The average company tenure on the S&P 500 Index is on a steep decline, dropping from 33 years in 1964 to 24 years in 2016. It Is forecasted to decrease to 12 years by 2027. Why is this happening? Today’s business landscape is constantly shifting due to new...
Get the best of both worlds with a Progressive Web App
Mobile usage has surpassed desktop usage across the world, pushing many businesses towards a mobile-first mindset. Apps account for more than 80 percent of the time spent on mobile devices, as users typically find these easier to navigate and more responsive. But...
How to protect your ecommerce customers with proper mobile app security
Mobile sales are growing, and speedy growth is a good thing—so long as mobile app security remains a priority for ecommerce retailers. To give you an idea about how quickly mobile sales have already increased, the 6th Annual Mobile Payments and Fraud report found that...
Why successful software delivery is a team sport
The global enterprise software market is forecast to grow at an 8.5 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in current U.S. dollars from 2016 through 2021, according to Gartner. The total market is expected to reach $537.7 billion in constant U.S. dollars in 2021....
How to avoid common custom application development failures
The success rate of IT projects is finally starting to improve after years of poor performance. A recent report from the Project Management Institute (PMI) divided companies into champions and failures. Champions are those companies with an 80 percent success rate on...
Agile vs Lean Software Development: Is it just splitting hairs?
The concept of Lean Software Development (LSD) is credited to Dr. Robert Charette in 1993. Ten years later, Tom and Mary Poppendieck published “Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit.” Despite the concept being over twenty years old, there still seems to be some...