How the Healthcare Industry is Pivoting to Combat Coronavirus
As coronavirus-fueled uncertainty spreads among the world’s inhabitants, many are turning to official sources for practical advice, treatment, reports, and forecasts. The healthcare industry as a whole has responded in kind with unprecedented clarity and commitment to guiding its community through the ongoing crisis. Through the use of new strategies, the adoption of innovative technology, […]
How to Free Up Unnecessary IT Spend for Strategic Investments
Surviving and growing market share during an economic downturn requires a combination of both offensive and defensive plays. On the offensive side, this might include breaking industry and audience barriers, while implementing untested strategies to circumvent purchasing lulls and market uncertainty. From a defensive standpoint, it can also pay off to dial back expenditures and […]
Refining Your Remote Work Approach with Top Tips from Simpat’s Distributed Team
In Buffer’s State of Remote Work 2019 report, 99% of survey respondents indicated that they’d like to try working off-site “at least once in their careers.” And due to the rapid increase in remote work adoption in light of the ongoing spread of COVID-19, more workers may find themselves suddenly thrust into this situation – […]
How Leading Tech Companies are Supporting Rapid Increases in Remote Work
Remote work has been on an upswing for years, with the number of employees telecommuting having increased by 159% since 2005, according to FlexJobs. And although stats aren’t in yet for the last few months, we’re predicting substantial growth in this percentage due to the work-from-home transitions occurring in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. […]
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 […]
How a Houston-Based Energy Consultant Keeps Costs Low with Custom Enterprise Software
As an energy consultant who assists companies in the procurement of electricity and natural gas, as well as the monitoring of their consumption and the management of overall costs, Annette Van Brunt, founder of Van Brunt & Associates, relies on custom enterprise software to manage data from multiple sources. This includes her customers, the suppliers […]
App Usage in Iowa’s 2020 Democratic Primary Caucus: What Went Wrong?
Bugs are a common part of any application’s development process, highlighting opportunities to improve functionality and achieve greater stability. That said, serious bugs simply aren’t acceptable in finished code for mission-critical operations. As a case in point, take the Iowa 2020 primary caucus reporting app, which was so infested with remaining bugs that it was […]
How a Lack of Scalable Integrations Infrastructure Threatens Manufacturing Companies
In manufacturing, speed and efficiency can make or break a business’s profit margin. Manufacturing companies looking to expand their offerings, develop their internal processes, integrate with new and existing customers, or get more products to market as quickly as possible rely increasingly on an underlying infrastructure of technological connections to do so. Without these, very […]
Why Scalable IT Software Infrastructures Should Matter to Manufacturers
Building and maintaining a scalable IT infrastructure is a necessary foundation for most modern business processes. Yet the factors that make scalability so important are often misunderstood or altogether overlooked by manufacturing companies. As an example, “scalability” does not equal “cloud computing.” Although it’s true that cloud computing is inherently scalable – as you’re able […]
Is Your IT Vendor Letting You Down? 7 Common Symptoms You Need to Know
Outsourcing important IT tasks to domain experts and specialist teams can provide great value for a growing company. However, it’s also unfortunately uncommon for IT vendors to fail to deliver on agreed-upon standards, costing companies even more money over time. When IT procurement suffers a dip in quality, your business’s forward market momentum can take […]
