Artificial Intelligence

AI that unlocks speed, clarity and capability  

Artificial Intelligence

AI is only valuable when it delivers results. We help you use it to ship faster, automate intelligently, modernise confidently and make better decisions with less effort.

How we help

Using AI to scale what works and fix what doesn’t

AI helps you build faster, modernise sooner and scale more confidently — streamlining delivery, accelerating code transformation and freeing teams from heavy manual work. Automated workflow intelligence reduces effort, testing becomes faster and more reliable, and legacy systems evolve in weeks instead of years. The result is speed, clarity and measurable efficiency across development, operations and customer experience; not as theory, but as lived performance uplift. All supported by engineering-grounded AI delivery that scales safely, predictably and with measurable returns. Whether you’re exploring AI for the first time, scaling a POC, or industrialising across the enterprise, we design a roadmap aligned to your maturity, risk appetite and pace.

Why it works

Why AI works when it’s engineered well

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Engineered for real-world delivery

AI is applied where it drives measurable gains, accelerating development, strengthening quality and reducing manual effort.

Governed for security and scale

With the right controls in place, AI integrates safely into pipelines and workflows, scaling without unnecessary risk.

Built for outcomes

This isn’t innovation for novelty, it’s intelligence that shortens time-to-value and unlocks performance at pace.

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Improved testing and release confidence

Automated QA and generative test coverage reduce defects, shrink sprint cycles and strengthen go-live certainty.

Measurable impact matters

We evaluate AI success through speed-to-delivery, engineering efficiency, defect reduction, cost curves, model accuracy and operational throughput so value isn’t assumed, it’s evidenced.

Expanded capacity without expanded teams

AI removes repetitive load so that our teams spend more time on creative problem-solving, not grunt work.

How it's done

Where AI meets engineering excellence

Code-aware and agentic AI helps us analyse, interpret and refactor legacy systems, translating COBOL, Java, .NET and other proprietary stacks into modern architectures. What took years now happens in months, with documentation and conversion accelerated safely at scale.

AI supports the SDLC from end to end, drafting requirements, scaffolding code, suggesting patterns and boosting automated QA. With integrated CI/CD and modern delivery workflows, teams move faster, feedback loops shorten and releases land with fewer defects.

Intelligent orchestration reduces manual load across routing, triage and repetitive process work. Tasks resolve faster, throughput rises, and people spend more time on creative engineering and complex problem-solving rather than maintenance cycles.

Conversational models, behavioural prediction and recommendation engines enable personalised interactions at scale. Brokers, customers and support teams get faster, more contextual responses that reduces wait times and improves satisfaction across channels.

RAG, embeddings and searchable knowledge graphs transform static documentation into live, retrievable answers. Teams find decisions, policies and code context in seconds, improving onboarding speed, alignment and execution quality.

Data boundaries, compliance controls, model transparency and cost governance are built in from the start. You get AI that is safe to deploy in production, measurable to operate and scalable without runaway spend or risk.

AI accelerates delivery; experienced engineers ensure correctness. Human review validates decisions, refines patterns and protects architectural integrity so automation increases velocity without ever reducing quality or reliability.

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Built for trust, engineered for outcomes

AI delivers extraordinary acceleration, but only when it’s governed well. At enterprise scale, success means protected data, explainable decisions and costs that grow only where value does. With transparent guardrails and human oversight from day one, AI doesn’t replace capability, it amplifies it. Innovation becomes safer, spend becomes predictable, and intelligence becomes a reliable part of your delivery engine rather than an experiment running in the dark. You move faster, with clarity and confidence.

Benefits

What AI enables for your business

Higher velocity, lower effort

Delivery moves faster, not by working harder, but by removing friction. Teams spend more time solving problems and less time stuck in documentation, rework or maintenance.

Modernisation that fits your pace

You don’t need lengthy rewrites to move forward. AI lets you modernise in stages, reduce legacy risk earlier and unlock cloud capability sooner.

More value from the talent you already have

Teams are amplified, not replaced. AI expands capacity, strengthens decision-making and frees skilled engineers to focus where they add the most value.

Better customer-facing experiences

Digital channels respond faster, feel more intuitive and adapt to context in real time, all improving satisfaction, conversion and loyalty.

Operational clarity and confidence

Knowledge is searchable, decisions are traceable and oversight is built-in. You gain transparency, auditability and cleaner governance at scale.

A foundation for what’s next

AI prepares your architecture, data and teams for new possibilities: from automation to personalisation to agent-driven systems that optimise themselves.

See it in action

Turn vision into value

Case Studies

Harnessing AI to modernise legacy systems

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Case Studies

Leveraging LLMs and Generative AI for a game-changing legal solution

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Case Studies

Streamlining company-wide container platform adoption for running cloud-native applications

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Russell Davidson

Head of Artificial Intelligence

Whether you’re exploring new use cases or scaling proven ones, we’ll help you apply AI in ways that are practical, reliable and built to deliver.

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