8th October 2021
Almost thirty years after World Mental Health Day launched, the need to talk about the specifics of mental health is more prevalent than ever. The recent health crisis has meant our lives have had to yo-yo between somewhat normal and total isolation from our friends. To say that people are struggling to adjust to the [...]
29th September 2021
Excel Power View retirement: what does it mean for your business?
The original version of this article can be found on our Power BI site, alongside more information about our PBI solutions. Five years after the new feature development concluded, Microsoft has revealed the Excel Power View retirement plan. Businesses have a short window to migrate their content over to a new product or service. While Power [...]
20th July 2021
6 reasons to use Power BI for your business
Power BI allows users to see detailed reports on clients, inventory, sales and more. It enables employees to make confident decisions and save time on business intelligence, while keeping data secure. Read on for six more reasons to use Power BI. 1. Embed everywhere Power BI lets users embed BI reports into internal web portals [...]
20th July 2021
How to choose the right Microsoft partner type to suit your business needs
Microsoft works with over 64,000 partners, so how do you find the right one to suit your business needs? There are three different Microsoft Partner types that help businesses identify the perfect partner for them: partner level, silver, and gold level. Achieving any of the three Microsoft competencies to become a Partner of Record. Meaning, [...]
15th July 2021
Our New Apple Training clients in Q2 2021
We welcomed new Apple training clients in Q2 2021, proving that businesses are realising the benefits of digital transformation and training their teams on new tech. With most of the workforce working from home in 2020, more businesses looked to computing to solve remote workflow issues. As a result, we've been honoured to help businesses [...]
15th July 2021
Our new Influential Software clients in Q2 2021
Businesses are changing the way they work for the better and transforming their businesses digitally. We've been honoured to implement solutions for several new Influential Software clients in Q2 2021. Whether they needed help saving time, money, or streamlining processes, we were happy to help. But first, here are some of our other wins from [...]
7th July 2021
Our top 4 benefits of intranet training
As of April 2020, around 46 percent of the UK workforce were working at least partly from home. And as we’ve written before, an intranet is the ideal way to boost remote working productivity. So whether you’re adopting an intranet or trying to solve intranet issues, now is the perfect time for intranet training. In [...]
2nd June 2021
Influential Software moves to new London office
Today, our admin team upgraded to a new London office. Although we’re sad to say goodbye to our Devonshire Square office, our new WeWork location in St Katharine’s Way is in the heart of the city and brimming with new opportunities. Our new co-working space will allow us to focus on collaboration with our neighbours [...]
14th May 2021
Mental Health Awareness Week: Supporting mental health in tech
Established in 1990, Mental Health Awareness Week encourages people to talk openly about the specifics of mental health, with a heavy focus on providing help and advice for those in need. At Influential Software, we support our team and aim to reduce poor mental health in tech. Mental health support is more critical during lockdown [...]
8th March 2021
Celebrating our influential women in tech this International Women’s Day
First of all, we would like to wish everyone a happy International Women's Day! IWD is an important time for the IT industry as it offers a chance for us to look at what we're doing to reduce the gender gap in our businesses. At the moment, women fill only 19 percent of tech roles [...]