Blogs
Take a look through our blogs for insights, ideas and inspiration from our experts in digital innovation.
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Connecting Construction: the latest in low-code technology for the Construction industry
In partnership with Microsoft, Hitachi Solutions talented experts have developed a suite of low-code applications specifically designed to improve the collaboration of contractor and sub-contractors on and off-site and ensure safer more seamless working experiences for teams.
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Q&A with the programme manager of one of the largest IoT platforms in the UK
Hitachi Solutions have collaborated with Microsoft and South London Partnership (SLP) to create one of the largest IoT platforms in the UK. SLP is a cross-political party sub-regional collaboration of five London boroughs: Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Richmond upon Thames and Sutton. We sat down with Andrew Parsons, the…
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Insights from the Government Data Summit 2022
On the 20th October, Hitachi Solutions sponsored the Government Data Summit and I was delighted to attend alongside two colleagues from our data team. For me, it was a key learning opportunity and I have pulled together the most important takeaways from both the event and from the conversations I…
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Hitachi Solutions team cycle from London to Paris supporting Young Lives vs Cancer
A team of 4 Hitachi Solutions employees have completed their latest challenge, cycling from London to Paris, in aid of Young Lives vs Cancer. The keen cyclists completed 300 miles across 5 days, raising money to support the charity to continue to be there for young people with cancer. Helping…
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Gov PaaS Migrate
In August, GDS announced the decommissioning of GOV.UK Platform as a Service by December 2023. GOV.UK PaaS is/was part of the Government as a Platform (GaaP) group of products, platforms and services designed to tackle common problems faced by Departments and public sector bodies. It allowed them to reuse or…
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How PowerApps drive digital transformation
My post today looks at the value of implementing easy-to-use technology that can have a real difference on your business outcomes. I'll consider how PowerApps can help drive digital transformation and why it could be the best IT investment your business ever makes.
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PowerApps Portals – Use Web API to Create, Update and Delete records
Up to now (pre-version 9.3.3.0), PowerApps Portals and Power Pages only had one method to update entities back to the database, and that was to use Entity Forms. This has been severely limiting in what can be done with the user interface where updates are needed. You either had to…
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How to build your digital transformation roadmap
Hitachi Solutions and Microsoft came together on Thursday 3rd March for a hybrid event to understand the opportunities and challenges for Professional Services organisations. Featuring a customer story from Alexander Mann Solutions' Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Wayland, you can watch all four sessions from the morning below, and explore how…
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Why professional services companies must invest in digital transformation
She adds that when professional services companies do invest in digital, they need to ensure they capture and manage the mass of data they generate effectively. Data must be in the right place at the right time to unlock opportunities from technology. Of course, better use of data also means…
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Where is the construction industry heading on its digital journey
The construction industry is very complex, with many stakeholders involved in the highly complex processes of planning and construction. Accordingly, there is a wide variety of approaches to digital transformation and innovation. The industry has been relying on digitalisation since the financial crisis of 2008, albeit often still with island…
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How working with a Microsoft Partner can help take your business to the next level
Microsoft partners typically offer a range of technical expertise across Microsoft's products and services to help their customers understand, deploy and get the most from the technologies and their digital ecosystems. There are around 64,000 partners, vendors and service providers that build or sell solutions based on Microsoft products across…
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How Microsoft Catalyst can support your organisation’s transformation.
Since Microsoft began rolling out its Catalyst programme to inner circle partners in 2019 I have witnessed, first hand, the difference that it makes in the work that we do with our customers and the fundamental shift in the conversations that we are having. Microsoft Catalyst is a framework (The…