Relationship status: It’s complicated — Getting Docker into Production

Last September we wrote about the start of our relationship with docker. Like most relationships at the start it was all kissing, hand holding, trips to the movies and about 3.9 selfies posted on Instagram per second just to let everyone know how in love we were. Like most relationships, we got to know each … 

 

The Next Level of Growth – Steve Canning Joins Old St Labs.

More big news out of our London headquarters. Steve Canning has joined the Old St Labs team as an advisor and will be engaged to design and deliver our business’s aggressive growth strategy. Steve has over 25 years’ experience in sales leadership roles, managing and building enterprise sales, growing customer bases and developing strategic partner … 

 

Old St Labs partner with Vodafone to drive ambitious supplier collaboration and innovation agenda

London, UK, March 7th 2017 – Technology leader in supplier collaboration platforms, Old St Labs, has partnered with global telecommunications company Vodafone Group, to drive greater collaboration and innovation within Vodafone’s supply chain. Vodafone recognises that many future innovations in the telecoms space will flow from an organisation’s extended value chain and supplier collaboration is the most … 

 

Old St Labs and h&z announce partnership

London and Munich, February 27th 2017 – Old St Labs (OSL) and h&z, a leading German consultancy today announced their newly formed partnership and collaboration. The two businesses will work together to change the way large enterprises manage their commercial relationships. Mark Perera, CEO and Founder of Old St Labs, had the following to say “This … 

 

Building Momentum – Rob Heerdegen Joins Old St Labs.

The executive team at Old St Labs is proud to announce that Robert (Rob) Heerdegen, former Global Director of Oracle’s Marketing Cloud and Eloqua, has joined the organisation as VP of Account Management and Strategy. Rob joins Old St Labs from Oracle where he held the position of Global Director, Adoption & Transformation Services of … 

 

Next Level Customer Success – William Poucher Joins Old St Labs

The team at Old St Labs is proud to announce that William Poucher has joined the organisation as Head of Implementation. William attended Stanford University, where he earned master’s degrees in electrical engineering and management science. After designing integrated circuits for Linear Technology and a stint in finance, he led the implementation program at HP … 

 

Coupa Founder Joins Old St Labs

Big news from London’s South Bank. The founder of Coupa Software, Noah Eisner, has joined the Old St Labs advisory board and will be helping to plan the growth of our business as we launch into the future! As well as founding Coupa, who successfully IPO’ed in October (prompting me to question if procurement software had … 

 

Gamification and Vizibl

What Is Gamification? Gamification is the concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage and motivate people to achieve their goals. This mechanism is extremely powerful and is transforming business models by creating new ways to extend relationships, craft longer-term engagement, and drive customer / employee loyalty. The root cause of this … 

 

The Best Things About Docker (so far)

A new frontier for engineering has dominated every blog and conversation for months. Docker the container giant has arrived and if your team is not using it you’re like “so yesterday”. We aren’t fans of those types of statements but we’ve recently started to explore what Docker can do for us. The recent introduction of … 

 

How we Approach Testing at Old St Labs

Here at Old St Labs we care about quality. We believe that it is impossible to achieve quality without testing. Testing is often an overlooked part of development. It is time consuming, tedious, and the philosophy is not always easy to grasp, so it’s often left out of the development process. But programming without testing …