As an organisation, Ascent looked at the ways we could reduce the size of our carbon footprint: we have team members that bike to work, for the most part we work from home, and we all recycle. But what we hadn’t done was plant trees! This seemed like a great way to reduce our emissions, while [...]
2023/2024 promises to be an interesting one with future investments in Cloud Technology – particularly for on shore vs off shore of data storage. And subsequently, for how government related data (Restricted or below) will be analysed, stored and managed going forward. There is a lot of investment from international companies at present with data [...]
The path to digital and cloud adoption is well established and plenty of business benefits to be gained with a well thought out Digital Strategy. This strategy could mean many different things of course but the bottom line is usually customers wanting to electronically and more efficiently engage with consumers on line – as an [...]
Since the age of caves, and probably before, humans have recognised the power of social networks, division of labour, and careful consideration and observation of their surroundings. People that didn’t collect salient, risk and time dependent information, were the ones that were either eaten, didn’t eat, or froze. The ones that lived, our predecessors, were [...]
Time is precious, let’s not waste it. I often have two main pressures when it comes to time: feeling like I have too much of it on my hands and feeling like I should be busier, and then saying “yes” one to many clients, school, family or community requests, and then having a strong desire [...]
What is an Ascent Consultant and what is the difference to being a contractor? A question we get asked a bit at Ascent is what does a consultant actually do and how is this different to a contractor? The main difference as a consultant with Ascent is that you are part of a consulting team [...]
In the past few weeks, I have been considering for a few customers, when is there a genuine need for a DevOps model to support your business? Based on Agile concepts, DevOps models have been in place for a few years, and surprisingly, not that difficult to design, migrate and then adopt. But does every [...]
When I started in IT there was a project management methodology available in government called Spectrum. It was a room full of ring binders with a template and instructions for every facet of project management from business case writing to benefit realization post-delivery. You started on page 1 of folder 1 and worked your way [...]
As we navigate the new world and re-jig how we do business, it's imperative for businesses to have a plan for “how to grow’. Through business.govt.nz Ascent have identified some handy tools and templates we’d like to share with you, including a 10-step template to assist business to reset and refocus. Complementing this, the Ascent [...]
