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Custom enterprise software engineered for scale. 🚀 Helping enterprises build secure, future-ready digital platforms backed by 40+ years of global enterprise software engineering experience. For over 40 years, we’ve helped enterprises solve complex challenges through scalable, secure, and tailored digital solutions. With global delivery hubs across South Africa, the UK, Europe, and India, our expert teams are built around your goals, tech stack, and business needs. From software development and strategy to platform modernization, cloud, AI, testing, and data engineering, we help businesses move faster, scale smarter, and build software that lasts.

21/10/2026

Ready to be part of something unforgettable? 🚀

Escape looks very different from behind the scenes. Tessa takes us into the production side of the conference and some of what goes into bringing a day like this together.​

Don't miss out on next year's event!

If you are interested in speaking in next years Escape, click the link to apply. https://ow.ly/Gaxq50ZZBNU Spaces are limited!

What was your favorite behind-the-scenes moment from this year's Escape?

21/10/2026

Why launch an expensive new build when you can boost what you already own? 🚀​

In this clip from Tech Unboxed with BBD, Executive Director Matthew Barnard breaks down the "Buy, Build, or Boost" decision framework, and why boosting existing software estates with smart abstraction layers is winning out for cost-conscious enterprises.​

Watch the snippet to see why sweating your current assets beats starting from scratch every time.​

🎧 Catch the full episode now!​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AekQBYBO6A

Digital transformation rarely stalls because an organisation lacks technology. More often, the challenge is what happens...
20/10/2026

Digital transformation rarely stalls because an organisation lacks technology. More often, the challenge is what happens around it. Systems don’t connect. Processes still create friction. Teams are working towards different priorities. And the gap between business strategy and delivery keeps getting wider.

Digital enablement helps bring those pieces together – aligning technology, people and processes around the outcomes the business is actually trying to achieve.​

Because investing in new technology is only part of transformation. Making it work across the organisation is where the value is realised.​

Explore BBD’s approach to digital enablement: https://ow.ly/AS9O50ZT5Rg​

19/10/2026

You can outsource the work. But can you outsource accountability?​

With the right team, you can. BBD’s rightshoring model brings you people who take ownership, care about the value you’re getting and ensure every step delivers something meaningful.​

Watch the full video here → https://ow.ly/OWgg50ZT6ap ​

AI is changing the outsourcing conversation. For years, outsourced development has often been evaluated through effort: ...
16/10/2026

AI is changing the outsourcing conversation. For years, outsourced development has often been evaluated through effort: hours, rates, capacity and team size.​

But when AI changes how quickly code can be produced, effort becomes a weaker measure of value.​

The real question is what happens after the code is generated. How is it reviewed? Tested? Secured? Governed? Turned into software that is stable, maintainable and ready for real enterprise use?​

Because in AI-enabled delivery, speed is not the value on its own. Confidence is.​

Download the whitepaper:​ https://ow.ly/KLEm50ZXYbe

15/10/2026

One conference, many different ways of thinking about tech. Here are a few perspectives from the people who took to the Escape stage in 2026.

See you next year!

14/10/2026

AI is already inside outsourced services.​

But adoption is not the same as value. The real question for technology leaders is not whether a partner is using AI. It is whether the delivery model turns that capability into outcomes the business can actually measure.​

That means looking beyond rates and asking harder questions about governance, quality, verification, accountability and how productivity gains are shared. Because the model matters more than the tool.​

Download our whitepaper:​
https://ow.ly/2roO50ZT6jn​

The best engineering environments don’t just challenge you – they back you.​For Thabang, BBD’s culture shows up in the w...
14/10/2026

The best engineering environments don’t just challenge you – they back you.​

For Thabang, BBD’s culture shows up in the way people help, support and look out for each other, even beyond project work.​

Because when you’re building your career, who you build beside matters.

13/10/2026

Escape 2026, as it happened. 🏆🌟

A few of the people, conversations and moments that made up this year's conference.​ What was your favorite moment from Escape 2026?

Share your highlights in the comments or tag someone you met at the event!

Don’t miss out on next year’s event!

If you are interested in speaking in next years Escape, click the link in the bio to apply.

12/10/2026

Software rarely becomes expensive because of one big problem. It’s often the small compromises that add up. A workaround here. A manual handover there. Another integration to bridge a gap. Before long, the software that was meant to make things simpler is shaping how the business has to work.​

In our latest Q&A, Hennie explores what organisations should really consider when weighing custom and off-the-shelf software – and why the best choice today should still make sense as the business grows.

Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://ow.ly/2mYY50ZT2vb​

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