Orbis Consultants: News and Events

Controversy: What Happens When Cloud Fails

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It’s hard to picture our life without connectivity. Even though in my lifetime, there was a brief period without a cell phone, dial-up internet had a long horrific start up tone and Facebook, YouTu...

London Data Science Meetup

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On, August 19th, our consultant Sebastian Ellis attended a London Data Science meetup, which featured an epic talk from Alan Rutter, Journalist and Data Visualisation Specialist. The talk, which co...

From Junior to Senior Developer, how to close the gap

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The contrast between a Junior and Senior Developer is blurry, but there are identifiable differences between them When I am asked about the distinction, ‘How long is a piece of string’ comes to min...

Why You Should Get A Mentor : asking for help isn't a step back

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I’ve recently been doing a lot of research about different schemes and initiatives businesses are putting in place to help tackle the frightening numbers associated to diversity in the tech industr...

Up In The Cloud: An Introduction To Cloud Technology

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Digital transformation has taken hold of the market for the last few years, along with this the latest cloud technology competes for the limelight alongside other exciting innovations in this space...

Croatia - a diary of the latest incentive trip

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At the beginning of June, it pretty much rained for an entire week. One day, we got a month’s worth of rain. Could there have been a better time to take away our top performers for a long weekend?!...

Orbis in NYC: 8 Questions with Jack Foster

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Jack joined us in September 2018 at our London office as a Senior Consultant. In April 2019, he moved over to New York as our Head of Data Science. We gave him some quick fire questions about his m...

Orbis in NYC: 5 tips for relocating across the pond

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Moving over to New York City is a glamorous prospect, but there are a few home truths to be had about being an expat in New York. Challenging, strange and exhausting but super exciting. Nevertheles...

Orbis in NYC: Day 1 and Beyond

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There were plenty of considerations when researching the prospect of setting up Orbis in the US, the economic climate being high on the agenda. Alex Stone, a founding member of Orbis back in 2013, ...

Top 5 tips for Evolving into FinTech as a UX’er

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FinTech is one of the most competitive spaces with new disruptors in the market. We hosted a panel talk to discuss the world of UX design within FinTech and the day to day challenges of working wit...