The Tech Frontier

Exploring Innovations and Ideas

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    Enlighten Designs has Joined the AI Forum of New Zealand

    Catherine Lindner

    Enlighten Designs joins AI Forum NZ to advance ethical, human‑centred AI and amplify impact with partners across Aotearoa.

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    Navigating the Retirement of Visual Studio App Center: Next Steps for Developers

    Visual Studio App Center officially retired, marking the end of an era for many developers who depended on its comprehensive suite of services. As we move beyond this date, developers may find themselves facing new challenges in managing app development and releases. Here's a guide to help you navigate this transition smoothly and efficiently.

  3. Enlighten Designs Aquarium

    Look what happens when the creator of the Enlighten Aquarium gets a 3d printer!

    Sharks are next on the production line… If you want to create truly memorable and highly engaging data reporting, you need to check out our award-winning PowerBI data visual.

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    Performance of PHP Web Applications migrated to Azure PaaS

    What happens if you migrate to Azure and encounter worse performance? Our AppDev Practice Lead, Betty, dives into why a PHP app did just this

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    Azure Static Web Apps - Performance

    While doing some performance profiling of an app made for Azure SWA we noticed a rather large discrepency between the client times we were seeing and what our server side logging was outputting.

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    Legacy Application Decomposition Patterns: A Key to Successful Application Modernisation

    Our marketing and sales team at Enlighten Designs challenged us to explain in simple terms what our Application Development Practice actually does.

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    Effortless Collaboration - The Overlooked Key to Business Success

    Effortless collaboration is actually an overlooked key to business success. With the right tools, it can take place at your firm.

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    Google's Gemini 1.0 - A Formidable New Player in AI

    Ian Kerewaro

    The AI world is abuzz with the launch of Google's revolutionary Gemini 1.0 models, positioned as direct competitors to OpenAI's dominant GPT-4 system. Tech commentator Wes Roth hails this as a potential turning point, stating "this is the real deal, the first real competitor to GPT-4."

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    The AI Shift: How the Landscape is Changing According to Wes Roth and Goldman Sachs

    As 2023 nears its end, we're witnessing a significant shift in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. This transition, from AI being a mere buzzword to becoming a practical, deployable technology

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    What Are Progressive Web Applications and How Do They Work

    While progressive web applications (also known as PWAs) have been around for a few years, web designers can expect to see many more of them in the coming year and beyond.

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    How Technology Can Lift your Change Management Game

    In 2022, issues like sustainability, resource traceability and inclusivity are no longer just buzzwords but key requirements for business growth. In other words, change is inevitable and the tools you use to manage it are critical.

  12. Powell Software

    We are Proud to Announce a New Strategic Partnership with Powell Software

    With our new strategic partnership with Powell Software, we are ready to further transform your Digital Workplace based on SharePoint and Microsoft Teams environments, sharpen your business processes, build a strong corporate culture, improve employee experiences, and better governance of your Microsoft Teams tenancy.

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Elevating Excellence: Our Microsoft Partnership!

Our ongoing collaboration with Microsoft brings you the best in innovation and technology.

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