So far we’ve explored how outsourcing to an established development team provides a higher level of quality, less distraction, and greatly minimizes risks when compared to recruiting resources yourself. Beyond this, there’s an additional advantage I’d like to discuss: access to a complete skill set. Hiring a cohesive team that has precisely the skill set …
Finding people who will make an appropriate addition to your team is a very difficult process. There are so many factors from skill sets, to personality, to relevant experience, and even cultural differences that can affect the success of a new hire. When it comes to recruiting software developers, the task is especially challenging. A …
The primary purpose of constructing a disaster recovery plan is to establish processes that can be followed in the event of a disaster. A well-organized plan, and preparation for implementation, will enable a business to minimize the effects of the disaster and resume mission-critical functions with minimal downtime and interruption to service. This blog focuses …
Around this time last year we shared some projections from Forrester Research on how businesses planned to spend their software budgets in 2010. Forrester recently released some new projection stats for 2011, so let’s take a look at where companies appear to be headed this year. This new data is based on a survey that …
Future of Cloud: App Internet In the video found at the link above, Forrester Research CEO George Colony addresses what’s called the “application internet model.” Mr. Colony predicts that this new innovation will be the future of cloud computing. I agree with this evaluation and I expect that for many industries application internet will be …
As the new year moves ahead at full speed, I’d like to talk a bit about some of the new business innovations that have recently become mainstream. In this particular blog, I’ll be focusing on The Cloud and the various ways you can take advantage of this technology. If your business doesn’t already utilize a …
If you were to ask top CEO’s, managers, and directors what the most important part of their business is, or what the most important decision they’ve made is, you’re likely to get answers related to personnel. I’ve been in business for almost 20 years now, and when I look around I see one major accomplishment: …
In this blog we’d like to address an important technology that we have yet to discuss. It’s a system called the AS/400. The AS/400 is a server with a long and reputable history. Despite the fact that it’s based on an old and largely unchanged technology, it has managed to evolve and stay relevant in …
In a previous post, I talked about a basic operation that you can do against a collection of objects with LINQ queries. Well, the operations that you can do with LINQ queries extend beyond a simple query or filter on a specific field in your collection. You can do aggregate operations by using LINQ queries. …
A colleague recently shared an interesting article from CIO.com titled “7 Essential CIO Leadership Skills that Get Results.” The article was basically a summary and commentary on a new book called, The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results. I now have it on order from Amazon.com! According to the article, the …