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5 reasons your Booking System hasn’t aged well
There was a time when the FX in films like Jurassic Park would have knocked your socks off. We can still enjoy them, but they’re starting to look like dinosaurs. Any piece of media can suffer the same fate because it’s a snapshot of its time.
Software is different. Your software can evolve, and sometimes, you have to evolve with it! At Spica we work with all things workplace and we’re familiar with being stuck with a prehistoric booking system. Here are f the reasons we’ve spotted to why some booking systems are starting to look so out of touch:
IWMS, IoT, BMS, CMMS, CAFM. What does it all mean?
IWMS, BMS, CAFM… If you’re involved in running corporate spaces, you’ve probably heard of all of these acronyms at one time or another. However, fully understanding each and differentiating between...
The office 2022: a better workplace building or building a better workplace?
Imagine...London September 2022 England is bullishly optimistic of a winter World Cup victory in Qatar, still basking in the success of winning Euro 2020. The Summer of “Live” is still echoing in...
Meet Paul Collins – CTO & Co-Founder of Spica Technologies
I've learned a lot in my first few months at Spica but a real highlight has been getting to know, named, but certainly not shamed Spica ‘Grease Monkey’, Chief Technology Officer, Paul Collins. As...
Spica Technologies awarded iUK Grant to develop plug & play Workplace App
Birmingham-based Spica Technologies have been awarded over £200,000 in funding to develop a plug and play workplace experience app. Workplace experience software provider Spica were awarded the...
What Makes A Great Workplace Digital Twin?
What is a digital twin? In corporate real estate, we define a digital twin (DT) as a realistic digital representation of the physical space within a building, or portfolio of...
Meet Lukasz Ciastko – Senior Software Engineer at Spica Technologies
As one of Spica’s newest recruits I was lucky enough to chat to Flutter expert and one of Spica’s many brilliant staff members, Senior Software Engineer Lukasz Ciastko. Asking him some questions about his gateway into tech, his role within the company and his various areas of expertise. He shared some great insights into the advantages and drawbacks of working with new technology, the similarities between learning a programming language vs a spoken language and some words of wisdom for those at the early stages of their career in tech.
The New Phase of Luna
Spica’s Workplace Experience App is always in a constant state of evolution; continuous improvement is the name of the tech game. Commercial PropTech has for a while been the realm of large global...
Where are the women in Tech?
The year is 2021 and while our ancestors thought we’d have fully functioning hover boards by now we’ve got some more pressing issues to address. The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day...
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