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Keep your finger on the pulse of modern digital trends and technologies with our gravity9 blog, where we regularly share insights on everything from the latest modernisation and AI trends to architecture principles and database migration guides. You'll also find the latest gravity9 developments, team introductions, and even who inspires us!
Killer Tomatoes! Exploring The Pomodoro Technique
27 Mar 2023
Rob Graham takes a closer look at the Pomodoro time management technique; its pros and cons as well as some alternatives some of our developers recommend!
#Meetthegravity9ers with Nick Hoyle
03 Mar 2023
Meet gravity9's User Experience Manager Nick Hoyle and discover his secret hidden talent, love of sport and why he believes learning is an ongoing process.
#Meetthegravity9ers with Pawel Pindel
28 Feb 2023
We continue our Meet the gravity9'ers series with the introduction of Paweł Pindel, Technical Lead based in Kraków, Poland.
The 4 Key Pillars of an Effective CIO
28 Feb 2023
Tim Hargest look at both sides of the table when it comes to being an effective CIO
Azure DevOps CI/CD with MongoDB Atlas App Services
06 Feb 2023
We explore a workaround that will allow us to implement CI/CD within MongoDB Atlas Application Services in an Azure DevOps environment.
Migrating from Oracle to MongoDB
01 Feb 2023
The proof-of-concept approach to manage a leading investment bank's application migration
6 Steps to Finding Your Emotional Intelligence
26 Jan 2023
Reflecting on our Digital Matters Podcast with Leadership Coach and Author, Trenton Moss, we break down emotional intelligence into 6 steps that can break down barriers, free teams from helplessness and help you find a win/win in every situation.
Pivoting is a Superpower, Digital Transformation Isn’t
11 Jan 2023
A deeper dive into findings from our Digital Matters Podcast with CTO, Steve Homan. We tease out 7 concise tips for leaders of digital change on how to remove blockers, empower teams and reframe digital transformation.
Supermarket Chain Transformation Acceleration Case Study
09 Dec 2022
gravity9 partnered with a leading UK supermarket chain to modernize its legacy pricing systems, enabling dynamic pricing and targeted promotions through MongoDB Atlas and Confluent Kafka. Beyond building the technical foundation, we focused on intensive knowledge transfer, equipping the client’s team with the skills to extend and scale the solution long after our engagement.
Live Migration from AWS DynamoDB to MongoDB Atlas
21 Sep 2022
When looking for alternatives to DynamoDB, many might consider MongoDB Atlas. This article discusses the live migration options from AWS DynamoDB to MongoDB Atlas, multi-cloud by design so it can be as easily deployed on AWS as on GCP or Azure.
Rapid Design-Led App Development Case Study
20 Sep 2022
Designing and building an interactive business application from the ground up in just a few weeks sounds impossible - here’s how gravity9 did it.
A Spotlight on Migrating ElasticSearch to Atlas Search
13 Sep 2022
Through our partnership with MongoDB, we are seeing more clients migrating from ElasticSearch over to Atlas Search. Here we consider the pros and cons of each technology stack and our viewpoint on potential migration paths.
What is Digital Transformation, Anyway?
12 Aug 2022
With each client’s specific objectives and understanding of 'digital transformation' being vastly different, what does this buzz term really mean and how can you achieve it? gravity9 Founding Partner and Lead Consultant, Noel Ady gives us his take on the popular term and the steps organisations need to take.
Retail Banking Modernisation
29 Jul 2022
gravity9 partnered with a leading retail bank to modernize their legacy Oracle-based offload system, which struggled with performance, scalability, and maintainability. By leveraging Confluent Kafka and MongoDB, we implemented a safe, incremental migration that improved scalability, enabled agile development, and laid the foundation for future modernization.
A Year of Phenomenal Growth
08 Jul 2022
As we close the book on the fiscal year of 21/22, we are delighted to share what has been a truly phenomenal year for us at gravity9 with impressive growth in turnover, team and geographic reach.
Using Microsoft Azure to Deliver Customer Results
14 Apr 2022
At gravity9 we have been leveraging Microsoft technology for some time and are delighted to say we are now a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Read how we have used Microsoft Azure across a US based Real Estate client.
Never Stop Learning
16 Mar 2022
We never stop learning, even subconsciously each day, every experience provides us with new information to process and add to our personal data bank. So, is taking time to continually develop ourselves the key to evolving our capability, our creativity, and our consciousness?
MongoDB – how to start in .NET
29 Nov 2021
Pawel Pindel, Senior Software Engineer at gravity9 talks through configuring MongoDB in.NET and key features of the database to use during this process.