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ORDNANCE SURVEY IRELAND

ORDNANCE SURVEY IRELAND Mapping New Digital Frontiers in Geographic Information A FEW PROBLEMS TO SOLVE Ordnance Survey Ireland has taken a significant step forward in their digital journey. Collaborating with Monsoon Consulting, they have developed a highly responsive and sophisticated eCommerce platform, built on the robust Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition. This platform is ingeniously integrated …

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Neuroplasticity: hacking a flexible mind II

For Part 1 we had a chance to understand neuroplasticity concepts and studies, how habits work, how stimulation and practice are important, and how motivation helps to beat procrastination. Let’s jump into the practical side now. Strategies or Brain Hacks We’ll have a look at some strategies to overcome procrastination, techniques for your tasks and …

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A Big Few Months…

As our business has grown and with it our team it’s become harder to find the time to share knowledge, experiences and successes across our teams. Confluence and project reporting can only tell you so much. So Daniel Alb our Head of CX, Performance and Insights instigated an All Hands Show and Tell a few …

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Battling the Perfect Storm

It’s a rarity in Ireland to have snow; let alone blizzards and meters high snow drifts. As we settled in to our working week, talk abounded of the “Beast from the East”; cold Siberian air currents arriving on our shores on Wednesday. Initially, we shrugged it off and dismissed it. We’ve grown accustomed to orange …

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Ecommerce Product Catalogue Structure: Best Practice

Products are at the centre of an ecommerce store structure. Your products are what customers are looking for, and the reason they visit your online store. However, the Information architecture (the way your products are organised) of your ecommerce website is critical to your website making a single online order. Download

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Acquia Front End Specialist Certification Review

Overview The purpose of Acquia Certified Front End Specialist (Drupal 8) exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer working in the area of front end development, with a particular emphasis on theming. A competent developer means that a project is more likely to be delivered successfully. And while nothing quite beats practical experience, …

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DLR LINK

DLR LINK The Digital Transformation of Staff Engagement A FEW PROBLEMS TO SOLVE Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council embarked on a digital transformation journey, reimagining their internal communication with the dlr Link platform. Developed by Monsoon Consulting, this Drupal 8 based platform revolutionized how the council’s departments create and share content, streamlining operations and fostering collaboration. …

The Anatomy of B2B Success

In late 2016 we ran an event in London to share some of our experiences of building large-scale B2B Ecommerce platforms for our clients. This experience has encouraged us to create a series of events, webinars, briefings and digital content dedicated to all aspects of digital commerce in the B2B space under the tag of …

Ireland’s first Drupal Grandmaster

We are proud to announce that our Senior Drupal Developer, Archie, has become the first Drupal Grandmaster in Ireland. A year ago he began the process to acquire the Acquia Certification and earlier this month achieved the highest level of the program possible. “Acquia Certification is the premier professional certification program for Drupal and the …

Crafting Our Values

‘Culture is like the wind. It is invisible, yet its effect can be seen and felt. When it is blowing in your direction, it makes for smooth sailing. When it is blowing against you, everything is more difficult’. I wish I had written that. It’s from an article titled ‘Changing Company Culture Requires and Movement not …