Building an Agile Communications Strategy

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

The document focuses on the best practices to consider for API design by breaking it into its basic building blocks. Along with each recommendation the document also describes the reason and impact of a certain design decision through scenarios. The document provides recommendations on object representations, usage of headers and URL/URI templates to consider.

whitePaper | August 30, 2022

Traditional database management systems have become more essential than ever, as data volume, velocity, and variety all increase at breakneck speed. But the harsh truth is that legacy database management systems were never designed for a digital-first business climate shaped by such factors as cloud computing, pervasive mobility, microservices, new data sources, and cloud-native application development.

whitePaper | October 18, 2022

We first published this index five years ago. The world was different then. Governments were dealing with a landscape defined by benign growth, relative global stability, the optimism of an emergent technology. In 2022, it feels like everything has changed. It looks like we are entering a global recession, war has returned to Europe and AI breaks new ground every week. Just the last month has brought advances in art (Stable Diffusion), chat (ChatGPT) and negotiation (CICERO).

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

The first-generation low-code platforms required considerable adaptations and months of development in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Gartner expects that by 2024, low-code/no-code automation will account for 65% of all app development.

whitePaper | July 28, 2022

Many businesses have recently evolved to support large remote or hybrid workforces. This initial transition was imagined to be temporary, relying on home networks to provide the connectivity needed for work. Now, two years later, companies are contemplating technology improvements to address a more permanent remote workforce.

whitePaper | May 12, 2023

Onward’s mission is to develop bold and practical ideas to boost economic opportunity, build national resilience, and strengthen communities across all parts of the United Kingdom. Our vision is to address the needs of the whole country: young and old, urban and rural, for all communities across the UK – particularly places that have too often felt neglected or ignored by Westminster. We believe in an optimistic conservatism that is truly national – one that recognises the value of markets, supported by a streamlined state that is active not absent. We are unapologetic about standing up to vested interests, putting power closer to people, and supporting the hardworking and aspirational.