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As designers, developers and consultants working across a number of industries, we're uniquely placed to identify the potential for technology in the future of your business. Our experience can help you identify the most appropriate solution for you.

2017 Top Technology Trends for the Arts sector

We no longer ‘go online’: We exist in a perpetually connected world and the concept of digital technology that is separate is now outdated.The question facing many arts and cultural institutions such as museums and art galleries is not whether digital technology can enhance the experience of their visitors, but how best to employ digital technol

20 April 2017 Atlassian, Software

JIRA Software

JIRA Software is one of several software products produced by Atlassian. It is a project management tool used by agile teams for the planning, tracking and reporting on a project. JIRA Software supports any agile methodology, and at Cameron & Wilding we use it for all of our Scrum projects.

2017 Top Technology Trends in the Insurance Industry

The insurance industry is currently going through change in order to react to these pressures. However, with a significant amount of IT budget tied up in operational spend, paying to maintain technology that has already been purchased, there is only minimal budget left for the IT department to use to drive new innovative projects.

The Readiness of Drupal 8 for Enterprise' white paper

In Drupal 8, this is a challenge that has been taken seriously and the tools provided to achieve it have never been better. The Drupal Migrate module is now part of Drupal core and although writing code to migrate content from your old Drupal site or another CMS is still a developer task, it’s more straightforward than it’s ever been.

'Creating an Agile Organisation' white paper

Ever-changing customer expectations and technological advances are forcing organisations to constantly adapt and transform to keep pace. Developing new products takes time. But, by creating an Agile organisation, development costs and time to market can be greatly reduced.

23 March 2017 TCPDF

Confluence Migration

As a fun discovery project we spent a little time prototyping a small application to migrate data from MediaWiki to our Confluence service. This article sheds some light on the details. Atlassian in the digital world

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16 March 2017 Web app development, Publishing, Digital Publishing

Mobile Apps in the Publishing Sector

The transition from print media to digital media has brought novel challenges and opportunities to publishers.

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9 March 2017 Insurance, innovation

Brief Insight into “Innovation in a Data Rich Industry”

Insurance companies are processing tons of data every day from providing quotes to approving claims. In today’s technical era, some of these money rich entities are trying to become more responsible towards their customers. The area I am interested in is Mobile Apps.

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9 March 2017 Bamboo, Atlassian, Continuous Integration

Bamboo by Atlassian for your Continuous Integration needs

Bamboo is one of several software products produced by Atlassian. It is a Continuous Integration, deployment, and delivery tool. This blog post is a quick overview of some of the products features and benefits.

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9 March 2017 Strategy, CMS

Top Technology Trends In Insurance

In the current digital transformation state, there is significant need for the Insurance industry to embrace digital change in order to address current business challenges such as increasing customer experience and reducing risk and costs.

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Digital Transformation in Insurance and Finance 23rd March

We are hosting a roundtable event on the 23rd March (9am-11am) - the title is "Digital Transformation in Insurance and Finance".

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20 February 2017 Marketing, automation

Top 10 Marketing Automation Tools

Marketing automation at its core is all about optimisation. Optimisation of time and resources. Marketing automation tools enable your business to be more effective and efficient, whilst also freeing up more time to be creative.

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17 February 2017 Digital, Digital Strategies, Technology, Networking

The Digital Platform

Cameron & Wilding would like to invite you to: The Digital Platform The Breakfast Networking Event for Digital Professionals Thursday 2nd March 8am-10am

The Digital Platform

16 February 2017 Frontend development, Framework, Drupal, Coding best practices

C&W Frontend tool: Making frontend easier

Frontend frameworks are usually made up of a structure of files and folders of code such as HTML, JS and CSS. With responsive web design as a requirement, the development of websites have to adapt to various desktop and mobile sizes.

10 February 2017 Methodology, Design, Strategy

Atomic Design: Building from ground up

Atomic design is a methodology of creating design systems built out of core components. These core components are then joined together (with additional components) to create fully functional pages. It works from the bottom up using primary component in the early stages.

9 February 2017 Digital Surgery, Digital Transformation, Agile Methodology, Atlassian partners, web development

Digital Surgery hours

On the last Wednesday of each month, we will be running a 1.5-hr Digital Surgery, where organisations will be able to drop into our office to talk about digital strategy and solutions.

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18 January 2017 CMS, Design, Data

3 Top Data Visualisation Tools

With the plethora of data available to us today, it can sometimes be difficult to identify and act on emerging trends quickly. Through using data visualisation tools, this data is able to be manipulated into a visual format allowing those the ability to make highly informed decisions quickly.

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9 January 2017 Awards, Strategy

How do Test Automation strategies differ across Industries?

There is no question that verifying your system is working correctly is crucial to any business. However, software testing strategies are not one-size-fits-all. Every business sector needs to take the time to understand their IT system’s priorities, and then focus their testing efforts accordingly.

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12 December 2016 Digital Publishing, Facebook Instant Articles, Technology

Digital Publishers v Big Technology Platforms

On the 24th November 2016 Cameron & Wilding and Kemp Little hosted a Digital Publishing Breakfast Roundtable. The hot topic? The current relationship between digital publishers and the big technology platforms.

5 December 2016 Selenium Conference, Automating, Quality Assurance

Selenium Conference UK 2016

Last month I attended the Selenium Conference in London. Tucked away on Puddle Dock just north of the River Thames was two days of presentations by Selenium and Automation testing experts from around the world.