datb blog

Hear from the team at datb on a variety of topics.

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The opposite of legacy

Whilst recently applying a routine platform update to our clients' systems we were struck by the range of business...

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BIM asset information

Infrastructure owners and their delivery partners are increasingly aware of the need to maintain asset information...

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Still using Oracle Forms? It's time for an upgrade...

Oracle Forms has been around since before the days of client/server computing, and numerous Oracle Forms applications...

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What can you build with the kinodb platform?

The kinodb development and deployment platform can be used to build just about any type of application that you may...

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The relationship between monolithic applications and siloed data

It is very easy to find yourself with some siloed data; a specific question may have been asked by the business and to...

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COTS or custom?

You need a new business application - perhaps to replace a legacy or unsupported system, or to meet a new opportunity....

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Filling in the gaps

Most organisations have a varied IT estate, with applications that are relatively new, some maybe getting close to (or...

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Enterprise-grade platform solutions

IT organisations are increasingly expected to be the source of a succession of silver bullets facilitating (or even...

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Microsoft Excel is not a database

In October 2020 the NHS had a problem with losing data relating to COVID case reporting; there was an urgent business...

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What is case management?

20 years-ago I was a caseworker in a central government department. So, for me, talking about case management, it is...