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As data estates become more complex, security matters more than ever

Miso has spent nearly 30 years helping organisations implement FME across complex enterprise digital estates. That work demands more than technical FME expertise. It requires a complete data engineering capability, with security built into the way we design, deliver and support customer solutions.

Miso Appoints Paul Baxter as Sales Director to Support Enterprise Growth Strategy

Miso has appointed Paul Baxter as Sales Director to support the company's continued growth and its increasing focus on enterprise FME adoption.

FME 2026.2: Fix authentication or your workflows will break

Safe Software continually improves FME to meet modern security standards. As part of this, Safe is following industry best practice by removing Embedded Browser authentication from FME 2026.2. This change will affect many workspaces across both FME Form and FME Flow, with a risk of widespread workflow failures if action is not taken.

Three game changing shifts we’re seeing in our early Advanced Technology Labs

We’re seeing a familiar pattern in our Labs. Most teams are only using a fraction of what FME can already do, and very few have connected it properly into their wider architecture.

Why we’re replacing the FME World Tour with hundreds of Advanced Technology Labs

Over the past few years, FME has fundamentally transformed into an enterprise data platform. From scalable cloud engines to no-code data virtualisation, the platform's capability has exploded. That pace of change means general presentations just skim the surface of what's possible. What you actually need is an in-depth personalised look at these advancements so you can figure out how you can best take advantage of them.

Miso launches MisoData: A new company built for the future of geospatial innovation.

Geospatial data has never been more exciting. With rapid innovation transforming what’s possible across sectors, the team at Miso has launched a new specialist business to help organisations make the most of this new wave of capability.

Are you a Member, Sir?

Our Club Room feels unfamiliar on purpose because sometimes changing the environment is exactly what’s needed to change thinking. That mental reset can make all the difference when trying to tackle the most complex data challenges.

The Desk Owners’ Creed

We believe there’s real value in having your own space. A place where you can think clearly, focus properly, and leave things at the end of the day

Why Our Office Isn’t Just an Office

Making sense from chaos: Understand your operational data with FME and AI

By leveraging AI in conjunction with FME for data integration, utilities can optimise their operations, balancing cost and readiness while ensuring compliance and service quality.

If you want shorter journey times, you may need bigger field team boundaries.

By leveraging FME’s powerful spatial analysis and real-time data capabilities, you can not only determine the optimum size for your boundaries but also improve technicians' travel efficiency and overall resource management.

miso becomes Ordnance Survey Strategic Partner

We’re excited to share that miso has secured a strategic partnership with Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK's national mapping agency.

Unleashing the Power of Collaboration: Our First Knowledge Sharing Hub in Bournemouth

Unlocking Data Flexibility: The benefits of an FME subscription

Safe Software has now shifted to a subscription-based model for their FME software due to the growing demand for data flexibility. Perpetual licenses are comparable to owning a house, while subscriptions are like renting. Subscriptions offer lower upfront costs, faster deployment, an agile approach to license selection, access to development and test licenses, and better value for money. While perpetual licenses are still available, the subscription option appears to be the more sensible choice for FME users. Contact the miso team for more information on FME subscriptions.

Flexibility unleashed: FME’s answer to an unpredictable world

The world has changed.  It’s far more unpredictable, far more fluid, and far more challenging. In order to respond to this brave new world, FME has changed and become more flexible.

FME Form gives you up to £3,700 in added value.

All editions of FME Desktop have been consolidated into a comprehensive package called FME Form. If you have an FME Desktop license and pay maintenance, you’ll get an automatic upgrade to FME Form.

FME23: A New Hope

We’ve discovered an early draft of Star Wars IV, which tried to address some of the distracting data issues you’d face in a universe filled with a cornucopia of different systems and alien technology.

Ordnance Survey’s NGD API is like Spotify for maps

Ordnance Survey’s National Geographical Database (NGD) API is a brilliant innovation that lets you quickly request regularly updated geospatial data using an API. It’s like Spotify but for maps (it’s actually very different to Spotify but stick with us for this metaphor).

Using FME to analyse 140 million MOT records – not a problem!

Field Dynamics needed a data tool that could handle a huge amount of data, validate it, and load it into a PostgreSQL database quickly and efficiently. That tool was FME.

FME: No-code and low-code vs pro-code

To code, or not to code, that is the question. We love FME, a no code solution, and we have a team of coders but which is better for your business challenges?

How can DNOs efficiently communicate with LRFs in a crisis?

In an emergency, Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) are expected to work with local authorities, emergency services, and health services (that are collectively known as Local Resilience Forums or LRFs) to make sure there’s an effective cross agency response to a crisis.

3 Reasons Why Father Christmas Would Be An FME User

With so much address, operational, and geospatial data to process, it’s obvious that Father Christmas would be a huge FME user.

