How to Preserve 20+ Years of Business Data When Moving to SaaS
One of the most common risks in SaaS migrations is losing your history. When businesses move to a new SaaS platform, vendors often recommend migrating only “current” data — active customers, open jobs, or recent records. On the surface, this keeps the migration fast and affordable. But what about the decades of historical records that […]
Running a Business in Excel is Not a Long-Term Viable Solution
For many organisations, Excel has been the go-to tool for managing operations, tracking data, and running day-to-day processes. It’s flexible, familiar, and inexpensive. But as a business grows, Excel quickly shows its limits. Errors creep in, collaboration becomes messy, and critical information is trapped in spreadsheets only one or two people truly understand. That’s why […]
Data Migration Made Easy: Unlock Your Data’s Future with Biz Hub
In an age where data fuels decision-making and digital transformation, migrating your data securely and efficiently is more than just a technical necessity—it’s a strategic imperative. Whether you’re upgrading systems, consolidating databases, moving to the cloud, or transitioning between SaaS platforms, the stakes are high. Enter Biz Hub’s Data Migration Service—designed to de-risk the journey […]
It’s 2020 – it’s time to transform
Low-code technology is still largely under-utilised in Australia compared with other countries – and many organisations have only begun to realise the potential for a technology that offers the twin benefits of rapid development and reduced ongoing maintenance effort. Until recently, many low-code offerings were focused on mobile app development rather than enterprise-grade system development […]
Why government is bad at IT, or is it?
Government gets a bad rap when it comes to IT, a bit unfairly in my opinion. We’ve all seen the headlines and spectacular fails. Back that up with conversations I’ve had with senior government IT managers – despondent about their team’s own ability to deliver. But here’s a couple of things to consider in their […]
Automated Conversion – How it can work
This paper provides a brief overview of some of the issues when transitioning out of legacy and under-performing software applications and why a new automated approach can revolutionise what has otherwise been an expensive, difficult and risky process. I’ve seen business big and small struggle, sometimes for years, to try to transition to their next […]
What is low-code and why should I care
Below, I will discuss the latest big move in software development and what it means for you and for digital transformation generally. The Citizen developer What is low-code? Low-code is a movement in the software industry. It’s name indicates the nature of the change – “low-code” – software created with less programming code than the […]
What Paramedic Ants teach us about data
If you haven’t seen the recent fascinating Guardian article on paramedic ants … it’s well worth a read. “Injured ants call for help by sending out distress signals in the form of pheromones. When help arrives, the injured ants tuck in their legs so they can more easily be carried back to the nest” The […]
Pareto was right. 20% of your software is causing 80% of your problems
Even if you’ve never heard of Vilfredo Pareto (1848 – 1923), you’ll know his principle as the “80/20 rule”. He was an economist, but his principle has been used to describe phenomena as diverse as earthquakes to work health and safety. Famously, Microsoft supposedly adopted a policy of solving only 20% of bugs to reduce […]
