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Attendee Tracking on Blecon: A Behind‑the‑Booth Look at Our Demo

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by Paul Ridgway

How The Curve used Blecon’s low‑power BLE stack and gateways to deliver robust people and asset tracking in sparse, off‑grid environments—summarised from a conversation between our CTO, James, and Blecon’s CEO, Simon Ford.

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October 2025

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Unleashing the Power of Data: The Benefits of Building a Data Warehouse

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by James Ridgway

Organisations are generating more data than ever before - through customer interactions, operations, financial systems, and digital products. Without the right approach, this information ends up siloed, inconsistent, or underused. A data warehouse provides a structured, centralised environment that brings all of this together. It doesn’t just solve technical challenges; it enables leaders to make better decisions, build trust in reporting, and create new opportunities for growth and innovation. In many cases, it also provides the foundation for more advanced initiatives such as automation, reporting dashboards and AI. There are many benefits to adopting a data warehouse, which I’ll cover below:.

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September 2025

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Understanding the UK PSTI Act 2022: Raising the Bar for Connected Product Security

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by James Ridgway

Connected devices are everywhere — from smart speakers and security cameras in our homes to sensors, gateways, and wearables powering entire industries. But as our reliance on connected technology has grown, so too has the threat landscape. Vulnerabilities in consumer devices have become one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks, often due to poor security design, weak default credentials, and a lack of long-term support. To address this, the UK government has introduced the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act 2022 — legislation that sets legally enforceable security requirements for consumer connectable products. While similar in spirit to the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), PSTI is the UK’s standalone approach to raising the baseline for IoT security and ensuring manufacturers take responsibility for the products they sell.

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September 2025

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Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): The New Standard for Digital Product Security

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by James Ridgway

The European Union will be introducing the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) from September 2026 which is set to fundamentally transform how technology products are designed, sold, and maintained. The CRA is a landmark regulation that establishes mandatory, horizontal cybersecurity requirements for all products with digital elements (PDEs) placed on the EU market. For any company developing, manufacturing, importing, or distributing connected hardware and software, understanding the CRA is now a critical business imperative.

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September 2025

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The Myth of the “Perfect” MVP: Why MVPs Are Often Too Fat

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by James Ridgway

We’re often engaged by our clients to develop Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) of a given product or system. More often than not we see a common and recurring problem with the original brief – the “MVP” is packed full of features of varying shapes and sizes.

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April 2025

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DeepSeek and Future proofing AI strategies

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by Mai Mai Steele

DeepSeek’s latest announcement is making waves, but while it’s a big splash today, the future of AI will look very different.We’re moving towards an era where AI capabilities won’t just be dominated by a few tech giants—smaller, specialised players will emerge, with powerful models rivaling today’s frontrunners. This shift brings both opportunity and risk.

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February 2025

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Understanding HubSpot’s API and its uses

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by Jake Appleyard

What is the HubSpot API? HubSpot provides a standard REST API as well as webhooks. The webhooks allow the custom integration to be notified of changes from HubSpot efficiently without the need for polling the API, whilst the API allows the integration to create, read and modify the data in HubSpot.

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November 2024

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Unpacking the CrowdStrike Outage: What It Signals for the Future of IT Resilience

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by James Ridgway

On the 19th July 2024, the world witnessed what could easily be described as the largest global outage IT outage in history when CrowdStrike, a cyber security solutions provider, shipped a defective security update that impacted an estimated 8.5 million Windows computers worldwide.

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August 2024

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Unusual IoT Use Cases to Improve Business Performance

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by Jake Appleyard

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of devices or objects that contain or are made up of a variety of sensors and other data gathering technologies that can connect and share information with one another as well as sharing data with other devices through an internet connection.

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July 2024

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What are WebSockets, and Why Are They Essential for IoT?

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by James Ridgway

Advances in IoT (The Internet of Things) technology has revolutionised the way devices interact with each other and with us. From smart homes to industrial automation, IoT devices rely on continuous, real-time communication to operate efficiently and effectively.

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June 2024

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Understanding WebTransport and Its Advantages Over WebSockets in the IoT Landscape

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by James Ridgway

As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand, the need for efficient, reliable, and scalable communication protocols becomes increasingly crucial. WebSockets have been a popular choice for real-time communication between devices and servers, but a new contender, WebTransport, is emerging as a powerful alternative. This blog post delves into what WebTransport is, how it works, and why it represents a significant improvement over WebSockets, especially in the context of IoT.

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June 2024

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Understanding the Cold Start Problem with AWS Lambda

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by James Ridgway

AWS Lambda and Azure Functions are popular Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) offerings and are a staple of the serverless landscape. With FaaS offerings the cloud provider is responsible for running and managing the underlying compute that powers the service.

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May 2024

Data Software Development

What we’ve learned from processing £100k+ of transactions every week

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by James Ridgway

We process several hundred thousand pounds of transactions for our clients every week. During peak periods, we’ll process this volume in a single day alone, and in exceptional cases, within a few minutes. Taking money from customers may sound simple, but there are many different factors and facets that have to be considered when designing and building a payment system.

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January 2024

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Determining NHS Room Occupancy Levels Through The Use of IoT Devices and Computer Vision

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by Jake Appleyard

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) has expanded its valuable and successful collaboration with The Curve. Their goal is to explore new and innovative ways to manage data more effectively and ensure real-time data is at the forefront of its decision making process.

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January 2024

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GDPR and Processing Personal Data

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by Jake Appleyard

This blog post will outline the key steps and regulations that are in place when it comes to how companies and organisations can use and process personal data and information. This blog will cover what is meant by GDPR, Personal Data, the lawful basis for processing this data, and the six key lawful bases that must be considered and followed when using an individuals data.

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April 2023

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Developing an OPEL Measurement & Management System

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by Jake Appleyard

Understanding OPELThe National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom uses the Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) system to monitor and manage the pressure on its services.

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February 2023

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Developing an OPEL Measurement & Management System

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by Jake Appleyard

The National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom uses the Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) system to monitor and manage the pressure on its services.

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February 2023

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