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Headforwards founding director Toby Parkins introduces Headforwards Advisory. Learn how it can help you leverage the greatest value from your software, data, cyber and cyber security.
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Insights The secret of any exceptional IT project? Focus on outcomes, not technology.
A combination of business pressures and multiple stakeholders can risk a technology-led approach to development projects. Here’s how to change tack to get the best outcomes instead.
Our Team Meet the Team: Greg West, Headforwards Full Stack Developer
Greg West is a Full Stack Developer, who works as part of Headforwards Special Projects Team. In his Meet the Team article Greg discusses the importance of collaboration, and talks about the latest project he’s been working on.
Events Angular vs React
Do you use Angular or React for your software development projects? Is it always an easy decision? Full Stack Developers Greg West and Andy Weir debated the pros and cons of both.
Our Team Meet the Team: Sam Perry, Headforwards CXP Developer
Sam Perry is a Developer on the CXP team at Headforwards. His final year of university was spent locked down at his family home in Cornwall, and the new world of remote working changed his plans for the future.
Insights Setting up your cloud journey for success
Headforwards CIO Advisory partner Pete Reed explains how leveraging and using the cloud well, as a part of your digital transformation journey, can provide great business value.
Insights Keeping it simple: Why the easiest route in software development is often the most effective
While there’s no doubt technology is becoming more complex, Headforwards Full Stack .Net Developer Phil Hargreaves makes the case for going back to basics with software development.
Our Team Meet the Team: Emma Cheney, Headforwards Full Stack Developer
Software developers today need to have the full package of technical skills and teamwork. Headforwards Full Stack Developer Emma Cheney explains.
Insights As Seen from Space
Who’s winning in the space race at the moment? Is it Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos? Right now actually, it feels like Cornwall is. As the UK’s first horizontal satellite launch is set to take place from Cornwall this autumn, Headforwards founding director Toby Parkins shares his thoughts on how the tech sector needs to build on the excitement and take the opportunity to engage the next generation.
Insights 5 Lessons I Learned Supporting a HealthTech Transformation
Nine months ago, Headforwards Full Stack Developer, Andy Weir changed roles. Read about the lessons he learned supporting a HealthTech transformation.
Our Team Meet the Team: Przemek Furtak, Headforwards Software QA Leader
In a world of increasing automation, Software QA Leader Przemek Furtak discusses the growing importance of humans in software development.
Insights Digital Transformation: the coexistence challenge
The process of undergoing a Digital Transformation requires organisations to continue to run their business at the same time as transforming. CIO Advisory Partner, Pete Reed says companies must give both the old world and the new world attention, being careful not to let one overtake the other.
Our Team Meet the Team: Louise Patch, Headforwards Business Intelligence Developer
We chat to Louise, a Business Intelligence Developer, about how her role combines creativity with technology in our next Meet the Team blog.
Our Team Meet the Team: Mike Thomas, Headforwards Dynamics Developer
In our next Meet the Team post, we speak to Dynamics Developer Mike Thomas about how his start in graphic design led him to Headforwards.
Insights Nurturing Talent
Headforwards Founding Director, Toby Parkins shares his thoughts on the progress made so far working with Cornwall College and exciting plans for the year ahead.
Insights Creating true flexibility in the workplace
Lindsey Nicholls, who heads up our People Operations, discusses joining the team during lockdown, and how we’re striving to provide true work-life balance.
HeadTalks Headtalk | Great Strategy is Design
Raoul Humphreys, who heads our Leadership and Business Development, discusses all things strategy and why it is a company-wide team effort and not just leadership driven.
Insights Lessons in teamwork from the Army and RNLI
Developer Mark Strudwick shares what he’s learned about teamwork from previous lives as a soldier and lifeboat crew member – and how it applies to coding teams.
Insights Rising salaries in the tech sector – fact or fiction?
Turbulence in the market sparks everyone’s interest; employees wonder what’s going on, and employers want to know more – given how much a situation of this kind can shift the cost base of doing anything. But is it as bad as we think it is?
Headforwards founding director, Toby Parkins shares his thoughts.
Case study From healthcare to healthtech: Building a roadmap for digital transformation
Our client, a private health check provider, brought us in to provide technical consultancy – a process where we critically assess an organisation’s architecture, codebase, and plans to make sure they’re fit for purpose.
Case study Transforming how Cornwall Council uses data and business intelligence
Our work with several departments within Cornwall Council involved unifying multiple datasets and presenting insights in digestible formats for both internal and external stakeholders.