Albert Qian

DevOps has come a long way in the past few years, evolving from a buzzword to a technical philosophy possessing a great deal of thought leadership. According to a recent survey of 300 enterprises by DigCert, adoption is occurring at an accelerated rate, finding that almost half (49 percent) of the respondents says they have […]

Migration to the cloud is half the battle, with scalability challenges ahead. As we continue to help enterprises migrate their workloads, one common question we answer soon after migration is why scalability is difficult to attain. After all, besides the cost, agility, and flexibility, this is why IT chose to embark on this path in […]

One of the beautiful results of cloud is the plethora of communications and media options available online. Whether it’s binge-watching my favorite new show or catching up with a friend overseas, knowing that the cloud supports my endeavors is quite heartwarming. For enterprises, content delivery has transitioned with the priorities of digital transformation. Where prior […]

Standing out in the digital experience of every buyer’s journey serves to create attention that creates conversation and further accelerates interest. In recent years, we’ve seen the introduction of platforms that do just this, including Snapchat and Instagram Direct. Dubbed as ephemeral content, the experience created is temporary and powerful. According to social analytics firm […]

Late July has arrived and that means one thing: The holiday season is not too far behind. With Christmas less than four months away, organizations already in the cloud are thinking about the added flexibility their online systems can take on Black Friday and the day after Christmas. On the other hand, organizations who have […]

The changing tides of business and technology continue to influence how data – and more importantly, data breaches – are handled by organizations. With more information than ever created on the Internet by transactions including banking, home, and retail purchases, the possibility of a data breach continues to increase. On a yearly basis, we share […]

Testing teams face several unique challenges when testing application programming interface (API) implementations. API testing is part of the integration testing process, facing compatibility and communications issues. In our work with customers, we implement custom solutions. However, there are some common challenges we run into as well. We list them here: Challenge #1: API Testing […]

Customized IT solutions are exactly what they are – a specifically designed project where nothing comes out of the box. As our consultants have discovered with nearly two decades of work, nearly anything can happen anytime, anywhere. DevOps is one such example. Though it may seem simple and logical on the surface, successful initiatives require […]

We’re now well into the second half of 2017, with summer in full swing. As fast as the year has progressed, there’s still time to complete your innovation goals if you haven’t already. One goal of interest for many organizations is DevOps, an agile strategy focused on transforming organizational collaboration, communication, and go-to-market strategies. With […]

We’re now well into the second half of 2017, with summer in full swing. As fast as the year has progressed, there’s still time to complete your innovation goals if you haven’t already. One goal of interest for many organizations is DevOps, an agile strategy focused on transforming organizational collaboration, communication, and go-to-market strategies. With […]

Sometimes, the best business ideas don’t come from within, but from your most engaged and raving fans. After all, since the customer is buying the product, shouldn’t they also have some say in what they are thinking about purchasing? Enter crowdsourcing, a term created by Jeff Howe back in 2006 to describe the act of […]

Data management is at the heart of every enterprise, especially with online operations. Though many have used MySQL relational databases to manage their data, the rise of NoSQL (Not Only SQL) and its faster data operations has come into use with the amount of data being created. One of the leading NoSQL platforms on the […]