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1 Jun 2021|Technology
Case study: How to test a service under production load before going to production
Have you ever run into production problems that you wished you could have caught earlier? This post looks at utilizing shadow traffic and canary traffic in Nodejs and TypeScript to test your service under production load before going to production.
28 May 2021|Innovation & Design
Why do many companies struggle with platform ecosystems?
Solving large-scale challenges, establishing and launching a viable ecosystem can be for many organizations a challenge
27 May 2021|Strategy
Knowing what you know – the rise of the knowledge-centric organisation
In association with IDC, we surveyed 350 decision-makers in Nordic organisations to get a broader perspective of how they view the future of work, where they are investing, and their pain points and highlights. This has given us some valuable insights,…
20 May 2021|Learning
Celebrating our people certified in accessibility
The digital space should be accessible for all, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. Not everyone uses computers and mobile devices the same way: Some use a mouse, some use only a keyboard.
11 May 2021|Innovation & Design
VR Ohjus Runs on Data and Design
Embark on a journey towards better commuter train service by becoming data-driven
7 May 2021|Emerging Tech
Satellite monitoring of electricity networks
Futurice has been researching the use of satellite data in multiple domains - this is what we have learned and how we applied satellite data in real life!
6 May 2021|Culture
The Great Adventure: One Futuricean’s career journey through our offices
Nadia Karolainen’s career journey at Futurice has taken her through three of our offices in three different countries. In this interview, Nadia shares her story and explains why she considers Futurice an ideal setting for young professionals to grow and…
4 May 2021|Opinion
Bridging Sectors: Future Fleets with James Buxton
As electric vechiles become more prevalent, fleet managers adding more EVs to their portfolio. But the transition comes with its challenges. What if the client doesn't have a charge point? How do we ease the change in customer behaviour? We sat down…
27 Apr 2021|Opinion
Bridging Sectors: Community and Mobility with Imogen Pierce
Explore how cities approach electrification at the scale of public transportation and commercial vehicle fleets
21 Apr 2021|Innovation & Design
Experiences of Data-driven Design from Futurice Exponential
Here's how we solved ours and clients' disconnections of knowledge and the flow of work with Data & AI
21 Apr 2021|Opinion
Bridging Sectors: A Look at Battery Solutions for Mobility with Jacqui Murray
As the energy and mobility sectors intersect, the hunt for improved battery solutions widens. We sat down with Jacqui Murray – Deputy Challenge Director of Faraday Battery Challenge at Innovate UK – to discuss the future of battery technology and how…
20 Apr 2021|Culture
How to get remote onboarding right
Onboarding new employees is always a work-in-progress but there are ways to get it right - even under the current circumstances.
19 Apr 2021|Innovation & Design
Reinventing the Postcard with Data Portraits
How would you turn an ordinary postcard into an innovative and engaging experience? Combining an almost 200-year-old medium with data engineering demonstrated how data can help enrich even such a simple form of communication, and untap its previously…
15 Apr 2021|Technology
How Spice Program supported my creation of 235
Since January of 2021, Juhis has been working on a command-line tool to learn Rust and to get the NHL results to the command-line. This open source project called 235 is supported by Futurice's open source program Spice.
13 Apr 2021|Opinion
Bridging Sectors: A Net-Zero Approach to Energy and Mobility with Lucy Yu
As part of our UK Energy and Mobility white paper, we sat down with Lucy Yu. She's the CEO of Octopus Centre for Net Zero, a research and development body of Octopus Group whose aim is to bring together government and industry to fight for climate…
8 Apr 2021|Opinion
Bridging Sectors: The Changing EV Environment with Carl Bayliss
As demand for EV grows so has the need to evolve the infrastructure that it sits on. Our conversation with Carl Bayliss, ex VP of Centrica, explores how the energy environment is changing, the challenges ahead and the growing necessity for mobility and…
7 Apr 2021|Innovation & Design
Future is where design meets data
Read what it takes in order to apply design thinking and data-driven methods together!
