26th September 2022
iTraining courses is now Influential Training. Over 2 years since Amsys training was acquired, our training courses can now be found in one site, complete with new ecommerce options. The history behind iTraining Founded in 1986, the Amsys Apple Training business became iTraining, formerly known as Amsys Training, upon its acquisition by Influential Software. [...]
26th September 2022
The Microsoft Partner Programme Is Evolving
Customer needs have always fueled the Microsoft Partner Programme. Created to provide clarity to clients when searching for their next Microsoft Partner. With March's announcement of a change in the competencies finally coming into force on October 30th, it's essential to understand the details of the change. To help you stay updated with the latest [...]
15th September 2022
New Clients in H1 2022
The Influential Software new clients have had a great start to H1 this year, as business returned to normalcy and the COVID situation in the UK started to improve. With a range of new clients that we started working with, our team has been busy developing, implementing, consulting, and supporting companies that sought our help. [...]
14th September 2022
What Is A Discovery Phase?
The discovery phase is an essential step in project development. Aimed at analysing the clients vision, needs, and realistic deliverables. McKinsey recently published a report on implementing software projects, which revealed that the average IT project overruns it's budget by 45% while the overall benefits are half of what's expected. Why you need a discovery [...]
12th September 2022
Your Key to Cloud-Era Success Building A Customer Engagement Practice
As the new cloud-era continues to push us towards Industry 4.0, customer engagement is more important than ever. Businesses of all shapes and sizes have turned their backs on on-premise capital expenditure and looked to cloud solutions/SaaS to meet their needs. The rise of WFH, BYOD, and hybrid working cultures has encouraged businesses to look [...]
12th August 2022
What is Staff Augmentation?
What is staff augmentation? An in-house team with supplemented skills from external technicians. The set up allows business to maintain complete control and visibility while adding the key skills and knowledge needed to make rapid progress. An outsourced IT team should feel like an extension of your business. But that is rarely the case - [...]
27th July 2022
Why your business needs an evergreen IT strategy
Evergreen IT strategies are rapidly becoming the best approach for businesses. The idea involves making minor, iterative updates to the organisation's IT landscape (including software, operating systems, desktop hardware, products, applications, and server infrastructure) on an ongoing basis rather than undertaking a massive migration project. When planning your own Evergreen IT strategy, a whole spectrum [...]
27th July 2022
From on-prem to the cloud, why migrating makes sense
With 94% of businesses already using cloud computing to some degree, the global market is forecast to grow to £440 billion in 2023 – it’s clear cloud computing is an integral part of business in today’s climate Although, many companies are still reluctant to fully migrate to the cloud. If you’re one of them, don’t [...]
20th July 2022
SAP BO Business Intelligence 2024 Announcement
As SAP defines the future of it’s Analytics Strategy, there’s a clear wish to ensure the current SAP BOBJ Business Intelligence customers continue to be looked after for a bit longer yet. This means that SAP continues to add new enterprise reporting features to allow businesses to transition to the cloud at their own pace. [...]
18th July 2022
Influential Academy 2022: Skyrocketing Interest in Tech
Last week Influential Academy 2022 class welcomed young students from St Augustine's for work experience week. They joined our delivery office in Maidstone and we walked them through the day-to-day of our architects, developers, and support technicians. Day 1: The week started with an introduction about everything we do at Influential Software, as well as [...]