Why it's time for your buildings to help maintain themselves The concept of smart facilities management—and the concept of smart buildings—have been around for decades. Smart facilities management (SFM) began with building management systems (BMS). A BMS is a...
Free white paper: How to choose the right software development methodology for success
With so many software development methodologies available, it can be a challenge for software developers, designers, and managers to select the right one for a particular project. Understanding the various approaches, especially their strengths and weaknesses, can...
Outsourcing your mobile app development? Avoid these 5 mistakes
In the digital age, mobile apps are an engaging and intuitive way to reach consumers. If your business is choosing to outsource application creation, it is important to choose the right development company. A team of six to 10 people can spend at least six months...
Software development management: Building a “talent retention” environment
A challenge common to all teams is particularly important to software development management today: how do you keep good employees around? How do you make your organization appealing to the best developers? The demand for talented developers is high so you want to...
How much will software product creation cost you?
How much ya got? Seriously, and you’re going to hate this, development cost is more often a question of what you are willing to spend than what it will actually cost. That’s because the cost of doing everything that you actually want is always way more than what you...
5 reasons to use continuous integration
At its core, continuous integration (CI) is really a simple thing, and it provides teams an opportunity to solve many types of software problems very early on. Every time code is checked in, the whole application is rebuilt and checked both for compilation problems...