Efficient and high-quality software cannot be developed overnight. It demands weeks – and sometimes months – of dedicated effort and rigorous testing. Research has revealed that 80% of downtime is a result of application errors or failures. The downtime situation worsens when cloud computing is involved. The solution for [...]
Project Volta is an attempt to boost the battery life of Android devices. Like the projects that came before it, Volta is a wide-ranging effort that touches many different parts of the OS. For each Android release, Google likes to have a “Project” that picks an area of weakness and [...]
The continuing war on IT talent has left many companies struggling to find adequate skilled resources for their projects. Nearly 73% of small IT companies and 88% of large IT companies admit to being faced with an IT talent crunch. The problem is even more acute when it comes to [...]
Consumers demand more functionality, faster, better and cheaper ~ Michael Sowers, SQE. Mobile applications have become so much a part of our daily lives that they have replaced PCs as the primary digital touch points. As mobile phones become multi-functional, mobile testing has become more complicated. And with shrinking time-to-market, testers [...]
Internet and the social media have contributed a lot to keep everyone of us informed and become informative. So are the customers of today! They are updated, they have adequate knowledge of technology with which they can discuss and compare products before deciding. It raises the bar of expectation [...]
If you are hearing about DevOps for the first time, read more on this link. Others, dive right in! DevOps brings together the Development and the Operations process to make one great system. There are great minds at work behind the nuances of this revolution. DevOps essentially focuses on a [...]
Which is better – An in-house QA or an external QA? Companies have tried the in-house QA route for years. Some tasted success, and some did not. But one thing all companies with in-house QA have experienced is the constant struggle to maintain a skilled QA team that is [...]
Choosing a technology is almost child’s play compared to finding the talent to make sure it gets deployed properly. (Forbes – Sympathies for IT staffing challenges). In the IT sector, finding resources with the right skill and experience is, no doubt, a major challenge. The problem is further compounded by [...]
As more and more businesses rely heavily on newer software systems that are capable of handling complex business processes, software development teams are under immense pressure to meet the growing demand for newer, faster and better software systems. Growing competition means a need for systems that can support new [...]
Mobile banking brought about what is probably the biggest revolution in banking industry so far – the convenience of ‘banking on the go’. With the spread of smart phones, mobile banking increased in popularity, so much so that IDC expects mobile payments will exceed 1 trillion by 2017. But [...]
