13 articles

  1. Data platforms and MLOps

    Data contracts: how to stop downstream breakages

    Write down what a shared dataset promises, and check it where changes are made. Writing the contract is the easy part. The milestone is a breaking change that fails in the producing team’s pipeline, before anyone downstream sees it.

    9 min read

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  2. Legacy modernisation

    The strangler fig pattern: modernise without a rewrite

    Replace an old system one piece at a time while it keeps running. Moving the first piece is the easy part. Switching the old one off is the milestone.

    9 min read

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  3. Platform engineering

    Internal developer platforms: what to build first

    Nine in ten organisations in DORA’s 2025 research use an internal developer platform. DORA’s advice on what to build first: one journey developers repeat often, made clearly better, with speed and stability measured together.

    8 min read

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  4. AI product engineering

    How to test an AI feature before it launches

    A demo shows that an AI feature can work. Before launch, you need evidence of how often it does, on the cases your users will bring.

    8 min read

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  5. AI product engineering

    Do AI coding assistants make teams faster?

    Developers often feel faster with AI coding tools. Measured results are less certain, and the team’s delivery system decides much of what the tools are worth.

    7 min read

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  6. Secure delivery

    Cyber Resilience Act: what the new reporting duty asks

    Since 11 September 2026, makers of software products and connected devices on the EU market have had to report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents, starting with a warning within 24 hours. Here’s what the duty asks, who it covers and what to have ready.

    8 min read

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  7. AI agents

    MCP explained: connecting AI agents to your systems

    The Model Context Protocol gives AI agents one standard way to reach your tools and data. What an agent may do once it’s connected is still your decision.

    8 min read

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  8. Secure delivery

    Prompt injection: limit what a fooled agent can do

    No filter today reliably stops an AI agent being fooled by instructions hidden in what it reads. What you can control is how much a fooled agent is able to do.

    8 min read

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  9. AI agents

    How AI agents can transform your business website

    Most websites still work like brochures: they wait. An agent turns yours into a team member that answers, qualifies and completes work the moment a visitor needs it.

    3 min read

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  10. Digital Marketing

    7 Business Growth Marketing Strategies You Can Implement in 2022

    Seven practical ways to grow your business through market positioning, customer research, focused channels, experimentation, and competitive analysis.

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  11. Success Stories

    Technology Support Allows Erie Non-Profit to Serve the Community

    How dependable IT support helped an Erie non-profit modernize its systems and stay focused on serving people during times of crisis.

    Article

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  12. News & Events

    Tips to Make Your Workforce a Security Front Line

    Practical email and mobile-device security habits that help employees protect company data and reduce avoidable cyber risk.

    Article

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  13. Success Stories

    Scan & Index Manager Delivers Productivity at Beaumont Hospital

    How Beaumont Hospital digitized paper records, reduced retrieval time, and delivered measurable productivity gains.

    Article

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