Cloud-based solutions is a broad term to refer to computing services accessed through the internet. Individuals and businesses alike get to use infrastructure belonging to a cloud provider instead of owning such infrastructure locally. Cloud computing has evolved rapidly from simply being a storage solution to a way of providing computing-power, network-services, and applications to […]
Managers often struggle to visualize the relationship between data science, analytics, and their business’s bottom line. However, data scientists will argue that there limitless ways to leverage analytics in business. The US spends the equivalent of 18% of its GDP on healthcare. If the US can find a way to increase efficiency and save 1% of […]
We are living in a post-digital era. With billions of devices connected to the internet, humans have created so much data. Its value is estimated in trillions of dollars. Data science is now a multidisciplinary field, with data analytics being one of the arteries. The vast amounts of historical data have helped premier fields such […]
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were topics on everyone’s mouth. There have been numerous conversations regarding the realm of possibilities that these two technologies can enable humans to achieve. Already 77% of devices in our daily lives use some form of artificial intelligence (AI). The events of 2020 […]
Should your company go ahead and hire a virtual CIO? A CIO or CTO is the highest-ranking technology executive at any organization. They are involved at strategic level decision making, highlighting their importance. The average CTO in the USA earns about $160,000. Most small to medium organizations may not have the capacity to have a […]
There are many approaches to being a software developer. I’ll start by saying that in my decades of experience there is not one approach that is better than another. To me, differences in approach typically are due to the trade-off between time and cost. These differences in approach are quite fine and I’d argue often […]
Outsourcing is for you, you just don’t know it yet. First, let’s just say that you have built a great company. It shows that you work hard, and have great staff that work very hard to get the job done. There comes a time when a goal you are working towards is not necessarily in […]
From the time I was born, I have been fascinated by the ideas of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. I didn’t know it at the time, but the movie Star Wars (later titled A New Hope) was impacting me profoundly when it first introduced me to machines that can think. For my childhood mind, the […]
Throughout my career, there have been countless times my Data Science work has been referred to as magic. I have even had colleagues that refer to parts of their own Data Science projects as magic. I am always quick to try and correct this behavior, because as Data Science professionals, we don’t work in a […]
Cloud and DevOps are two of the top buzzwords in the modern technology lexicon. They are a big part of modern software development practices. At Transcendent Software, we group them into their own service offering. In our recent post, “A Case For Custom Software”, we analyzed when to build or buy custom software. After deciding […]
