf software: depending on the depth of your knowledge about software and how to run it for your organisation or business, it may seem like an obvious choice because whereas off the shelf packages are…
Can Agile Methodology work on a fixed bid project? By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read Today, as much as Agile is scoring over traditional methodologies like Waterfall, the customer demand for fixed bid (AKA fixed price) projects has not died down. Even though Agile significantly improves its success quotient due to improved communication/collaboration, rapid…
Innovation Games: An Online Guide By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read The importance of marketing to the success of a business should never be underestimated. Marketers have a unique position in that they are talking directly to consumers and gaining insights that help create discussion and trail-blaze new solutions that can guide a…
Digitising public services in the UK: An introduction By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read Better public services that are more integrated and readily available than ever before. That’s the manifesto behind the Government’s decision to digitalise public services in the UK. However, is it really working? In this introduction to digital public services…
Wearable technology explained By Team Arrk AI Powered Market IntelligenceBlogs 4 mins read Wearable technology, wearable devices, fashion electronics or tech togs: give it whatever name you want, but there is little doubt wearables have broken through as the next big thing in the technological sphere. With the Wearable Technology Show 2015 looming – it…
Hybrid Cloud: What is the hybrid cloud? By Team Arrk BlogsManaged Cloud 4 mins read Seen by some as the middle ground between offering all computer services on premises and offloading all of your computational and storage time to a cloud, hybrid clouds are rapidly gaining ground in the business world. However, just what is…
