North Patrol

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76 articles

Report: Content management system market shares in Nordic countries

7 October 2019

Heikki Toivo

CASE: Eckerö Line succeeded with a complex web store renewal

5 August 2019

Mikko Jokela

Magento is in the middle of a change – again

18 June 2019

Mikko Jokela

Most popular web technology platforms in Finland 2019

8 April 2019

Mikko Jokela

IBM abandons its web store platform

23 January 2019

Perttu Tolvanen

Survey results: Product information is the foundation of B2B sales channels

22 November 2018

Mikko Jokela

Case: New intranet for the 15 000 employees of the City of Tampere – North Patrol as requirement analysis partner

5 November 2018

Kimmo Parkkinen

Are there any teamwork solution alternatives for Office 365?

8 December 2017

Kimmo Parkkinen

Are there any alternatives for Office 365 intranet?

30 November 2017

Kimmo Parkkinen

CASE: Tax.fi user-friendliness fine-tuned through testing

19 October 2017

Virpi Blom

Forget the latest Forrester report about WCM systems

5 June 2017

Perttu Tolvanen

Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre’s new web services – North Patrol as an expert guide through the large renewal

24 April 2017

Kimmo Parkkinen

Expert advice: Native mobile apps, bots or web apps?

14 November 2016

Perttu Tolvanen

How much does Office 365 intranet cost?

26 October 2016

Kimmo Parkkinen

Different conceptual approaches to self-service channels

23 August 2016

Perttu Tolvanen

When do mobile apps make sense?

29 February 2016

Perttu Tolvanen

Lumo Kotinyt.fi service was tailor made

8 December 2015

Virpi Blom

State of Finnish e-commerce: local, under-resourced and tech-driven

2 December 2015

Virpi Blom

Philosophical differences: Sitecore vs. EPiServer

6 October 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

E-Commerce systems in Finland

29 September 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

My favorite startups in web content management

21 September 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

Our partner selection process opened up

28 June 2015

Kimmo Parkkinen

Low-cost website builders have become surprisingly good

2 June 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

To personalize or not to personalize?

18 May 2015

Mikko Jokela

Digital marketing: The gap between hype and real life

7 April 2015

Mikko Jokela

Good usability in CMS? A myth?

3 February 2015

Perttu Tolvanen

Story of a 300k euro web renewal – case helen.fi

28 October 2014

North Patrol

Confluence Challenges SharePoint as an Intranet Platform

8 September 2014

Hanna P. Korhonen

eCommerce is the new name for web content management – interview with Boris Kraft

25 August 2014

Perttu Tolvanen

Contentful — CMS for mobile applications and custom web services

13 August 2014

Perttu Tolvanen

About North Patrol

We’re eight experienced consultants — designers and technology specialists — focused on vendor-neutral, practical results. Every year, we complete 30-40 customer engagements with customer satisfaction at 9.5/10. Clients come to us to make confident decisions and deliver better digital services.

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How to work with us

  • Small consulting engagement

    A small engagement is ideal when you need a clear answer to a specific question, a tough decision supported by independent analysis, or simply a quick outside view.

    Pricing is a fixed fee agreed in advance to keep things predictable, and getting started is as simple as sharing your goals and any background material so we can propose a crisp scope and price.

  • Prestudy & feasibility evaluation projects

    A prestudy is the right choice when you are framing a larger initiative, building internal alignment, or testing whether an idea is worth pursuing — for example a platform change, a new digital service, a consolidation effort, or an AI/automation use case.

    In four to eight weeks we interview key stakeholders, map needs, assess the current state across content, architecture, integrations, and governance, and combine vendor‑neutral market insight with technical feasibility and risk analysis.

    We then outline effort, budget, and timeline ranges with clear assumptions and scenarios, and we shape a high‑level solution concept and target architecture sketch.

  • Supervision & quality control for technical implementation

    Independent supervision is most effective when you already have a delivery partner and want oversight that keeps scope, quality, and budget on track.

    We manage risks, provide executive‑level updates, support acceptance testing, and conduct readiness reviews before go‑live.

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