Data Democratisation – What is it and how can it benefit your organisation?

Delivering Digital Transformation with FME

The multiple layers of data used by your organisation doesn’t make it easy to move it between different systems. Successfully integrating new technologies into your ecosystem, already containing huge volumes of data and your legacy systems, only makes things more difficult. Why not use an integration tool to make these tasks quicker and easier?

Rapidly Processing Planning Data with FME

For most Local Planning Authorities (LPAs), processing development proposals requires manual processing at almost every step. Here we go over how we used FME to remove the need for so much human intervention in the process.

Our Platinum Partner Status is Renewed

Great news! We've again been awarded Platinum Partner status by Safe Software, the creators of FME.

Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility

A client recently approached us to help him identify and reach 20 Poles of Inaccessibility located around the world.

We’re on G-Cloud 11!

We are listed on the latest iteration of the government's Digital Marketplace framework, G-Cloud 11. Our services are available on there now.

FME 2019 – The Most Exciting Release Yet

FME 2019 is coming soon. Here's a brief rundown of why it's going to be the best release yet.

FME – The Final Piece in Your Data Puzzle

We love FME here at miso, and if you aren’t already familiar with it, well… we’re more than happy to set-up a date…

FME February – Boost Your Skills This Month

There's no better time than now to boost your FME skills and add real value to your data projects.

The Coolest Projects we’ve Completed in 2018

We asked our experts to list some of the most innovative and valuable projects that they've worked-on this year. Here's the pick of the bunch.

miso Releases OS Highways Network Translator to the OpenSource Community

We've released our OS Highways Network translator solution to the OpenSource community. Read-on to find-out more.

Safe Software Platinum Partner Status Renewed

We're pleased to announce that our Platinum Partner status has once again been renewed, for our 20th year as Partner to Safe Software.

Happy 25th Birthday, Safe Software!

Safe Software are celebrating their 25th birthday!

Miso Awarded Platinum Partner Status with Safe

We've been awarded our Platinum Partner status with FME creators, Safe Software (again!)

FME Desktop, Server, or Cloud?

Which FME product from Desktop, Server or Cloud, best suits your needs?

Next Customer-Created App live on DataFlow!

The new, custom App, created by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, is now live on the DataFlow Store.

First Customer-Created App Lands on DataFlow

Rother District Council create the first customer-created App to be launched on DataFlow.

DataFlow: The Future of Data Management

The next phase of DataFlow has been launched!

On Cloud 9 – Miso’s FME World Tour Event

Miso has established a bit of a reputation for delivering events with a difference, and their 2016 FME World Tour was no exception!

Publish and be Damned – Or Not

As we approach our 200th council and 4,000th dataset on DataPublisher, we’re well on the way to helping half of those customers over the Phase 2 hurdle in time for the October deadline.

INSPIRE Phase 2: What it Means for You

To understand what INSPIRE is all about, you need to understand the needs of the typical INSPIRE user.

Shoot-Out at the FME Corral – Miso’s FME World Tour Event

Having built a reputation for delivering events with a difference, miso’s FME World Tour 2015 did not disappoint.

INSPIRE Top of the Pops – What’s Everyone Been Publishing?

We’ve seen a flurry of activity recently at miso with our INSPIRE community of Local Authorities. Everyone is busy uploading data sets – find out how the league table compares to our previous check-in…

INSPIRE Top 20 Published Datasets – January 2015

DataPublisher customers have been busy uploading their spatial datasets to Data.gov. Here we take a look at the most popular datasets going live currently.

Why not Getting it is Great

We’ve already talked about why transparency isn’t open data and open data isn’t INSPIRE. This week we are homing in on INSPIRE’s true purpose by sharing with you a victory for INSPIRE we have witnessed first-hand through our DataPublisher service.

Common Issues with Receiving INSPIRE WFS Feeds

There are a few factors beyond our control that may affect how you receive INSPIRE WFS feeds. Through working with our INSPIRE community we have collected together a list of the most common issues.

The Word is Out on OS Licensing for INSPIRE – Read Carefully

Ordnance Survey have recently confirmed their licensing rules for INSPIRE data. Those who publish INSPIRE data need to adhere to three rules when supplying to 3rd parties. Here are the official rules for data requests.

Why Transparency isn’t Open Data and Open Data isn’t INSPIRE

Transparency isn’t Open Data and Open Data isn’t INSPIRE. In many ways this doesn’t matter. But, if you are responsible for either or both, you need to be sure of what these differences are and how they affect you.

Don’t Know What to Publish? Check out our Top 20 INSPIRE Datasets

We've put together a list of the top 20 INSPIRE datasets of the 400+ we’ve helped publish to give you an idea what our INSPIRE community has been working on.