As the cloud can digitally transform a business, it’s no secret that moving to the cloud is in the mind-set of all businesses regardless of their size. For this reason, the number of companies moving their infrastructure and applications to a cloud platform has increased exponentially. Now the question isn’t whether or not a business should fully or partially move to a cloud platform. Rather, the question is which type of cloud they should be moving to -public or private or a hybrid platform.  What is driving companies to choose the cloud? There are a variety of reasons why businesses …

In an ever changing and evolving technology environment, agility is key to keep pace with the disruptive application development changes. Software teams involved in application development specifically, using DevOps, are under pressure.  Development teams must move faster than ever, test earlier, release early, release often and not compromise any quality or cost. Traditional IT operational approaches are not sufficient to meet these new demands. Customers want application updates quickly and error free.  To meet this demand, development teams are required to increase application release efficiency and frequency. That drives the need for enhanced collaboration, automation and information sharing among stakeholders. …

Data migration is integral to nearly every Salesforce implementation or integration project. Moving data between various systems can be loaded with challenges. It is important to plan for many areas:  source and the destination, consequences of manipulating the data and the overall outcome of the entire data exercise. Whether migrating a handful of records or a million records, the success of the migration depends upon planning and understanding all requirements.  Unfortunately, many jump in without an appropriate plan and this increases the risk for failure and maximizes the challenges faced during a data migration. Plan, plan and plan When putting …

Healthcare providers have been embracing electronic medical record software (EMR) at an increasing rate. In this digital age, the allure of disruptive technologies can be a hard thing to resist, especially for healthcare organizations that have been using the same paper-based or legacy systems for decades. To counteract this, EMR systems can facilitate care delivery and help improve clinical productivity.  However, it may not have the desired clinical impact if not properly implemented or correctly customized. