Resources

Insights, articles and case studies from the Halfteck team.

A growing library of practical writing on enterprise technology - and a small selection of engagements we are proud to talk about. Everything here is written by the people doing the work, for the people responsible for outcomes.

Case studies

Selected client work

Three engagements that illustrate how we work with large enterprises across regulated and complex sectors. Client names are anonymised in line with our standard confidentiality terms.

Case Study

Re-platforming a global bank’s payments estate to the cloud

We helped a major UK bank migrate a critical payments platform from a legacy mainframe-adjacent estate to a regulator-aligned cloud landing zone - without missing a single payment cut-off.

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Case Study

Building a smart-metering data platform for a UK energy supplier

We designed and delivered a modern smart-metering data platform serving more than five million domestic customers, replacing a fragmented set of legacy data stores and unlocking a new wave of customer-facing products.

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Modernising a citizen-facing service for a UK central government department

We helped a UK government department modernise a high-volume citizen-facing digital service, retiring a legacy mainframe-based back end and improving accessibility, performance and operational cost in line with the GOV.UK Service Standard.

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Articles

Articles & perspectives

Twelve practical reads on cloud, software engineering, data, AI, security and the economics of running modern technology at scale.

Cloud

Cloud strategy without the hype: a pragmatic 2025 playbook

How leaders are moving past “cloud-first” and getting serious about cost, sovereignty and architecture choices that actually pay back.

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Applied AI

From pilots to production: scaling generative AI in regulated industries

What separates the AI initiatives that deliver measurable value from the ones that quietly stall after a flashy demo.

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Engineering

Modern software delivery: small teams, big leverage

The engineering practices and platform choices that let lean teams ship reliable software at enterprise pace.

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Architecture

Event-driven by default? When (and when not) to reach for it

Event-driven architecture is powerful - and over-applied. A practical lens for picking the right pattern for the right problem.

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FinOps

Cloud bills are a design problem, not a finance problem

Why cost optimisation needs to live with the engineering team - and how to set that up without theatre.

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Data Platform

Lakehouse vs warehouse: the choice nobody wants to make twice

How to evaluate the modern data platform options without locking yourself into a five-year regret.

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Cyber

Secure by design isn’t a slogan - it’s a delivery practice

Embedding security thinking into product teams without slowing them to a crawl.

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Leadership

What CTOs actually want from consultancies in 2025

Less theatre, more accountability. Notes from conversations with technology leaders this year.

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Public Sector

Decommissioning legacy without breaking the service

A staged approach to retiring legacy systems while keeping users - and auditors - comfortable.

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Platforms

Platform engineering at enterprise scale: lessons from the last 24 months

What separates internal platforms that get adopted from those that quietly become another silo.

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Resilience

Beyond DR plans: resilience engineering for modern enterprises

Why disaster recovery on paper is not the same as resilience in practice - and what to do about it.

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Due Diligence

Pre-contract technology due diligence: what good looks like

How to spot real risk in a target’s technology and team before the deal closes - without slowing the deal down.

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