22 Mar 2021|Technology
Data mesh - what is it, what are its benefits and when to consider it?
Data mesh is a data architecture paradigm that can address pain points associated with modern platform approaches
19 Mar 2021|Learning
The full electrification of mobility infrastructure
We examined how different sectors might actually connect to build green infrastructure and support sustainable mobility.
18 Mar 2021|Learning
I’m certified! Professional growth and development at Futurice
Kalki Rose writes about learning, development and certifications at Futurice.
12 Mar 2021|Technology
The rules of React hooks—and how we messed up
Getting started with hooks is quite straightforward, but you might need to change the way you think about your components.
8 Mar 2021|Innovation & Design
Building a more digital healthcare sector with the Connected Health Kit
The future of healthcare is digital, connected, and fuelled by data. The newly launched Connected Health Kit by Futurice is designed to help healthcare organizations adopt data-enabled digital services and solutions.
8 Feb 2021|Opinion
Interview with Mobility Expert Albert Vogl-Bader, Carployee
By using a combination of data from various sources we are able to generate predictive mobility models, simulating the optimum for individual, semi-global and fully global commuting scenarios.
5 Feb 2021|Innovation & Design
In the energy market, data is the new sustainable revenue source
What steps need to be taken to successfully monetize data in the energy market?
4 Feb 2021|Events
Smart Mobility Webinar #6: UK Public Transport, The Road to Recovery
Covid-19 has put the UK public transport industry in a tailspin. We gathered leaders from TfL, LNER and National Express to discuss how they have handled the pandemic and what they are working towards on the road to recovery.
25 Jan 2021|Opinion
Energy Expert Interview with Henrik Schapp, GreenCom Networks
Henrik Schapp is Head of Energy Communities at GreenCom Networks. In our interview he talks about the fundamental shift in the energy sector, the importance of data and IoT, and what is now most needed to run the energy system on renewables.
7 Jan 2021|Opinion
Interview with Dr. Anne Sophie Geier, Spitzenverband Digitale Gesundheitsversorgung e.V.
We need more digital health solutions, e.g. in the care sector and most importantly, we need to really learn how to integrate them in our existing healthcare system.
7 Jan 2021|Strategy
How we co-created our technology strategy – and what we learned in the process
In 2020, we set out to co-create our own technology strategy. Our approach was a highly participatory and inclusive process that involved dozens and dozens of people within the company and spanned less than three months from start to finish.
4 Jan 2021|Strategy
The power shift: How will decentralized markets change the energy industry?
Decentralised energy markets are emerging to fill a growing niche in the ecosystem. They offer not only tangible benefits for prosumers and new businesses, but also unleash new opportunities for incumbents who anticipate changes in market dynamics.
29 Dec 2020|Strategy
Best Practices for Creating Fast Business Value from Data and Analytics
Why only a small percentage of companies seem to succeed in creating business value with data and analytics?
23 Dec 2020|Culture
Care, space and time – building community spirit during the pandemic
This year has taught us a lot about the value of community and how to strengthen it in difficult times.
15 Dec 2020|News
Futurice Has Earned the Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization
The Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure advanced specialization, is a validation of a solution partner’s deep knowledge and proven expertise in modernizing production web application workloads, and managing app services in Azure.
11 Dec 2020|Culture
Futuriceans coming together to address gender bias in tech
Bias is everywhere, it can also be seen in the tech industry towards women, it is time for a change!
8 Dec 2020|Innovation & Design
Design activism for a better world: every day tools
The right design tools will give you the small wins you need to make the services you create more sustainable.
8 Dec 2020|Culture
Girls Takeover: A Memorable Day as the CEO of Futurice
We believe in learning and improving ourselves, but we want to also have an impact: changing the gender imbalance in tech
2 Dec 2020|Opinion
5 Energy Trends to Watch Out for in 2021
Customer-centricity will be key to retaining and building loyal customer bases and eventually ensuring healthy business.

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