14th September 2022

What Is A Discovery Phase?

Development Consultancy

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 August 2022

What is Staff Augmentation?

staff augmentation, Support Consultancy

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 - [...]

Why your business needs an evergreen IT strategy

27th July 2022

Why your business needs an evergreen IT strategy

microsoft 365 Microsoft

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 [...]

From on-prem to the cloud, why migrating makes sense

27th July 2022

From on-prem to the cloud, why migrating makes sense

Cloud, Migration Consultancy

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 [...]

SAP BO Business Intelligence 2024 Announcement

20th July 2022

SAP BO Business Intelligence 2024 Announcement

Business Intelligence, SAP News, SAP

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. [...]

Influential Academy 2022: Skyrocketing Interest in Tech

18th July 2022

Influential Academy 2022: Skyrocketing Interest in Tech

Influential

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 [...]

Our apprentice software engineer wins Apprentice of the Month

28th June 2022

Our apprentice software engineer wins Apprentice of the Month

Apprenticeship, Software Development Blog

We're proud to announce that our software engineer IT apprentice, Ethan Lane, has been recognised as MidKent College's Apprentice of the Month for his outstanding work and positive attitude as part of our team. Growing with Influential Ethan is passionate about the work in software engineering and approaches new challenges with a curiosity that allows [...]

28th June 2022

Benefits of Agile Software Development

Agile, Software Development Software Development

Agile methodology is the modern approach to software development that encourages businesses to get an immediate return on investment. The iterative approach keeps communication between client and developer open - meaning the project can be handled quickly and efficiently, in a way that allows the product to launch sooner and be updated with regular patches. [...]

Influential Software Earns Its First Review on Clutch

17th June 2022

Influential Software Earns Its First Review on Clutch

affiliate marketing, customer review, Training News, Training

The digital development industry is one of the fastest-growing and highly competitive fields in the world. Every company needs to do something unique in order to stand out from everyone else. This is the reason why we decided to create our Clutch profile. Our team recently published our first review on the platform, and we’re [...]