There are many businesses that intend to move their data to the cloud but do not know where to begin. Cloud migration is extremely important when a business intends to scale its businesses. It also provides safer storage for data while reducing IT costs. However, highlighting the benefits downplays the challenges involved in cloud migration. […]
A portal is best described as a safe personalized website that enables a business to connect with users, whether employees, customers, or even suppliers. A portal allows a business to solve user needs better through easier and faster access to what the user is most likely to be searching for. There are many benefits that […]
Investing in software system upgrade is often a complex and time-consuming process. However, the cost of failing to modernize can be more painful. It could lead to losing out completely to competitors and exiting the market. Business today moves faster than any time in history. As such, companies seeking an edge must invest in streamlining […]
Systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are at the heart of business operations such as logistics, purchasing, sales, and marketing. They enable businesses to collect data for intelligent decision-making. However, like all software, a system can be outgrown either due to business scaling or gaps emerging in its functionality. When this happens, businesses must […]
Business growth is quite different from business scaling. Growth refers to simply increasing the number of customers. Without proper efficiency, revenues resulting from business growth can easily be consumed corresponding incremental costs. Business scaling refers to positing or enabling the business to handle many more customers without significant increases in costs. Process automation is a […]
Big data and big analytics are common buzzwords in multiple fields including sports, governance, banking, investments and more. For more than 7 decades now, companies have known that data can be a source of great insight and competitive advantage. During the early years of using computers, businesses would look at numbers in spreadsheets manually and […]
If you conduct a search for ‘software vendor’ on Google, you will be bombarded by tens if not hundreds of different companies seeking to become your development partner. All of them promise to build your custom software on time, on budget and offer technical support. However, there is little you can garner about what the […]
Organizations seeking agility in their IT systems implement a service-oriented architecture. Compared to a few decades ago, systems have become more complex, and scalability is a big issue when implementing new IT infrastructure. The speed of development of release also needs to be faster than ever before. All these are reasons why service-oriented architecture has […]
Technology training for your technical employees is an unavoidable cost for IT firms. It helps to ensure they can pick and use the right tools to solve problems. Technology moves fast nowadays and IT skills that were relevant five years ago are almost obsolete today. Therefore, organizations must make it a priority to instill a […]
Just how powerful is data analytics? Do we overestimate the ability of data analytics to provide a competitive advantage to businesses? Businesses built on data have been around for a while. Companies such as automakers and consumer goods manufacturers collect vast amounts of data on sales trends. Most of that data however is rarely about […]
