What defines places where software developers want to be?
What defines places where software developers want to be? “A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. More than 19 million U.S. workers — and counting — have quit their jobs since April 2021, a record pace disrupting businesses everywhere. ” This is an alarming statement from a McKinsey article titled […]
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 […]
Your Application Deployment Checklist Template
Image Source: Pixabay Your Application Deployment Checklist Template Modern software is sophisticated, requiring complex infrastructure to run. At the same time, software deployment needs proper staging environments to push new updates, and small DevOps mistakes – such as forgetting to run particular scripts – can unleash new bugs instead of patching them up. But the […]
7 DevOps Challenges and How To Solve Them
As with any worthwhile endeavour, there are several challenges to implementing DevOps, and it is by no means an effortless venture. The first DevOps challenge is changing your existing culture, workflows and roles. Changing established processes to one that is leaner, more agile and more efficient takes time, follow-through and investment. Once you do, there’s […]
7 Benefits and Advantages of Custom Software Development
The idea of buying commercial off-the-shelf software is appealing at first glance. Not only does it reduce your time-to-market, but purchasing an off-the-shelf solution doesn’t require as much time as building a custom app from scratch. It also seems as if your upfront investment will be lower overall to gain the functionality you need. Although, it’s […]
A 10-Minute Guide to DevOps Implementation: Steps, Strategies and Workflows
DevOps promises many benefits, such as improving collaboration between development and operations, reducing IT resource wastage, and speeding up software delivery cycles. It’s unsurprising, then, that a growing number of organizations, both large and small, are DevOps Implementation. Yet, although most resources discuss the benefits of DevOps, define CI/CD, recommend DevOps tools, and share DevOps principles and best practices, […]
DevOps Architecture
Think of the most successful technology companies, and you’ll likely come up with the following names: Amazon. Google. Facebook. Twitter. Netflix. What do they all have in common? It’s not big pockets (well, at least not when they were starting out). Instead, it’s that they all release improved versions of their products, all the time. […]
POC and Software Development
There are sufficient software ideas, and then there are efficient software solutions. Developing custom software that solves one or more of your biggest technological challenges is an efficient solution that deserves your time, money, and talents. An efficient solution can improve productivity, reduce time to market, optimize costs, and help users become more organized. So […]