Outsourcing Part 3: How the numbers stack up
It’s all about the money! Or is it? In my last two blogs I went into the details of why a company would decide to outsource and some of the factors to take into account. It is really important that you understand the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing (and there are both) before embarking on […]
Outsourcing Part 2: How Outsourcing Jobs Can Work
What to look out for when outsourcing jobs. In my last blog I went into the details of why a company would decide to outsource. It is really important that you understand the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing (and there are both) before embarking on a program to bring in other companies to help run […]
3 Ways To Determine If Your Business Should Be Using Microservice Apps
In the last blog we talked about the concept of Microservice apps. Since then we’ve been talking to a lot of Operations Managers and Directors who are interested in exploring how apps and digitising processes can benefit their businesses. They are looking for operational gains in the form of increased efficiency and productivity. The question […]
Outsourcing Part 1: Why Outsource Technology?
What are the pros and cons of outsourcing? What to look out for? In this first blog of three, I look at why companies outsource technology. In future blogs I’ll cover off other areas like human, finance and strategic outsourcing, but technology is a good place to start. Before I do that, I’d like to […]
Why Microservice Apps Are The Future In Enterprise
Large companies are… well… they’re large. They have lots of employees, lots of customers and lots of data, systems and processes. You might think, therefore, that global companies would apply their scale to apps. Think again. While smaller companies look at their large competitors and assume they are slow, cumbersome and uncreative, that’s not our […]
7 Tips to Improve Enterprise App Development Planning
When it comes to the development of apps for the iOS platform whether you are part of a development team or responsible for end-user experience, these seven tips will help improve your iOS enterprise app development planning. These are practical tips that we’ve learned through developing highly specialised apps over the last five years. You […]
Apple announces the date for the Sierra course retirement
Over the next few weeks, you’ll see quite a few changes to the way we present and offer our training courses online; for classroom courses, on-site training, events and online training too. In the meantime, we need to update you with announcements from Apple relating to its certification courses and exams. Retiring macOS Sierra courses […]
Want to write a book? Armin Briegel Talks Self Publishing macOS and iBooks
Want to write a technical book to share your knowledge with the Mac community? Armin Briegel has done just this. He’s authored two books on macOS which he self-published on iBooks. We caught up with him just before Christmas 2017 to ask him about his experience and to share tips with aspiring authors. You can […]
Running the Jamf Pro JSS Database Utility in Windows
Aka “The JSS Database Utility needs to be executed with superuser privileges” Hey all. This is something that I occasionally come across as an eternal consultant and keep forgetting the exact command needed to work around it, so what better way to document it then via an externally accessible blog :p Background So, what am […]
Like what we do? Why not join the team?
As you already know, Amsys is an established Managed Service IT company and we’re growing fast. Historically, we’ve been the leaders in Apple support, but, just as the market is changing, so certain parts of our own business need to develop too. By the way, we’re nowhere near ready to relinquish our Apple reputation or […]