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October 4, 2018

NDC Sydney 2018 was awesome

Adam Cogan General, NDC Sydney Conference, NDC Sydney 1 Comment

September has come and gone and NDC Sydney is over. SSW was a large part of this great conference, which is personally my favourite event of the year.

Of course, I love going to NDC Oslo, but there’s nothing like having the Norwegians come to your home town. This was the 3rd annual Sydney event and it was awesome. The conference is a 5-day event (September 18-21), composed of 2 days of workshops and 3 days of presentations.

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September 5, 2018

How to be a great software consultant

Adam Cogan SSW Rules consulting, rules, teamwork 0 Comments

I’m often asked advice on what makes a good software consultant. Hang on a tick before I get to that. Software exists to solve problems and make our lives easier – but any software consultant can tell you that creating software can come with problems of its own. The 2 big ones are: Software is […]

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August 1, 2018

Skin cancer… ouch!

Adam Cogan skin cancer personal 4 Comments

Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world – it’s our #1 most common type of cancer. According to the Australian Cancer Council, 2 in 3 Aussies will have been diagnosed with skin cancer by the time they’re 70. As a kid, a lot of my older relatives had skin cancers cut […]

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July 6, 2018

New employees – saying hello, saying goodbye

Adam Cogan Employment Employment, Relationship management, SugarLearning 0 Comments

I’ve come up with a list of “hello” and “goodbye” tips to help employees with the start and end of their journey with an employer. I believe that these tasks are simple for employees to follow and can minimise stress.

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June 7, 2018

The 9 knights of Azure: services to get you started

Adam Cogan Azure Azure Services 6 Comments

Right now Microsoft lists more than 600 Azure services, and the volume of choice can feel overwhelming. To help you out, I’ve narrowed down a list of my top 9 Azure services you should be using:

May 3, 2018

We moved our SharePoint Intranet to the Cloud!

Adam Cogan SharePoint Office 365, SharePoint Online 0 Comments

SharePoint Online is a mature product capable, and now that it leverages the O365 stack, there is no better platform to build an engaging intranet. We can migrate you from any version to SharePoint Online

April 6, 2018

A farewell to Brian Harry, the father of Microsoft source control

Adam Cogan General, Non-SSW projects Brian Harry 0 Comments

Brian Harry has been integral to Microsoft for a very long time. He created VSS (Visual Source Safe) and was one of the core members who invented .NET. He then invented TFS and then moved to become one of Microsoft’s first cloud services for developers.

March 9, 2018

Learn the 4 Steps to get users in China

Adam Cogan Chinafy, SSW China 3 Comments

China represents a huge opportunity for Western businesses, with the world’s largest internet population (751 million users), rising incomes, rapidly changing demographics and spending habits, and the world’s largest online retail events.

The opportunity to gain market share in China is exciting, but market entry into China is hard. Growing your customer base and revenue, guided by someone who has intimate knowledge of the market and the Chinese consumer, is the way to go.

SSW has over a decade of experience delivering technology solutions locally in China, and knows how to ‘Chinafy’ a software service to empower you to enter and succeed in the world’s most lucrative market

March 1, 2018

Ain’t no party like an SSW party // the new Melbourne and Brisbane offices are open!

Adam Cogan SSW Party SSW Brisbane, SSW Melbourne 0 Comments

The Melbourne and Brisbane offices are open! We had a great time in Melbourne and Brisbane, and I thank everyone who came.

February 7, 2018

Hey Melbourne and Brisbane, you’re invited to a party!

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What’s worse than moving offices and doing a reno? Doing 2 at the same time – which is what happened with SSW Melbourne and SSW Brisbane! The new spaces are so great but the effort was huge. I deserve a party! 🍺🎈🍺🎈 I’m delighted to announce that SSW is holding parties at SSW Melbourne and […]

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