Below is a good summary on APIs by Rich Mendis, co-founder & chief product officer of the company AnyPresence.
From startups to large enterprises, most companies understand the need to create APIs around their products and services to drive adoption, improve integration and generate an ecosystem around them. However, ... Read More
In this blog post, for which a more comprehensive title might have been 'The most commonly suggested business model for software development projects’, we’d like to have a look back into some discussions with our potential clients over the last years and highlight a common cause why their SW development ... Read More
Outsourcing IT via managed services is becoming an increasingly popular business model. Below infographics summarize key benefits of this business model and some findings of a survey conducted in UK.
Considerably large amount of people feel like they spend more time on Viber on their mobile phones than they do for making regular calls and sending SMS. People who have international business or family connections, or even ones who would like to avoid regular domestic mobile operator charges enjoy using ... Read More
"Agile" project management and methodologies have always been a popular topic in the field of software development. Apparently, use of agile methodologies does not have a trend to stop increasing its popularity in the near future, and is spreading its use to fields other than software development. Below is an ... Read More
Outsourcing to Ukraine has been the subject some of the previous blog posts, but let's have a refreshed look at it with a short infographic.
Since its emerge as a known business practice in 1980s, outsourcing continues to increase its popularity and in many industries it is becoming one of the ... Read More
To be honest, before the existence of Shazam, if a potential client had come up with such a project development idea, we would hardly believe it would be possible - at least as easy as it seems to be now.
We believe majority of the smartphone users is already acquainted the ... Read More
Smart kitchen? No, not that we are transforming into a software development company that specializes in kitchen technologies, but we wanted to share the second in row blog post on how smart things around us can get, an by a coincidence, this is again something in the kitchen after the ... Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the coolest technology can get as of today. It is, by definition, the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data and in return, provide unique user experience.
Most probably smart ... Read More
We are trying to keep our blog pages a fun place but realized that it's been a long while since the last post in fun category! 🙂 We hope you enjoy the following video on call center outsourcing, which has always been one of the most popular outsourcing choices! :)... Read More
As a part of our business, we continuously evaluate software and internet based business ideas together with our potential clients. Such evaluations do not only cover the software development cost aspect, but we also provide guidance and analysis on business profitability for our clients to decide to proceed or not ... Read More
Probably the best known being PayPal, peer-to-peer payment systems and apps are growing in revolutionary ways. Let's have a look at a relatively new one: Venmo. (On the courtesy phys.org)
On a trip to Maine with four friends, Alexander Culbertson racked up $1,300 on gas, hotel rooms, food and drinks.
But instead of ... Read More
We've recently worked together with a potential client on business analysis of so called "penny auction" website and would like to share in this blog post information on how such sites and certain issues of concern.
For the ones who are not familiar with the term "penny auction", let's first try ... Read More
It is almost impossible to think of a business without a website today and probably therefore the most popular question being asked to us is "How much does building a website cost?".
Needless to mention, explaining all of the technical details and cost factors of building a website to a ... Read More
The time flies by so quickly, and we've just recently noticed that last week marks the second birthday of our blog!
For these two years, we've been sharing with you articles, news and some fun staff related to software development and outsourcing. For our blog post, we've been trying to choose ... Read More
In our previous blog post, we briefly talked about a common approach of majority of our potential clients in regards to finding a software development project idea. Now, let’s have a look at a common misconception in the next stage of a potential software development project.
Having decided upon the ... Read More
It is already more than a year when Uber entered the Russian market. We recall the start of discussions these days, if Uber will also enter Ukrainian market or not.
A recent discussion on a possible business case reminded us about an article we have came across with these days which ... Read More
Being an outsourcing company ourselves, we once considered to outsource our social media marketing activities.
While, by experience, we very well knew how difficult it was to convey the ‘potential value’ of something that is not tangible, we had to ask the potential companies the inevitable question of how we ... Read More
Measuring the return on investment for marketing is a big challenge for many online businesses. It is a common and widely accepted practice to regard marketing expenses as any other cost component that builds up the product or service, and decide on the price and profit margins taking into account ... Read More
Bloomberg published a study on salaries of software engineers compared by country. Even though the seniority levels or expertise areas were not revealed, assuming the comparison was made on apple-to-apple, data in below chart gives an idea on welfare levels of employees' working in software development field compared to their ... Read More
No, there’s no misspelling in the tile – in case you think it should have been “Software development outsourcing contracts”.
Now that you’ve decided to outsource certain software development for your company, it is time to make a contract with the outsourcing partner. How to proceed? As you do not have ... Read More
All of the analysis and researches suggest that outsourcing is likely to continue its increasing popularity in the foreseeable future. As this trend continues, learning curve of the involved parties also continues to develop and based on lessons learnt, companies aim to pinpoint rooms of improvement in the outsourcing process. ... Read More
Recent study by Computerworld UK put forward certain IT jobs that are expected be higher in demand and to have the biggest pay rise in 2015. Let's have a brief look:
1. Chief information security officer (CISO)
Average UK salary: £97,500 - £145,250 , pay increase expected: 5.7%
Average US salary: $134,250 - ... Read More
The infographic talks for itself - nice, brief and exactly down to the topic. All of the highlighted fatal mistakes shall be carefully studied and avoided for having successful startups.
