Software Development

DevOps is now considered by many to be mainstream, which explains why DevOps Engineer is ranked #2 on Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America list. But popular doesn’t necessarily mean easy to adopt and implement. As more companies and organizations deploy common DevOps practices, there are just as many considering the prospect of doing so. […]

Continuous Testing and Continuous Deployment Drive a Left-Aligned Process In software development, the term “shift left” refers to the practice of placing quality at the top of the priority list, from day one. The idea is to eliminate potential surprises or problems that can arise without the appropriate testing at the end of the development […]

This article first appered in Devops.com, written by Perficient Latin America Scrum Master, John A. Jaramillo. Ah, metrics. A company’s best friend. Without them, a business can’t be certain it’s on track with deadlines. It doesn’t know if it’s operating efficiently, or even if the last organizational change had any impact at all. According to […]

By 2020, one in four customer service and support operations will have integrated chatbot or virtual customer assistant (VCA) technology and more than 40% of data and analytics projects will be customer-service centric, according to the latest research from Gartner. Engaging customers in a personalized, efficient and seamless manner is what allows most companies to […]

Small business users of cloud storage look most to features and capabilities when selecting a cloud storage provider, according to a new survey by Clutch, a B2B research firm in Washington, DC. Over one-third of small business IT decision makers (35%) said features and capabilities primarily influenced their purchasing decision. Less than 5% said that marketing […]

As a software outsourcing company, we work with a variety of partners in different stages of cloud adoption, but across all clients the consensus is clear; the cloud is a key component to accelerating business growth and adding value. The annual RightScale State of the Cloud Report dives deeper into the world of cloud and […]

The first version was originally published as: Boosting a Team’s Skills Team leaders, in any industry, should be encouraging the skill development of their teams. In software teams, developers are usually motivated to learn new skills and often times have to learn new skills when starting a new project, or working with a new team. Based […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was named the most developer-friendly platform. — Accenture, 2018 The newest report from Accenture, which surveyed over 750 US-based developers to determine which platforms are best serving their needs, named Amazon Web Services the most developer-friendly platform. The full report, outlines the challenges and benefits developers face with 15 different platforms, including […]

Using stories to drive decision making, growth, and impact from data “Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” -Jean Luc Godard The same is true of data; the complexity of data demands interpretation in an anecdotal form in order for the insights to hold meaning. According to Gartner, the objective of data storytelling […]

Is it possible to predict the year ahead for DevOps? Predicting the future – especially trends in the technology market – is a tough thing to do right, even for the most experienced of analysts. For every guess or prediction that turns out accurate, there are likely one or two comparable guesses that fall short […]

This article first appeared in the Bogota Post on January 9th, 2018. Colombia is considered by many North American companies as one of the countries with high-performance software developing teams, able to compete with any country in the world in terms of best practices, quality and performance. Though there still remain some challenges. Colombia is […]

The increasing use of AI to power many of the programs you use on a daily basis from your email spam folder to facial recognition in photos on social media means that it has become quite a popular topic, and that data scientists have found themselves in high demand. Machine learning is a subcategory of […]