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Behind every database is a business. Behind every business are people Over the last week one email has stood out more than any technical challenge. A long-standing customer letting us know they were closing their doors. After years of… Read more → Microsoft Access isn’t the problem. A badly designed Access database is Access gets a fair bit of criticism. It’s old. It doesn’t scale. It isn’t suitable for serious business systems. Except I’ve come across Access systems that have been… Read more → We spend a lot of time telling customers not to throw away a perfectly good system just because it’s getting old Apparently, we took our own advice when it came to our website. 😄 But there comes a point when an upgrade makes sense. And ours is nearly ready.… Read more → I’ve always been fascinated by the XB-70 Valkyrie Around this time is the anniversary of it going beyond Mach 3. It was an extraordinary aircraft, designed in the 50’s as the successor to the B-52. The… Read more → The first thing staff noticed wasn’t a new feature. It was speed ACC Worldwide had a business-critical system that worked, but performance delays were frustrating users and slowing down everyday tasks. Optimised and strengthened the SQL Server environment Improved system… Read more → What if the most valuable software updates are the ones nobody notices? Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve helped customers improve security, simplify reporting, tighten compliance checks, and remove process bottlenecks. None of those changes would make a good… Read more → What happens when a business relies on several connected systems, and one of them stops talking to the others? For many organisations, it means missing data, frustrated staff, manual workarounds and wasted time. For an adventure travel company operating in remote parts of the world, the stakes… Read more → You don’t always need to replace a system to move forward Last week, we spoke with an engineering business looking to modernise several Microsoft Access databases while keeping the functionality their teams rely on every day. Like many organisations,… Read more → “We’ve always done it this way.” It’s one of the most expensive phrases in business. Not because existing systems are bad. But because over time, businesses change while the software supporting them often doesn’t.… Read more → Most of what we do isn’t really about software. It’s about people. One of the things I enjoy most about my job is the variety. Last week alone, I went from helping a customer who suddenly couldn’t access a critical… Read more →