Have you ever, i.e. during and interview or business discussion, tried asking someone the question "Are you a programmer or a software developer?" ? If you haven't, do it next time - fun is guaranteed!
Programmers write code to create software programs. They turn the program designs created by software developers ... Read More
As always, Gartner's IT experts have identified what they believe to be the top-ten information technology trends for the year ahead. Strategic technology trends are defined as having potentially significant impact on organizations in the next three years. Here is a summary:
1. Computing Everywhere
With the continued advancement in smart-phone technology, ... Read More
What are the differences between a web developer and a web designer? Nothing serious, just for fun.
What have people searched on Google in 2014?
A very nice and short video which has just been published. Enjoy!
In this blog post, we'd like to share a recent article nicely put together by HfS research that highlights a striking fact: 83% of outsourcing customers would not go back, despite three-in-four failing to achieve value beyond cost.
There is good news – and challenging news – for outsourcing buyers, service providers ... Read More
Here is the list of top 10 excuses you are likely to hear if you work with a programmer!
10. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!"
9. "It must be a hardware problem."
8. "Somebody must have changed my code."
7. "Did you check for a virus on your system?"
6. "You ... Read More
Methodologies that are observed to be commonly used in industry by successful organizations may be referred to as "best practices". In our previous post, we have shared a short list of common signs of software development problems. Now, let's have a brief look at some common best practices in software ... Read More
If software is developed for you by another party, it is very likely that you are not a developer and you do not have the possibility to test or judge yourself if your software is of high-quality as you want it to be. Having a QA professional in the team ... Read More
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fundamental cloud computing service models, other two being Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). As the name suggests, IaaS provides its clients the computing infrastructure, physical or (quite often) virtual machines and other resources like virtual-machine disk image library, block and file-based storage, firewalls, load ... Read More
Sometimes a figure is worth more than many paragraphs of text. We as SWExperts continue our partnerships with our clients in tourism industry, and during our discussions with them, we always emphasize the importance of digital presence - around $150 billion digital travel sales in the ... Read More
Deciding if your organization shall undergo an ERP implementation initiative is always a hard decision. Since ERP systems are big investments, such a decision shall be made based on concrete reasons and after precise analysis on costs and benefits. This, unfortunately, is easier said than done, since ERP systems have;
Tangible ... Read More
According to a recent study by ComScore, mobile app market is substantially dominated by six giants - Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Amazon, and eBay, and it is not quite likely for other startups to build mobile apps which may penetrate the market to make a fortune.
The approach of the ... Read More
There are too many instances when we are amazed by the pace of time, noticing how a long time has passed after a certain event without even realizing it.
While writing this post, we happened to realize that more than half a year has passed after our blog post at ... Read More
To start with, as we underlined in one of our recent blog posts here, the answer is definitely not “just based on the price offer” for a particular case.
Among the fundamental principles of project management is the fact that if something goes wrong with ... Read More
As if it was not hard enough to earn money, technology and service providers make more and more easier to spend it every day by inventing new payment methods. Cash was out of the picture long time ago and people still find it convenient to make payments by credit cards, ... Read More
A nice article by Paul Rubens published on CIO.com a few days back.
Most of the time, software developers do the right thing. On those rare occasions when they don't, bad things can happen. Avoiding these common coding practices will make your work easier - and your software more secure and ... Read More
Making the workspace fun is among the most important employee satisfaction factors and researches suggest that out-of-business activities at the office increase work efficiency.
So now, you may have a cup of coffee, sit back and relax for a moment watching the below trailer from an ex-CNBC show - and ... Read More
What comes to your mind first, when you hear a heading or title such as "mobile devices and health"? Since the emerge of mobile phones, this phrase used to resemble one of the longest-ever debate on the question if mobile devices have any negative effect on our health. Not being ... Read More
A recent Gartner report “Market Share Analysis: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2013” published by analysts Chris Pang, Yanna Dharmasthira, Chad Eschinger, Kenneth F. Brant, and Koji Motoyoshi provides an overview and updated figures of the current ERP market.
Based on these figures, the worldwide ERP market grew just 3.8% in 2013, a ... Read More
Cloud computing is on the rise in almost every filed.
German ERP software giant SAP recently reported that its cloud subscriptions rose 32 percent to 221 million euros, in comparison to 167 million euros in Q1 2013.
According to the same report, SAP HANA saw strong adoption rates in Q1 2014, ... Read More
Being a near-shore outsourcing company and based in a relatively low-cost country, we as SWExperts, underline our cost-wise competitive advantage in our website and in correspondences with our potential clients.
Nevertheless, we also bring to the attention of our potential clients, and here in our blog post ... Read More
In our previous blog post, we've shared some insights on how the amazing Google search, which is available at your fingertips work for you. Needless to say, this technology does not come free, and many internet users wonder how Google makes money for providing the latest technology search experience for ... Read More
The challenge, before the burst of internet, was to reach information we need. Anybody who is 30+ years of age today would definitely remember these days when new editions of encyclopedias ware being waited for having access to fresher information. New editions of these encyclopedias used to replace the older ... Read More
Do you realize how many times you do outsourcing every day?
