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- Delivery & Process · 3 Sept 2026 · 6 minOffshore engineering models: a guide to choosingStaff augmentation, pods, offshore delivery centres, build-operate-transfer and captive centres compared on one axis, with a chooser and contract tips.
- Platform Strategy · 1 Sept 2026 · 6 minLegacy modernisation: the complete guideHow to modernise legacy systems: rank them, pick one of seven approaches for each, grow around the old core, recover hidden rules and cut over in stages.
- AI Engineering · 30 Aug 2026 · 7 minEnterprise AI agents: a guide to deploymentWhat an enterprise AI agent is, where to start, the seven controls every deployment needs and which Indian and foreign rules shape the design.
- Platform Strategy · 28 Aug 2026 · 7 minCustom ERP implementation: a guide for Indian companiesA step-by-step guide to custom ERP: whether you need one, build or buy tests, what drives cost and time, data migration, rollout, GST links and ownership.
- Delivery & Process · 26 Aug 2026 · 5 minHow to get delivery from a team split across time zonesDistributed teams stall on slow decisions and unwritten context, not time zones. See overlap hours for UK, Gulf and US, and the habits that fix delay.
- Delivery & Process · 24 Aug 2026 · 5 minThe management cost of staff augmentationThe day rate is only part of what IT staff augmentation costs. See how to price your own lead's time, when it stops paying and which model fits next.
- Platform Strategy · 22 Aug 2026 · 5 minModernising IBM i and mainframe systems in IndiaHow Indian banks, mills and distributors can modernise AS/400 (IBM i) and mainframe systems: add a gateway first, then move one function at a time.
- Platform Strategy · 20 Aug 2026 · 5 minFinding the business rules nobody documentedHow to find the business rules a legacy system enforces but nobody wrote down: watch the operators, run old and new side by side and log every difference.
- AI Engineering · 18 Aug 2026 · 5 minHuman-in-the-loop design that people useWhy AI review steps turn into rubber stamps and how to design one that catches errors: route by confidence, show evidence and track four numbers.
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