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Why Automated Azure Cost Tools Aren’t Enough
by Frans Lytzen | 27/02/2026Automated Azure cost optimisation tools are useful — but they don’t tell the whole story. Especially if you’re building and running your own applications in Azure. Real savings often sit at the architecture and code level, where experience and application insight outperform generic automation.
The AI Adoption Paradox: Why Waiting for Strategy (or Rushing Ahead) Is Holding You Back
by Sean Worthington | 23/02/2026AI adoption often stalls between endless strategy and fragmented experimentation. Instead of choosing one, organisations can evolve both in parallel — building clearer objectives, growing confidence and delivering measurable value along the way.
AI in Core Business: Where Real Competitive Advantage Is Built
by James Gregory | 13/01/2026AI creates real competitive advantage when it’s embedded in core business decisions and workflows – not just support functions. Here’s why leaders must rethink where AI is applied to unlock meaningful value.
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What does the DeepSeek AI release mean for me and my business?
by Frans Lytzen | 18/02/2025The release of DeepSeek R1 adds another tool to the AI landscape but does not require businesses to change their strategies. Its open-sourcing may drive innovation, increase competition, lower AI costs, and challenge OpenAI’s dominance. Notably, it operates with significantly lower energy consumption, offering environmental benefits. While data privacy concerns exist, businesses should stay informed, experiment with different models, and continue their AI adoption without disruption.
Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - Part 2: API Plugins
by Kelvin Stott | 31/01/2025With the explosion of Copilot agents in recent years we look at API plugins for Microsoft Copilot and assess how easy they are to use and how useful they can/could be.
Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility - Part 1: Graph Connectors
by Kelvin Stott | 17/01/2025With the explosion of Copilot agents in recent years we look at Microsoft graph connectors and how they can be used within your business to extend the functionality of Microsoft Copilot as well as other Microsoft 365 product and services.
Use AI to answer compliance questionnaires
by Frans Lytzen | 06/08/2024Can we use off-the-shelf AI to fill in compliance questionnaires, such as security, business continuity and the like? Here we are using off-the-shelf AI tools and a bit of code to try to answer questionnaires by feeding in our own answers from the past. The results are pretty good and this is easy enough to do that you should probably give it a go filling in these kinds of things is part of your job.
Using AI to reason about text
by Frans Lytzen | 31/05/2024A lot of the hype about AI is around using Ais to write text - but the results are often underwhelming in practice. A much more immediate use case for many organisations is to use Large Language Models (LLMs) to read and reason about text.
Testing with PlayWright
by Damian Fibuch, Nick Murphy | 13/05/2024PlayWright allows you to write tests in a way that is more intuitive and easier to maintain than traditional testing frameworks. In this TechTalk, NewOrbit's Damian Fibuch and Nick Murphy discuss PlayWright with the rest of the dev-team.
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