Arrk Group Relocates to Manchester City Centre Location By Team Arrk NewsThought Leadership 2 mins read Arrk Group, a digital software company, has relocated its head office to Grade II listed 196 Deansgate in Manchester as part of a major investment. The move sees Arrk take on greatly expanded city centre office space and marks…
PSD2: Impacts on the Banking and Fintech Industry By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read Many businesses will be affected by PSD2 (Revised Payment Service Directive) coming into force in 2018. It has huge potential to impact the banking sector and signals new growth for payment services. Despite uncertainty due to the UK’s decision…
Bringing the Omnichannel to the Supply Chain By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Bringing the omnichannel into the supply chain The first rule of retail has always been that “the customer comes first” – however, that statement has rarely been truer than it is now. With so many retail options available, the customer…
Northshoring: What’s the deal? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read You will have heard of organisations ‘off-shoring’. This relates to the relocation of a business process from one country to another and is usually an action to cut out large costs such as manufacturing. Whilst off-shoring clearly has its monetary benefits it seems…
Artificial Intelligence: The Advantages and Disadvantages By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read There are plenty of wild statements being thrown around about artificial intelligence – from a threat to our jobs to a threat to the human race as we know it. So is this all hyperbole or are the fears actually based…
Reinventing Public Services Through Digital Channel Shift By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read Lean methods have been transforming manufacturing and software development – so could they be applied to public services too? As the public sector undergoes its digital transformation, the ground is fertile for new ideas and new methods that can deliver…
Using DevOps to Solve your Delivery Challenges By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 6 mins read DevOps has evolved into a global movement, yet it is a term that still generates confusion. Many organisations are aware of their need to enable more efficient delivery. Everyone recognises the existing points of failure, but when it comes to…
Digital Predictions – What will happen in 2017? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read It’s become an annual tradition here at Arrk to gaze into our crystal ball and look into the digital future at this time of the year. Over the last two years we have delivered our digital predictions for 2015…
Software Testing with Tokina in 2049 By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 8 mins read This is a fictional account of a day in a tester’s life in 2049. As much as I have relied on some research material (see list at the end), this blog is a figment of my imagination intended to entertain more…
Frugal Innovation: A Guide By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Innovation is helping us do more with less. The success of Amazon, a retailer that doesn’t have any stores and simply ships its good from warehouses was one of the earlier examples of the disruptive rise of digital giants. In more recent times,…
