When it comes to blockchain technology, people are familiar with contradictory facts but in many cases this technology is poorly understood, and those who speak of it have done no more than read the literature that is available online. So we'd like to offer you a 10-point analysis of what is said on a regular basis about blockchain.

Agility has been the subject of numerous theories, publications and conferences for several years. The concept was historically created during a gathering of software development experts in 2001. They explain the ins and outs of what we know as « agile » through a founding document called the “agile manifesto“, which encompasses 4 values and 12 principles. At the time, it was mainly a solution proposed by developers to manufacture a software in the most efficient way while guaranteeing its adequacy with the needs of the customer. 17 years later, things have changed, and the agile manifesto provides only part of the answers to bring out a new product or service with what specialists call a good time-to-market and a good product market fit in the digital age.

In a digitized environment, challenges such as fault tolerance, scalability and maintainability are becoming increasingly important. Containers, combined with design patterns, especially micro service architecture, are revolutionizing the way IT systems are designed to better meet the needs of the new digital era.

Once again, Margo announces its obtention of a Gold certification awarded by EcoVadis for its commitment and performance in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The rating ranks Margo in the TOP 1% of the companies of its sector!

In an ultra-fast, increasingly connected economy, where evolutions are constantly multiplying, large groups are preparing for internal and external changes. We offer here some concrete examples of the changes to explore.

Nowadays, technology has become indispensable to the financial industry. It brings innovation, speed and competitiveness. The need to issue high-frequency financial transactions, coupled with the necessity to process large volumes of data, has made technology one of the main drivers of finance.

Data Science is having an increasing impact on business models in all industries, including retail. According to IBM, 62% of retailers say the use of Big Data techniques gives them a serious competitive advantage. Knowing what your customer wants and when, is today at your fingertips thanks to data science. You just need the right tools and the right processes. We present in this article 10 essential applications of data science in the field of retail.

Today there is an increasing multiplication of concepts around the managing methods of development projects. But to succeed in adapting them to each context, it is important to first understand the basic principles.

Margo Consultants participated in Devoxx France 2018 , the conference for Passionate Developers organized from April 18 to 20, 2018 in Paris. Discover below a first report dedicated to the conference on HTTP cookies that was hosted on Thursday, April 19 by Hubert Sablonnière .

Margo, a consulting firm specialized in the digital transformation of organizations on highly technical complex projects, is the first French company to become a partner of the Agile community XSCALE Alliance. This partnership reinforces Margo’s value proposition on its Business Agility offer and demonstrates its willingness to accompany its clients in their large scale organizational transformation.

The volume of data generated by our systems and applications continues to grow, resulting in the proliferation of data centers and data storage systems.  In the face of this data explosion and the investment in skills and resources, decision-makers need sophisticated analysis and sophisticated dashboards to help them manage their systems and customers.

Nowadays, I'm working on a Chatbot project with Google Dialogflow. In this article, I will present some notions about Dialogflow and Chatbots. Then, I will talk about how to create a simple Chatbot with Dialogflow Platform.

Emilia Kabak-Wołk, HR Manager at Margo in Poland shares her day-to-day challenges to recruit rare profiles such as IT specialists, during an interview conducted by the Polish newspaper Rekruter.

Last week, Margo was invited to participate in the Tunisia Digital Summit 2018. This is the second year of this major North African event, held in the centre of Tunis, at the recently re-furbished Laico Hotel. Two days of talks were held on the topics of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, social media and blockchain. Over 40 Tunisians and international speakers attended, as did around twenty local start-ups to show their solutions and provide a specific focus on the major disruptions that digital is causing for companies. Here are some notes on the main topics to draw our attention at this two-day event.

For the International Women Day, Margo’s employees share their experience as women engineers working in tech.

My project is particularly interesting: working in quantitative finance for one of the leading global investment banks is an amazing opportunity.

On Friday, February 9th, the French financial newspaper Les Echos published its new ranking of the 500 Growth Champions in France. Once again, Margo is part of it.

Margo has a strong human capital. Beyond the quality of its employees’ skills, unanimously recognized by its clients, the quality of the exchanges I had with the managing team and their will to move forward with measured risks convinced me to take up the transformation of their business model.

For me, the Margo spirit means, especially, the freedom to act and to make the choices that allow us to succeed and develop.

Today, between the huge capacities of the Cloud, the enormous amount of collected data and the algorithms based on neural networks, Artificial Intelligence is not a science-fiction subject anymore. It is disrupting and will disrupt every business sector, from Banking to Transportation and Health. That is why Artificial Intelligence is at the heart of Microsoft’s strategy.

AngularJS has become the most popular Javascript framework for web application programming. Launched in 2012, it has already gained in maturity and performance thanks to several evolutions. Today, AngularJS 2 has nothing in common with its first version. That’s why Google decided to make breaking changes to reform and redesign its framework.

Margo is proud to be part of the Growth Champions list published by Les Echos on February 3, 2017.

It was a very interesting day in London, during which 3 clients of Quartet FS gave feedback on their projects. Each of these clients was able to present their business case, their aims in integrating ActivePivot, the issues they encountered during the integration, how they solved them and what ActivePivot gives them today.

I was looking for a job that would let me use, develop and grow my HPC knowledge. Also, I wanted a job with long-term prospects. Margo met both of these conditions. I also found its youthful and challenging approach very attractive, as was the chance to join a pioneering IT and financial markets company.

Let’s discover together the Risk Management of a major Corporate and Investment Bank, where no fewer than 15 Margos are working! Yassine, a Java developer in liquidity risk, and Florette, Business Analyst in counterparty risk calculation, share their experiences.

It was only after achieving an engineering degree from Supelec that Mathieu became interested in IT. At Margo, he trained in the C# Academy and continues to improve his skills on a daily basis.

The Quartet FS company was founded in 2005 by five entrepreneurs from the finance, grid and in-memory industries. They identified a need in real time complex data analysis and launched their business to offer solutions to large manufacturing, retailing or financial companies.

Margo puts its developers in the spotlight and invites you to find out more about their daily life, the challenges and technical pressures facing a C++ developer in the financial market. Read part two of the interview.

Since its creation in 2005, Margo has developed its pioneering, vanguard approach. In 2015, this DNA still drives the corporate spirit.

Ichraf is Team Leader and works directly with the client. Gilles is Chief Operating Officer at Margo. They share their experience about working on Incident and Problem Management issues.