Fix The Weakest Link In Most Digital Transformation Initiatives

As our lives become increasingly digitized, software providers are becoming more specialized. This allows them to enter untapped markets, develop targeted solutions that address a specific set of customer needs and forge strong relationships with those customers. As competition intensifies in niche markets, companies need to know how to scale sustainably.

Three Reasons Software Testing Delivers Better Quality For Less Money

Three Reasons Software Testing Delivers Better Quality For Less Money

The results are in: Quality assurance (QA) testing quality is going up while costs are coming down. According to the latest edition of the World Quality Report, the share of IT budget allocated to QA testing has been falling year-on-year for the last four years.

Early vs. Late-Stage DevOps Testing: The Benefits of Both

Early vs. Late-Stage DevOps Testing: The Benefits of Both

Companies that are working toward optimizing DevOps processes have over the past few years adopted a practice of testing throughout the software application design, development and production phases—a practice of continuous testing throughout the product life cycle. This includes shifting testing operations “left,” i.e. beginning testing earlier in the life cycle, to catch any software malfunctions or errors as early in development as possible.

Cybersecurity attack: 5 things you can do right now to protect yourself

Cybersecurity attack: 5 things you can do right now to protect yourself

Individual Americans don’t need to worry – at least not immediately – that their personal information was rifled through or stolen in the recently discovered intrusion into U.S. computer systems that officials suspect was the work of Russian hackers, cybersecurity experts say.

How to approach critical infrastructure cybersecurity

An Australian expert discusses security strategy.

Australia’s critical infrastructure providers should approach cybersecurity as more than a technology issue, says Malcolm Bailie, Manager Solution Delivery and Projects (APAC) at Nozomi Networks.

On CRM: Pipedrive Makes 400 Million Leads Available, Because It's All About The Data

In the end, and regardless of what all the vendors of customer relationship management software say, these things are just databases. Plain and simple.

Sure, there are features for managing leads, opportunities, services, marketing, emails and activities. But they all rely on data. Good data. It's the data that drives the value of a good CRM system. But when it comes to the data there are generally two big problems.

Big Data Analytics Show COVID-19 Spread, Outcomes by Region

Organizations are using big data analytics to track COVID-19 spread and monitor patient outcomes in different regions across the US.

September 21, 2020 - With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting US communities in different ways, research and provider institutions have increasingly turned to big data analytics tools to track and monitor the virus’s spread and its effect on patient outcomes.

DOS AND DON’TS OF WORKING WITH AN OUTSOURCED DEVELOPMENT TEAM

 

DOS AND DON’TS OF WORKING WITH AN OUTSOURCED DEVELOPMENT TEAM

When you’re looking outside of your in-house team for your software development needs, it can be hard to know exactly where to start. Should you go with onshore, offshore, or nearshore developers? Is an integrated or independent approach a better fit for your company? How do you find the right team in the first place?

No matter which models and methods you choose, there are some important guidelines you can follow to keep the software development process moving and flowing. Here are some of the most important ones.

 

 

1 in 3 Employees Believe Their Company’s Cybersecurity is a Moderate or Major Problem

With 1 in 3 employees believing the cybersecurity of their company is a moderate or major problem, decision-makers must do more to reassure them. Especially since remote work is now a big part of the workplace. And as more people work from home, digital security will become even more important for employees.

According to a recent survey and report from Nulab, 76% of employees say there is some degree of a problem. And only 24% say there is no problem at all. This means more than 3 in 4 have an issue with the cybersecurity protocol the company they work for has in place. And it affects companies of all sizes.

Agile Methodology in Web Development Service

On top of learning how to work with complex software, aspiring web developers need to know how to function as part of a professional team. Software development methodology is its own field of study with a unique lexicon, and one of the most important concepts that budding developers should familiarize themselves with is agile web development.

What Is Agile Web Development?

Agile web development is actually a broad category of methodologies based on the principles outlined in the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, which was compiled by a team of professional developers in 2001. Specific methods such a scrum and XP are considered agile although they existed before the manifesto was written. 

Through their combined experiences of working with other developers, the authors recognized the value of adaptive planning and collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. The goal is to allow for flexibility and provide rapid and continuous improvement of software solutions. Early delivery is also a key goal of agile development, which entails streamlining projects by eliminating time-sucking tasks.