As a Group of companies servicing over 200 core clients, the Board of Influential felt it prudent to consider the impact of the forthcoming “Brexit” vote, scheduled for 23rd June 2016. Whilst our clients are largely UK based, virtually all have operations in the EU and most globally. These clients span almost every industry sector, […]
SharePoint Server 2016 Has Arrived This week Microsoft announced the general availability of SharePoint Server 2016 for on-premise content and collaboration. This is following the Release Candidate and Release to Manufacturing announcements earlier this year. SharePoint Server 2016 boasts innovative improvements in 3 key areas: Enhanced user experiences, compliance and reporting and a new cloud-inspired infrastructure. […]
Atlas Publishing Intelligence Has Arrived The Influential teams have reached an important milestone this week with the launch of our first original product: Atlas Publishing Intelligence – a low-cost, enterprise-grade data management and business intelligence solution. What is Atlas Publishing Intelligence? Atlas Publishing Intelligence (PI) is a modular platform designed for publishers to analyse business […]
The Wait is Over – SharePoint 2016 is Here This week in a globally broadcast web event Microsoft announced the general availability of on-premise SharePoint Server 2016, with all the innovations, enhancements and hybrid capabilities promised in the months leading up to the release. As leading SharePoint consultants the Influential teams were among thousands who tuned in […]
Influential has worked with analytics and Business Intelligence tools and platforms for many years, and has watched its evolution with great interest. With so many enterprises switching to the cloud for their platforms, infrastructure and services it’s worth taking a look at the advantages of using BI in the cloud as well. The power of […]
Business Intelligence has changed. Decision makers are now demanding instant insights with self-service reports, wherever and whenever they need them. Can the new IBM Cognos Analytics deliver? Influential’s partner IBM set the business standards for Business Intelligence for many years. The groundbreaking IBM Cognos range had unbeatable BI performance and for so long it was […]
A newly published SharePoint Case Study looks at the successful Microsoft SharePoint 2013 project delivered for a leading global insurance company. After a recent merger a major insurance company found itself using 6 different out of date paper based insurance systems. Recognising the limitations, security issues and inability to track KPI’s of the workflow the […]
The Changing Landscape – Why switch to the cloud? You may have heard people say it already: “the landscape for enterprise is changing”. But what does that really mean? The teams here at Influential Software have always got an ear to the ground for technological trends and improvements, and lately the buzzword on everyone’s lips […]
The development teams at Influential’s Maidstone HQ are applying their expert bespoke creation skills to a new medium: baking. Our developers are doing their part for charity by taking part in a monthly charity bake-off hosted at Maidstone House, with a varied selection of home-baked tasty treats that prove that their abilities extend a […]
There has been much excited discussion amongst the teams here at Influential Software about the upcoming launch of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016. After the announcement last year that the official release would be delayed there has been much anxious anticipation for the upgrade and its new features. In November the SharePoint Server 2016 Beta 2 […]