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,…
EU GDPR | What impact will it have on your business? By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 4 mins read Ever heard of European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)? It may be quite the mouthful, but it’s one that will soon be rolling off the tongue – because you have less than two years…
Fintech | The trends and their impact By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read There is a new term that has entered the vocabulary of not just information technology specialists but also those within the financial services industry, in the form of “fintech”. Referring to the plateau of technology emerging in the financial sector…
Staying ahead of the mobile app maturity curve By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 7 mins read Cast your mind back to the summer of 2009. Facebook was still in short trousers and the first iOS developers had only been cursing Objective-C for a year. The mobile apps race was already up to speed and although…
Cyber-crime – How to protect your organisation By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Today’s criminals are, on the surface, quite a lazy bunch – after all, now they commit their crimes without even leaving their own homes. Sadly however, for anyone who has fallen victim to cyber-crime you’ll be well-aware of just how…
The Tester and the Project Discovery Workshop By Team Arrk Thought Leadership 5 mins read Project discovery workshops, most reading this article will be familiar with the term and what generally takes place during them and therefore why they are so critically important to the success (or failure) of a software development project. The way…
