What questions should I ask to the references of the consulting firm I'm planning on hiring? Rarely does a reference have anything enlightening to tell you. Nevertheless, it’s on you to look beyond the flattering recommendations of the reference and figure out whether the vendor is able enough to
Read MoreIt starts with hiring This was never an individual journey. The success of your company is a reflection of the total value of your team. Often, the hiring process is not adequately prioritized and moreover, outsourced to external recruiters and yours might not be the priority cause they likely already
Read MoreWhile collectively, these three cloud providers dominate the space, their approach to cloud computing is dictated strongly by their background. Amazon has immense know-how when it comes to collating and aggregating massive amounts of data, Google’s heritage stems from an analytical background, and Microsoft’s strength comes from computing.
Read MoreConnected cars are evolving. Vehicle-centric IoT services such as the remote-controlled heaters and digital door locks are common today. But these services are merely the stepping stones to the truly connected car. After Internet of Things (IoT), connected cars seems to be the next most talked about topic in the
Read MoreMany researchers predict that our daily lives will be peppered with connected devices not too far in the future. But for this to actually become a reality, engineers and product designers will have to restructure the way they work together to build successful connected personal devices. This evolution will be
Read MoreThe major cause of failure for most startups is most likely not finding the product/market fit. A close second would be when you find out that the cost of acquiring customers is a lot more than you expected, exceeding your capability of monetizing those customers. How do you define
Read MoreIt can seem counterintuitive to scout for an outside team of consultants after putting in all that effort to hire a skilled team of software engineers. However, in today’s market, it isn’t enough to be the first-to-market, you also have to be the best-to-market. To help you get
Read MoreHiring a VP of Engineering who can take your product to the next level isn’t going to be easy. If you’re new to the market, your team is most likely a close-knit, hardcore lot of developers led by a couple of seasoned founders, and they aren’t going
Read MoreWith the advent of a business strategy that's user-centric, every unit responsible for a touchpoint along the customer journey can passively or actively affect distant metrics that may be under the domain of another team. Each point in the chain adds value and helps build the comprehensive customer experience. This
Read MoreIn the field of outsourcing particularly, a well-planned pricing model is an essential component of a successful long-term cooperation. Here, when it comes to economic evaluation, flexibility will prove to be a crucial mechanism. But sadly, pricing is perhaps one of the few aspects of outsourcing where innovation and evolution
Read MoreIt's fast becoming evident that the blockchain technology is about a lot more than just Bitcoin. Across many sectors like healthcare, finance, government, media and more, innovative applications are cropping up every day. The blockchain technology is going up against technology that’s ripe for replacement and decades-old, by being
Read MoreIn the beginning, the internet worked with intangibles. You corresponded on forums, sent or got emails, read and distributed articles. Today, the internet works with assets. These assets are encoded and stored on a network-to-network link known as the ledger or blockchain, where every participant can keep an eye on
Read MoreThis Project entailed migration of an EMR system to new web based application and adding event based trigger to sync the EMR with a medical billing system and pharmacy stations. Data transfer from legacy EMR to a web based EMR was a challenge but CognitiveClouds led the effort to do
Read MoreThe pharma and medical industry houses a notable amount of personal and crucial information including financial information and health records which are essential to making decisions in the healthcare industry. It isn’t hard to understand why the healthcare industry presents such a lure to criminals. The existing security systems
Read MoreEssentially, the blockchain is a global, shared, incorruptible and hence trusted ledger of economic transactions. It is equally controlled by all who participate, remains transparent, yet private. Picture it as a steadily increasing spreadsheet of records or blocks that using advanced cryptography, create a permanent record where each block is
Read MoreBig data isn’t just about large data sets. Big data was never meant to be only about the size of the data. In addition to data volume, the variety and velocity of data are necessary to understand why and how information can be analyzed, captured and learned from. Big
Read MoreSmarter technology has paved the way for the instrumentation of just about everything from cash machines, superhighways, oceangoing vessels to refrigerators. Mobile technology has become pervasive, irretrievably ingrained in the way we live and work. The results have been life-changing, smarter cities, more productive workforces, healthcare advances, education reform, and
Read MoreDo you need a service to complement your present application? Or do you have an idea for an app but don’t want the hassle of collecting the data you need? Whatever your reason, there are times in the development cycle of many web apps when a 3rd-party integration comes
Read MoreEvery business will soon be an intelligent business in the same way every enterprise is a digital enterprise. If they don’t become intelligent, they will simply cease to exist. Artificial intelligence, a revolutionary cluster of technologies, is a game changer and has the potential to make fundamental changes in
Read MoreTraditional product development is generally conducted in one "right" way, making it easy when it comes to predictability and reproduction. However, the process of software development isn’t an exact science, where there is just one right way to do things. The software development process is a lot like art,
Read MoreWe’re spoilt for choice and drowning in tools. Merely sorting through all of it feels like a job in itself. It’s overwhelming. We get it. We all understand how each platform comes with its unique capabilities, features, and behavior. However, everybody is dabbling in multi-platform apps today, so
Read MoreWe all understand how hard it is to build a product. Creating something people want to buy is the act of walking a tightrope, balancing the bulk of the work while avoiding technological dead ends and keeping an eye on the new trends adopted by your fickle minded users. And
Read MoreWe address just about any engineer or designer who writes code as a software developer. It encompasses a junior-level developer working on low-level code to experienced developers who have experience in engineering an entire solution for their clients. So you see how the prices attached to a junior software developer
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