Woke up in the morning, opened your front door, the newspaper and freshly baked bread were delivered and waiting for you in the basket - you haven't gone to the shop yourself sacrificing your sleep time and effort.
Went into the ... Read More
It is not common to have blog posts with political content on our website but the recent developments in Ukraine made it inevitable to do so with our regrets.
First an foremost, we convey our condolences to the beloved ones of who suffered in the protests and as a result of ... Read More
Courtesy of New York Post
Google Glass could soon become New York Police Department's newest crime fighting tool.
The NYPD is currently weighing the benefits of equipping its officers with Google’s latest creation and is considering how the new technology could help lock up bad guys, a law enforcement source told ... Read More
by Tony Bradley, techspot.com
It’s interesting just how many of the world’s important computers still run on ancient software. Case in point – roughly 95 percent of automated teller machines (ATM) around the globe are powered by WindowsXP, an operating system that was released more than 12 years ... Read More
After a short break for Christmas and New Year's holidays, we'd like to share a brief outlook of SWExperts for the year 2014.
In the past year, we had the pleasure of realizing numerous must-win opportunities as well as some other cases that did not end up ... Read More
During the last years, the method of logging into web sites using social network identity has become increasingly popular since it makes the account creation and login process easier and eliminates the need to remember more usernames or passwords. This, in return, provides one of the most important assets for ... Read More
As the year 2013 is about to end, the world-famous Time Magazine recently published a press release highlighting some 25 best innovations of the year 2013. We narrowed them down more for you and sharing here in our blog post.
Press Release, ericsson.com
Below is a recent press release from ericsson.com. As outlined in the article itself, E///'s global research has been massive and large scaled for some 15+ years. Let's observe in 2014 how close these findings will turn out to be, and more importantly, how these forecasts ... Read More
When it comes to overall job prospects for IT professionals, 2014 will look a lot like this year, with 32% of companies expecting to increase head count in their IT shops, compared with 33% in 2013, according to Computerworld’s annual forecast survey.
by Mary Brendel, Computerworld.com
Here’s a look at ... Read More
Several reports earlier this year have pointed that though Google Play Store revenue has surged, Apple iOS App Store is still way ahead though in terms of pure revenue earned. A new report compiled by Business Insider reveals that iOS brings developers five times more revenue per download than Android.
The ... Read More
Software in the cloud, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), is a popular choice for a range of businesses. What are the benefits?
by Rene Millman, Techradar.com, Oct14 2013.
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is becoming increasingly popular for businesses to use as it offers a wide range of applications delivered via the cloud.
SaaS offers an ... Read More
Gartner has unveiled its predictions for the top 10 technological trends for 2014.
According to Gartner analyst Chris Howard, the trends were determined based on the impact they are likely to have on enterprises, and the amount of change or disruption they are likely to drive in the industry. Also taken ... Read More
The worldwide IT outsourcing (ITO) market is forecast to reach $288 billion in 2013, a 2.8 percent increase in U.S. dollars (and 5.1 percent in constant currency*) from 2012, according to Gartner. Compared with Gartner’s previous forecast, nearly all ITO segments are now forecast to grow more slowly during 2013.
“We ... Read More
A simple Google search on reasons for software development projects to fail, as any other regular search would do, returns hundreds of results consisting of many articles, case studies, reports, news and more. While the wording differs from one source to another, it is possible to observe several “Top Reasons” ... Read More
This is an articled published publicly my McKinsey Company in Oct.2012, which gives a good insight about important points in delivering IT projects. Facts provided in the article are also relevant for anybody who is planning to outsource software development activities.
As IT systems become an important competitive element in many ... Read More
The volume of cost savings that can be achieved due to the difference in labor cost and salaries between the outsourced country and own one is always among the most important points under question in outsourcing software development activities.
Due to the facts that:
the competence levels such as junior-medium-senior are completely ... Read More
Other than technical decision factors, which we tried to cover in our previous post, the major driving factor to prefer working with a freelancer over an outsourcing company is the additional cost saving that is believed to be achievable by cutting out the margin of the outsourcing company on top ... Read More
There are massive sources on internet through which anyone can easily find and directly contact freelance software developers. Let’s have a look, if this can be a better choice than having an outsourcing company in between.
There are two major aspects to consider while making this decision:
1) Technical aspects, such as ... Read More
Using custom Content Management System (CMS) or Open Source, without any doubt, is one of the most common points to consider at the beginning stage of a website project.
There are many articles and discussions available in internet, highlighting pros and cons for each case, and the most popular conclusion is ... Read More
Other than the fact that we are an outsourcing company based in Ukraine..
.. there are few other reasons for Ukraine to be your favorite location for outsourcing software development services!
Lower costs
The same job is done only at a fraction of labor cost compared to elsewhere in Western countries ... Read More
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