Our blogs

Welcome to our blog. Here you’ll find the latest news and discussion points from the world of tech. We offer our advice, give tips and discuss topics to provoke thought and help you to get the best out of technology for your organisation.

A new Drupal from November – what does it mean for your website?

Drupal 8 was built in 2015 and will be end of life in November of this year. For those of you with websites built with Drupal 8, this may instantly throw up several questions: What on earth does this actually mean? What do I need to do? What does this mean for my website?

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Our Blogs
Giving and receiving joy
Community
December 2019

As we head towards the Christmas festivities, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on our year.2019 has been another busy year at Olamalu – and like any small business, we are really thankful for that. This year has been focused on 3 areas:

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Process digitisation – identify, fix, repeat.
Thought piece
November 2019

Process digitisation is automating a process and making it more efficient and user friendly – delighting you customer along the way.

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Process digitisation – delight your customer
Thought piece
October 2019

Digital technology gives you the opportunity to improve how customers are served.

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The rise and rise of the app
Thought piece
September 2019

A digital distribution system like “a record store where software would be delivered over phone lines”.

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How to create content that dances!
Thought piece
August 2019

We’ve recently discussed the need for a website which ‘sings’ with good content, now we now move on to exploring how to make this content interesting, how to bring it alive and deliver it in a way that entertains and delights the user.

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How to create content that sings!
Thought piece
July 2019

Words are information, but they are also an opportunity to delight, engage and entertain a reader.

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Many eggs need many baskets
Thought piece
June 2019

Websites have been around for many years now, and it’s fair to say that most organisations realise their importance – and have one.  However, what has changed over the past few years is the pivotal role that websites now play within organisations.

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Data protection, a year on…
Guidance
May 2019

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since the new data protection rules (GDPR) came into force. 

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Lockdown
Guidance
April 2019

How to make online security a priority

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