BlueSoft Pulse: Where Business Meets Technology — 14/2024

Ready to fuel your tech leadership with fresh insights? In this 14th edition of BlueSoft Pulse, we’re going beyond the buzzwords to bring you real-world strategies for navigating the fast-paced world of IT. From boosting digital transformation efforts to unleashing the full potential of AI and cloud solutions, we’ve curated actionable ideas to keep you ahead of the curve.

But it’s not just about staying informed—it’s about driving impact. ?? Whether you’re looking to innovate, optimize, or scale, BlueSoft Pulse is your companion in making technology work for your business.

Join the conversation, share your ideas, and connect with a growing community of IT leaders and experts shaping the future.

Let’s move forward together—into a future driven by innovation. Dive into BlueSoft Pulse now!

Road to Cloud: “Data Management and Data Governance in the Context of Migrating Data Platforms to the Cloud”?

Ready to take your data migration to the cloud, but worried about bringing along old problems? Unsure if your organization is prepared for a smooth transition? Join our free webinar, “Road to Cloud: Data Management and Data Governance in the Context of Migrating Data Platforms to the Cloud”, and discover why effective Data Governance is the key to a successful migration.? ?

What will you learn??

• Why Data Management and Governance are crucial during cloud migration?

• Key areas to focus on in the process?

• How to plan and execute your migration?

• Post-migration steps and strategies?

• Who to involve in the process?

Led by Maciej Kossakowski, Senior Solution Architect with 20+ years of experience in Data Processing, BI, DWH, and Big Data projects, this session is a must for anyone ready to future-proof their data strategy!? ?

Save your spot now and turn your migration challenges into opportunities: https://bit.ly/3ZViG9U?

The webinar is held in Polish.?

Dive deep into the world of digital transformation and discover how it can revolutionize your organization's processes, enhance customer experiences, and drive growth. We'll also share case studies to illustrate real-world success stories.?

Gartner HR Research Reveals Only 33% of Employees Say Their Organizations Consistently Deliver on Promises?

Employee Value Proposition in IT Company newsletter? No, it's not a mistake. “A March 2024 Gartner survey of more than 1,300 employees found that only 21% of employees said their organization communicates about their EVP enough”. This data is alarming — and Employee Value Proposition is equally important to every company, no matter if you run a factory, a retail, bank, or software company. As BlueSoft, we won't fix it for you — because improving EPV, according to Gartner's article, is mostly a company culture matter. But we can give you KnowMe — a tool helping you catch right data, trends & manage employee journey.?

Expert's Voice:?

“Managers today are already overburdened and don’t necessarily have the capacity, or the knowledge, to communicate about and help deliver on EVP to their direct reports” - as software company, where right people are our greatest value - and with a flat structure and fast growth, we noticed the overburden within managers few years ago. Being engineers at heart, we decided to... troubleshoot it, understand what causes thus overburden and address it somehow. What we discovered is that managing people's carrer paths, expectations, employee jurney and keep track on manager-employee agreements, Excel is... well, not the best tool. This is how we have created KnowMe - a comprehensive solution, built upon EVP, helping us manage our engineers skills, satisfaction, career path, cvs and mutual agreements. After few years, we decided to make KnowMe a commercially available product - because, simply, we tested it on ourselves, it improved our EVP - so why not helping others??

— Krzysztof Ha?asa , Management Advisor at BlueSoft?

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing industries across the board. Discover how AI solutions can be integrated into your organization to enhance decision-making, automate processes, and drive business efficiency.?

Europe's AI Opportunity: Time to Take Bold Action?

The McKinsey article discusses Europe’s potential in the generative AI (gen AI) economy, emphasizing the need for a holistic approach across three lenses: adoption, creation, and energy. Despite Europe lagging behind the U.S. in gen AI adoption (45–70% gap), significant opportunities remain, particularly in AI semiconductor equipment. The article highlights the increasing energy demands due to AI’s data processing needs, as well as the necessity for Europe to increase investments, foster talent retention, and address energy efficiency to leverage AI’s full potential.?

Expert’s Voice:

Europe is increasingly falling behind global AI trends. We often encounter cases where the latest AI models, such as Meta’s LLama 3.2, are not being deployed as quickly in Europe, and other innovations, like Apple Intelligence, face delays or uncertainty. This situation not only hampers local markets but could also drive a push for greater mobilization. Investments in European AI models, like Mistral, and emerging Polish models like Bielik, signal a potential positive shift. However, substantial funding and increased awareness are crucial for leveraging these advancements to boost the local AI ecosystem.?

At BlueSoft, our research has always focused on various aspects of AI model utilization for our clients. While we prioritize high-quality solutions from leading LLM providers like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, we also explore niche and local models. Particularly for markets like Poland, models trained on datasets specific to the local context may yield greater value, driving more tailored solutions and innovation.?

What BlueSoft can offer our clients is continuous trend monitoring, delivering top-quality generative AI solutions while accounting for holistic factors to ensure the security and advancement of key technologies. We remain committed to providing a safe and confident path for AI development and its integration into business environments.?

— Artur Mirończuk , AI Project Manager at BlueSoft?

Dive into the world of Platform Engineering, where we discuss the importance of a solid foundation for IT solutions. Gain insights into designing and building robust, scalable platforms that can drive your business forward.?

Platform Engineering Is Security Engineering?

The primary objective of platform engineering is to reduce headaches for developers & ops experts in SDLC process - so the usual approach is to automate & provide self-service to platform users. But to make such approach resilient, we also need to take care of security — in the same way, by automating and reducing unnecessary permissions — also to Platform creators. Why & how to implement zero-privilege, secure-by-design Platform, is well caught in the article we shared. ?

Expert's Voice:?

As Platform Engineers, we aim to provide Platform users only the access they really need - and visibility through abstractions they understand. We do it for reducing the cognitive load and overheads, so developers & ops experts — Platform users — care only about the areas which boosts business value delivery. But the same principle we should apply also to us, Platform admins! Our cognitive load also matters, so we need to reduce it for ourselves as well. One of the topics to address is permissions security — the less we have, the less worried we are about our Platform. Automation we implement in the Platform should cover not only the self-service capabilities, but security and platform operations as well.?

— Krzysztof Ha?asa , Management Advisor at BlueSoft?

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Embrace the cloud era with insights on cloud migration, security, and the benefits of adopting cloud services. Learn how BlueSoft's cloud solutions can help you stay agile and secure in an ever-changing landscape.?

Harnessing Cloud Power: How Companies Gain a Competitive Edge?

In the Information’s week article, the reasons why cloud enables companies to gain competitive advantage may be grouped as follows:?

1. Enhanced focus on core business needs through AWS-managed services.?

2. Improved ROI and efficiency via FinOps practices.?

3. Evolution of business operations through cloud adoption.?

4. Superior security, resiliency, and scalability via multi-cloud strategies.?

Expert’s Voice:?

These insights received from top management are based on their experience, thus providing valuable benefits. However, the path to cloud is often paved with challenges:?

1. Cloud-based architectures are driven by expensive, hard to find experts.?

2. Significant upfront and ongoing costs.?

3. Necessity for cultural transformation.?

4. Cloud will not fix your SDLC process and communication issues.?

Despite them, Bluesoft is ready to bridge the gap! Our expertise is proven not only in cloud adoption, or migration but also in organizational optimization which help transform challenges into opportunities for growth.?

— Bartosz Pietroń , IT Architect at BlueSoft?

Stay tuned for our next issue, where we'll delve into the exciting world of Digital Transformation.

Newsletter edited by Aleksandra Dejnarowicz, Social Media and Content Manager at BlueSoft