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Feature flags: considerations and benefits
When you wrap code with feature flags, it’s possible to test and fine tune new features and infrastructure in production, without impacting UI or the end users. 
By Jamil Geor
03 Mar 2020

How Microsoft secures its 365 platform
Microsoft’s Datacentre Security team provides an inside look at how it secures the 365 service and infrastructure.
By Jo Lo
10 Dec 2019

Highlights from Microsoft's executive briefing
Pattern CTO, Jamil Geor, returns from a three-day technology briefing at Microsoft with invaluable insights.
By Jamil Geor
29 Nov 2019

IA: Definition and best practices
What is information architecture (IA), and how do we nail it?
By Jo Lo
28 Nov 2019

Maintaining high availability for your apps
Reliable applications are resilient. If and when they fail, they can continue to function with minimal downtime and data loss before full recovery.
By Jo Lo
02 Oct 2019

Bay of Plenty Regional Council wins 2019 ALGIM Supreme Website award

Bay of Plenty Regional Council takes number 1 spot in this year’s ALGIM audit and wins the Supreme Website award.    
By Jo Lo
18 Sep 2019

Agile, Wagile or Waterfall?
Depending on the nature and complexity of our projects, our teams use all development approaches: Agile, Waterfall and a bit of both.  
By Jo Lo
13 Sep 2019

GraphQL scales and improves Netflix ad operations
To scale its global ad operations, Netflix built a dynamic ad creation and config platform using Java and Groovy-based microservices plus GraphQL.    
By Jo Lo
11 Sep 2019

Ransomeware makes comeback in NZ and abroad
There has been an increase of ransomware attacks across the board, according to recent reports by CERT NZ and McAfee Labs.
By Jo Lo
05 Sep 2019

NZ law firm introduces AI-powered contracts
New AI-powered tool provides law firms with significant time savings, speeds up legal work and frees lawyers to focus on higher value business needs.
By Jo Lo
30 Aug 2019

Facebook to launch local government emergency alerts in US
Local governments in the US will be able to send emergency alerts through Facebook by the end of 2019.
By Jo Lo
29 Aug 2019

More attacks against open source software
Recent open source software attacks saw backdoor applications slipped into libraries downloaded by hundreds of thousands of server administrators.  
By Jo Lo
28 Aug 2019

Estonia works on an AI-powered government
Estonia kicks off AI-powered public service projects to prevent health and employment issues, rather than wait until her citizens ask for help.  
By Jo Lo
23 Aug 2019

AI vs ML vs DL: what's the difference?
The difference between AI, machine learning and deep learning, plus taking a brief look at how Spotify applies all three.
By Jo Lo
22 Aug 2019

Serverless rocks at Fender
Fender Play, a popular eLearning platform offering guitar and ukelele lessons, is benefitting from last year's move to serverless technology.  
By Jo Lo
21 Aug 2019

Drones unite to boost farm efficiency

Drone swarms are part of advanced precision farming, working in sync to improve farm efficiency.  
By Jo Lo
20 Aug 2019

Pros and cons of moving to microservice architecture
Thinking of moving to microservice architecture? Consider the advantages and disadvantages before you smash the monolith.
By Jo Lo
16 Aug 2019

Will DARPA’s 10 million dollar voting machine be more secure?
DARPA’s voting machines recently tested at the world’s largest hacking convention won’t be ready for the US 2020 elections, but may be the first secure system developed.    
By Jo Lo
15 Aug 2019

SAP initiative engages staff, produces world-beating ideas
The SAP 'One Billion Lives' initiative let five employee teams make pitches to solve business (and world) problems with technology; winner gets funding to develop their startup venture.
By Jo Lo
14 Aug 2019

China leads the way in AI education
Education driven by artificial intelligence (AI) is booming in China, with machine-teaching platforms having greater success than their human counterparts.
By Jo Lo
09 Aug 2019

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