Snjezana Cvoro-Begovic - June 30, 2020 - 211 views

In business as in life, it’s natural to set goals. Many of us establish goals based on what we can accomplish in the short term, given the needed resources, assets and time. Others also embrace stretch goals, which help encourage us to be ambitious and focus on what’s most important. On the personal side, maybe […]

Hanadi Salameh - June 9, 2020 - 1190 views

As pandemic lockdowns ease, companies are racing to modernize applications ahead of new waves of COVID-19 infections that could send developers home to work again. When application modernization is combined with the cloud, developers can work in “virtual teams” – at home or the office – to rapidly deliver quality software that meets evolving customer […]

Angela Merricks - June 5, 2020 - 595 views

When I started with this thing called “Agile,” it didn’t exist. At a time when it was barely gaining popularity, I was asked to learn more about this “method” so I could come back and teach my internal team the basics of being Agile. I took a class, and the rest is history – a […]

Allen Shaheen - May 26, 2020 - 2042 views

Whether or not your business is a software company, it depends on software. The nature of that software is changing, however, which has big implications for software engineering technology, processes and culture. For example, not so long ago, most internally developed software was meant for internal use. The users were employees who looked up information […]

Anbu Muppidathi - February 5, 2019 - 771 views

Amazon can make crucial changes on its e-commerce platform in seconds. Tesla can upgrade your car while you sleep. What digital unicorns can do in minutes, traditional companies might need months. The lightning-quick capabilities of born-digital businesses aren’t just the result of following a unique development methodology; they’re also possible because they’ve got a flexible, […]

Sam Rehman - November 19, 2018 - 174 views

Remember shrink-wrapped software – glistening boxes you might buy once every two or three years? Get the license, slide in the CD, then sit with a cup of coffee, watch the progress bar, and hope for the best. We all know that doesn’t work anymore. Application development has changed dramatically in just the last five […]

Archana Joshi - October 25, 2018 - 132 views

The digital economy calls for solutions to be built with digital technologies from the ground up. However, this can result in a double-edged sword: The more a solution relies on digital mechanisms like open APIs, web services, open-source software libraries, cloud and web access over the public Internet, the more vulnerable it is to hacking, […]

Anbu Muppidathi - October 18, 2018 - 207 views

While there’s plenty of research on integrating security into Agile software methodologies, we’re often left only with “security sandwiches,“ where security is discussed upfront and at the far end of the development process rather than  throughout. Corporate security remains an isolated department at many organizations, one that lives outside the Agile/DevOps/Pod team practice. Developers have […]

Allen Shaheen - August 3, 2018 - 143 views

While smart IT strategy and effective execution remain crucial components for business success, organizational culture has become one of the most distinctive differentiators in digital business today. According to recent research we conducted with HfS Research, companies that intentionally focus on culture realize greater success, both revenue-wise and in terms of building out their digital […]

Paul Roehrig - June 7, 2018 - 128 views

“Digital” may have technically been around since the invention of the transistor, but we’re still in the early days of a new economy. We’re moving from digital that’s fun (sharing photos on social media, listening to algorithmically selected music) to digital that matters (extending banking services to the unbanked, treating patients remotely). At the center […]