Outsourcing Software Development as a Function
In a tight labor market, businesses are looking at outsourcing software development, maintenance, and support functions.
Leveraging Amazon Aurora for Highly Scalable Database Applications
Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases.
How Much Does Custom Software Development Cost?
If you’ve read our previous blog post, you’ll already know why your company might need custom software. It’s something many businesses come to realize after they’ve been operating for several years and their customized software systems have become disjointed, insecure, and sometimes even unsupported. You…
Why Might My Company Need Custom Software?
With tons of commercially available, off-the-shelf software on the market, you could be forgiven for wondering why your company might need to go down the custom software route. After all, up until now, your existing software systems and solutions have been just fine… or have…
10 Things to Ask Your Software Developer Before Hiring
Partnering with a software development company is often a necessity when you need to develop and deliver a new piece of software to your business users. To ensure your project has the greatest chance of succeeding, you need to make an informed decision when it…
The Importance of Modernizing Legacy Systems
Many great organizations have legacy systems at their core. They have pieces of software, applications and IT solutions that are still widely used and fundamental to the overall running of the enterprise, but which are outdated and, in some cases, no longer even supported by…
2018: The Year Custom BESTS Off-The-Shelf Software for the Enterprise?
It’s hard to walk a block these days without encountering the myriad off-the-shelf business software solutions that claim to be THE solution that every business needs. “Stay current with technology and user expectations…” “Enable more efficient operations…” Enterprise software automates things like ERP, CRM, billing,…
Leapfrog Competitors to the Manufacturing Fast Track
Manufacturing has been a magnet for technology and engineering since the dawn of time. But today’s technologies of 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Automated Intelligence (AI), and Nanotechnology are poised to re-shape tomorrow’s globally competitive landscape. These leading technologies are…
Is Your Business Software a Friend or Foe?
Years ago, companies fit into two categories… those with software systems and those without. Today its not enough to have software… you need GREAT software. GREAT implies a lot of things. How do you rate? 5 Hot Spots and the Questions YOU Should…
Custom Software Development Done Right
As users of business software, we’re too familiar with the aches and pains of assimilating our daily work activity into a computer system. To most users, computers are a necessary evil to getting work done. Systems increasingly slow us down and take more from us…
Software Facelift… A Proprietary Software Makeover Success Story
Let’s face it, technology changes every day and it can be difficult to keep your business software up to date. Technology that was the backbone of your software one day could be obsolete the next. Add to that the fact that business changes over time…
Reconnect IT to P&L and Balance IT Development Supply & Demand
Executive’s Primer on IT Programming & Development Staffing Businesses need to balance the forces of supply and demand for products in order to satisfy customers reliably and profitably. Harmony is achieved when the two forces attain equilibrium. Innovative businesses leverage computer systems and develop…
Strategy for Modernizing Monolithic Applications
The "Frankenstein" Cloud Software Application
A Guide to Custom Software Development