White Paper: Creative Uses for iBeacons By Team Arrk Thought Leadership < 1 min read Unobtrusive and relatively low cost, a beacon (or iBeacon when using Apple nomenclature) is a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device which contains its own battery unit which means they can be positioned pretty much anywhere. Although there are a variety of…
Appification of the Enterprise Explained By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read The phrase “there’s an app for that” has been well-established among consumers for years – we’re accustomed to the idea of being able to download an app for almost any purpose, leading to buzz terms like “the appification of everything” and the…
A Need for Speed: Rapid Digitisation By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read With business environments rapidly changing, there is a need for companies to respond as quickly as possible to competition and new opportunities. This means that organisations have a “need for speed”: with the aim to get a digital service on to the…
What is Google Brillo? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read The Internet of Things (which we explained here with our Beginner’s Guide to the Internet of Things) is drawing the attention of some big names, with Qualcomm recently announcing its plans to develop smart devices that suit this new technology. Now, Google has…
SQL or NoSQL: The fairy tale By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read A long, long time ago, when the Earth was still young, an innocent computer science graduate entered a castle, looking for work. The castle’s occupants were kind and took him in. Surrounded by experienced analysts, designers, programmers and testers, he developed his…
White Paper: Putting The User First By Team Arrk Thought Leadership < 1 min read Digital solutions should improve people’s lives. They should save time, save money and produce better outcomes for end users. To achieve this, it is critically important that customers are willing to use a digital service, and that they find it…
Microservices: An Introduction By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read In the crowded world of software architecture, yet another new name has emerged in recent years: in the form of microservices. Microservices architecture is a new approach to developing a single application by using a combination of small services – each with its own…
Applying the Red Route Theory to your Organisation By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read It may seem like an odd combination: applying a Transport for London concept to your business. However, red routes in London have more in common with the way we work than you may think. Here we take a look…
How 3D printing will change the world By Team Arrk Thought 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 Thought Leadership 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, as…
