This ebook is the key to accelerating your business growth and product development through the application managed services of Engineering Operations. What Is Engineering Operations? Application managed services are pivotal to business growth. The disruptive...
Data Engineering
How Executives Can Proactively Remove Obstacles to Data Success
I’ll never forget my first experience analyzing a data set. Now, I know that does not sound particularly exciting, but stay with me. It was shortly after I graduated from college, and I was working in the area of international economic development. I was in Togo...
Outsourcing of Vital IT Tasks to Grow in 2013
In 2013, roughly one third of businesses will increase their IT outsourcing budgets. Chief Information Officers and CEOs, from small businesses to large enterprises, are planning to up their spending on the outsourcing of web/e-commerce platforms, application...
How To Ease Your Agile Development Transition with Custom Dashboards and User Interfaces
At this year's Electric Cloud Summit there was big focus on Agile software development practices. Even a casual look at Electric Cloud's product line, which includes ElectricAccelerator, ElectricCommander, and most recently ElectricDeploy, will make it obvious that...
Outsourcing is the Best Way to Stay Flexible, Even Elastic!
The technology industry loves buzzwords. The decade of the '80s was all about synergy and paradigm shifts. In the '90s, it was the web and the Internet. The turn of the century brought talk about virtualization and social media. Today it's all about the cloud. Of...
ElectricCommander Custom Dashboards: How to Visualize Your Build Data
Whenever I get a chance to see any kind of motor racing I am amazed at how many displays the engineers use to watch and monitor all the data coming from the cars. Modern performance racing cars produce a lot of data about the engine, tires, fuel consumption,...
Optimize Your Databases with Azure SQL
Making data-driven decisions is one of the most valuable things a business can do to achieve and maintain success. Businesses thrive on their ability to make intelligent, timely decisions based on accurate, accessible data. Without the use of data to inform their...
Tackling Cultural Resistance to Enhance Data-Driven Decision Making
Adopting a data-driven approach is essential for companies seeking to enhance decision-making and drive growth. However, one of the biggest obstacles to achieving this is cultural resistance. This resistance is often from HiPPOs (Highest Paid Person's Opinion), who...
Understanding Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO): A Guide to Effective Disaster Recovery Planning
Businesses are becoming more reliant on technology than ever before, meaning that disruptions such as system failures, data breaches, or natural disasters are more impactful to operations. Additionally, these can lead to a loss of revenue and customer trust. Disaster...
Enhancing Business Outcomes by Boosting Data Utility
The days of data being a byproduct of business operations are over. As technology progresses, data is becoming the driving force for decision-making and innovation. Businesses that understand how to harness the power of their data are now consistently outperforming...
Top Data Center Power Planning Considerations
Our Infrastructure Management Services include data center migration planning and deployment. Recently, I moved two different companies to new facilities. Both had drastically different IT needs. One was heavier on infrastructure and server room. The other was not...
Overcoming Technological Shortcomings to Improve Data Utilization
Data is everywhere in today’s businesses. It’s collected automatically by software tools to track actions. It's created when scanning products or frequent buyer cards. And it's used when we make payments on our credit cards or other online accounts. Although data is...