Business applications have numerous important roles today. These are the tools that make your company function, discrete units of technology with specific purposes. It’s possible to draw a line between two broad types of business applications: the external portals that connect you with outside...
Today, apps are everywhere. Powerful interfaces are commonplace within the consumer sphere, and these tools are building expectations among employees. When these professionals come into the office, they don't want to experience a drop-off in functionality and design quality. For this reason, it's...
The time for thinking about the cloud as a technology to adopt in the near future may now be over. Cloud computing, in all its many forms, has arrived. If you don't have a strong strategy to align your company's operations with cloud progress, you may find yourself overtaken by more agile...
The cloud's spread across industries and areas of business can be tracked in many ways. Noting the size of the overall services market is a good start, but there may be an even more vivid illustration of cloud use: As Forbes contributor Joe McKendrick recently reported, companies are running short on...
If you're an independent software vendor, chances are this is a transitional time. The cloud has arrived on the scene, carrying a mix of promise and uncertainty. How will the technology affect the way you reach out to clients? How will you convince the customer base to come along? How will the new...