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Address these four technical debts to help your scale-up soar
Learning to make long-term decisions is perhaps the hardest part of the tech scale-up journey.…
The start-up Valley of Death: what it is and how to power through it
It’s a well-known fact that most start-ups fail. What’s less well-known is that most tech…
So, you’re doing DevOps. But what about self-service?
The big question for any tech scale-up is how to grow revenue without a parallel…
Cloud managed services: find a partner, not a provider
Getting the most from your investment in cloud-based systems requires a deep and dynamic understanding…
Modern operations: five foundational pillars
So, you’ve invested in the cloud. Most systems and applications are now built there or…
The technical debt quadrant
Is technical debt ALWAYS bad? It’s a question we’ve touched on a lot in earlier …
Five ways DevOps helps with technical debt
Many organisations uncover mountains of technical debt during their migration to the cloud. But what…
Challenges you’ll face as a scale-up CTO, and how to overcome them
Crossing the chasm from start-up to scale-up is exhilarating. But don’t expect it to be…
Are your user stories working for home-based teams?
You don’t need me to tell you how important user stories are. They’re central to…
Why digital transformation needs psychological safety
Psychological safety is a hot topic in IT circles. It has an important role to…
5 ways product-centric IT improves value delivery in a chaotic world
Enterprise organisations traditionally favour the project-led corporate IT model. With logical and structured processes, it…
Wales Tech Week: Free Cloud, Agile and DevOps workshops
Monday sees the launch of the first-ever Wales Tech Week, a forum for knowledge,…
Three reasons to perform a Well-Architected Review now, not later
Have challenges posed by Covid-19 accelerated your cloud adoption strategy? If so, now is a good time…
Business and IT collaboration could make new normal a better normal
The initial adrenaline-fuelled response to Covid-19 restrictions is giving way to an acceptance that there…