2nd August 2023

What is LTS?

Software Development, Support Blog, Software Development

LTS stands for "Long Term Support" and means exactly that. A long-term supported release is a version of software that is designed to receive long-term support and maintenance for several years after its release. This guarantees a stable and reliable version for a minimum period of time that users can expect to continue using. Naturally, [...]

Embrace Equity This International Women’s Day

8th March 2023

Embrace Equity This International Women’s Day

Blog

Happy International Women's Day! At Influential, we don't just use this day to celebrate the team's female members and educate our staff on Influential women in tech - for us, this is an opportunity to highlight the problem in the industry and tackle it head-on. Women in tech: notable statistics It's no hidden secret that [...]

How Technology Improves Efficiency In Customer Service

3rd March 2023

How Technology Improves Efficiency In Customer Service

Efficiency Blog

When it comes to operational efficiency, being able to deliver a quality service using minimal resources as quickly as possible is essential - this is where technology improves efficiency. Businesses were beginning to dip their toes into operational efficiency and digital transformation before COVID, but it's more important than ever before. Companies without proper digital [...]

Headless Architectures and Composable Systems

21st February 2023

Headless Architectures and Composable Systems

cms development, headless architectures Blog

Looking for more flexible architecture choices that can guarantee greater security and scale? It might be time to consider more complex customisations and integrations. What happens when you want all the juicy bits of a system- data models, business logic, and machine learning capabilities - without the baggage of being boxed into the platform's standard [...]

8th February 2023

The ChatGPT revolution

ai technology, chatbot, chatgpt, openai Blog

OpenAI's ChatGPT, a powerful AI chatbot, has been the centre of attention since November 2022 when it was first released in its current iteration. Based on Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT3.5), ChatGPT is essentially a language system that can compose song lyrics, write poetry and code, and even conduct conversation. It was trained using trillions of [...]

Key features of a modern customer portal

31st January 2023

Key features of a modern customer portal

client portal, customer portal, web portal Blog

A customer portal gives organisations a professionally branded web presence and gives users the ability to choose how they want to interact with a company. It serves as a single point of access for customers to view information and documents relevant to them. In addition, customer portals are intended to be accessible any all times, [...]

16th January 2023

Influential Software turns 30

Influential News Blog

January 15 marks our 30th company anniversary, and we're going to celebrate in style! But how did we get here? Well, 30 years ago, Andy Richardson started it all off and began a company called Influential Software. Together with John Simpson, they began offering digital transformation services before the term itself had even been coined. [...]

10th January 2023

Key cloud adoption trends

Azure, Cloud, cloud migration, Microsoft Blog

Organisations are increasingly having to adapt to changing technological, economic and industry challenges. Modern businesses focus on reducing business costs and complexity, as well as increased agility and innovation. Modernising workloads by moving them to the cloud is a significant digital transformation and one that provides security and flexibility. In addition, cloud infrastructure and capabilities [...]

What’s new in Windows Server Azure Edition?

6th January 2023

What’s new in Windows Server Azure Edition?

Microsoft Azure, Windows Server Blog, Microsoft

Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition is a version of Windows Server that is optimised to run on Azure. Microsoft has a handy comparison guide which lists the key differences. Importantly, it has several features that are exclusive to Azure users only. The current version has received several important updates recently. Plus, there are even more [...]

28th December 2022

SAP packages dev platform into S/4HANA

erp, SAP, SAP ABAP, SAP S4HANA Blog, SAP

Several weeks ago, global ERP company, SAP, renamed their developer platform and packaged it with S/4HANA, its current gen in-memory application platform. During the TechEd, CTO Juergen Mueller announced a replacement for Embedded Steampunk, a tool also known as SAP S/4HANA Cloud ABAP Environment. Crucially, this tool allows developers to build in the SAP's ABAP [...]

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