Why the Old Ways are Costing You New Money – Modernizing Technology
Modernizing Scheduling, Data, and Communication in Construction The 6 AM Crisis Your concrete crew arrives at dawn, ready to pour a foundation that represents weeks of preparation and coordination. By 6:15 AM, they discover the excavation is incomplete. The revised schedule that would have prevented this mistake never left someone’s inbox. The crew is angry […]
Keeping Trade Labor Happy with Tech
How Simple Frontend Software Can Keep Your Best Workers from Walking Tech + Labor: Can They Work Together? Technology provides powerful benefits for commercial construction, yet many companies discover that their tech investments are driving away the very workers they need most. The disconnect doesn’t lie in the concept of the tech, but in how […]
Meeting The Digital Consumer Where They Are
How Home Builders and Commercial Contractors Can Deliver Tech-Driven Buyer Experiences The New Reality of Home Buying It happens every day. Your prospective home buyer just finished buying a car through their smartphone during lunch, Postmated dinner while walking to their car, and matched with 3 potential dates before their commute ended. Now they’re […]
How Tech & Data-Driven Insights Can Transform a Construction Firm
Unlocking efficiency, visibility & profit across the jobsite What The Tech Is Going On The construction industry faces a perfect storm of challenges: project starts are declining, material costs are increasing, and skilled labor remains scarce and fickle. In this environment, competitive advantage no longer comes from equipment or materials—it comes from operational efficiency and […]
Simpat Tech ranked as the #1 Best Place to Code for 2022
Simpat Tech ranked as the #1 Best Place to Code for 2022 The Best Place to Code program, run by Software Guru, has finally released its list of companies best evaluated by their own collaborators, making them the companies where many want to work this 2022. This year we are proud to announce that we’ve […]
COTS vs Custom Software Development Comparison
COTS vs Custom Software Development Comparison What is COTS? COTS, short for ‘commercial off-the-shelf software, is any ready-made software or application created to address complex business challenges through a single application. Office product suites like MS Office and accounting software like QuickBooks are great examples of COTS products. What is Custom Software Development? Custom software development […]
5 Off-The-Shelf Software Advantages and Disadvantages
5 Off-The-Shelf Software Advantages and Disadvantages Off-the-shelf software products are generic software solutions that developers release for immediate use for the mass market. Unlike custom software, which is tailor-fit to meet the requirements of a specific user (and can give you a competitive advantage), off-the-shelf software packages simply come with a standardized set of features […]
Top 12 DevOps Best Practices
DevOps — the combination of development and IT system operations—has become an industry standard, allowing companies to be more nimble and deliver their software, services, and applications faster than ever. Despite its advantages, DevOps must be properly implemented to avoid potential pitfalls. For example, a recent report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 team demonstrated the security […]
How to Reduce IT Costs in the Current Environment
Very little can be said with certainty these days, beyond that we appear to be heading into a period of prolonged economic volatility. On March 19th, 2020, Bank of America’s top economist stated that the U.S. economy had entered a recession. Yet, between March 23rd and 27th, the Dow rallied to such a degree that […]
Simpat Named a 2020 “Best Place to Code” by Software Guru
All of us at Simpat are thrilled to be recognized again by Software Guru as a “Best Place to Code” in Mexico. Last year – after our second year of operations as a nearshore software development consultancy – Simpat was ranked fifth in Software Guru’s assessment. Now, we’re excited to announce that we’ve been awarded […]
