9th June 2024
In today's competitive business environment, leveraging data-driven insights is critical for making informed decisions and remaining agile. Microsoft Power BI, a powerful suite of business analytics tools, empowers organisations to visualise, analyse, and share data in a more accessible, intuitive manner. By transforming complex datasets into easily digestible, interactive visualisations, Power BI enables businesses to [...]
18th December 2023
Unleash the Power of Data with Microsoft Power BI
In an increasingly data-driven world, organisations are constantly seeking ways to harness the power of their data to make informed decisions that drive growth and success. The ability to efficiently analyse and interpret vast amounts of data is critical in sustaining a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment. However, this can prove challenging as […]
2nd August 2023
What is LTS?
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, [...]
8th March 2023
Embrace Equity This International Women’s Day
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 [...]
3rd March 2023
How Technology Improves Efficiency In Customer Service
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 [...]
21st February 2023
Headless Architectures and Composable Systems
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
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 [...]
31st January 2023
Key features of a modern customer portal
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
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
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 [...]