That was predictable: outstaffing or managing virtual teams came along with a boost of digital products on the market. According to some analysts, in the next few years, about one-third of skilled full-time employees will work within remote development teams or hybrid teams. Even though it may be a massive challenge to hire a skilled…
1995 was a busy year. Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 95. The unmanned Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. Pixar released Toy Story, the first ever animated film entirely generated on the computer. However, you wouldn’t be reading this article if developers from Sun Microsystems (which later merged with Oracle Corporation) didn’t introduce and deploy Java…
While outsourcing and offshoring have been buzz-words for the business community for decades, outstaffing (or hiring dedicated teams) sounds somewhat new, although quite understandable. To avoid a possible confusion of terms, let’s find out the difference between them and check them out. written by: Anton Rykov Product Manager, Qulix Systems While outsourcing and offshoring have…
Cloud solutions have grown ubiquitous by now. Providers proliferate, starting from small-scale businesses to estimated IT giants, such as Amazon, Microsoft or Google. Your capacities may still be on premises, as long as they serve their purpose well. On the other hand, do not turn the blind eye to ever-growing potential of cloud technologies as…
Supply chains and logistics involve a lot of moving parts. Keeping track of these items and getting them securely and intact from point A to point B is an art form that often goes under the radar. Among the most frequently occurring challenges in the global supply chain is tracking where products are at any…
The time available for testing is now compressed as never before. At some point, manual testing becomes a bottleneck to the development and release of new software builds. As it must occur along with the iterative software delivery, the industry needs real-time risk assessment prior to the release. Although it is possible to perform regression tests…
PSD2, a new banking directive, will undermine old banking system to bring a new competitive and more transparent market to life. Banks struggle to soften some negative ramifications of the shift and leverage API, their new weapon, to retain the clients and take banking services to a new level. written by: Veronica Chizh PSD2, a…
Although test automation is not a one-size-fits-all solution, it can significantly speed up, facilitate and improve testing. In this article we are going to answer the question about why you may need this team, share do’s and don’ts of a successful interview, and provide tips on hiring a qualified team of test automation engineers. written by: Veronika…
You are enjoying your favorite rock band in the living room, your wife is solitarily listening to her R’n’B in the kitchen, while the kids are pretty comfortable in their bedrooms with the Disney radio. Yeah, that’s the kind of the future we wouldn’t mind.
The new market is emerging before us and it is for self-driving cars. Yet, before the present day car industry becomes a thing of the past, there will be a chain reaction of well-anticipated along with unplanned disruptions. What will they be and how the industry is getting through the first transformative stages? See the…
You tell your curtains to raise, the coffee machine hears you as well and starts brewing, and lights turn on only when you are ready to face another day – this is not an opening scene from some sci-fi movie. The future is here. written by: Anastasia Borodinets You tell your curtains to raise, the…
The opening of The Brooklyn STEAM Center, a vocational training platform for students, in NYC has received much resonance. A $17 million home inside a tech hub is not a solitary vocational training institution. However, along with many others of its kind it has all the chances to undermine paper-based education system and lay the…
An intense workout, a relaxing walk, a lazy day at home… What could they possibly have in common? We are pretty sure the answer will be “good music”. And what is the easiest way to get it than to turn on your favorite radio station using a mobile device? written by: Anastasia Borodinets An intense…
Architecture Design is the base for your system and how much you expect it to serve you is directly reflected in how much you are ready to invest in it. Read our article to know more about TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) in Architecture Design, the cost of overlooking pitfalls and the rewards for the…
Gone are the days when you had to wait in line at a brick-and-mortar building to transfer money or pay your bills. Customers require convenient banking services on their fingertips. “Anytime anywhere banking” becomes a motto for banks who want to keep up with the speed of the modern world and stay in the league….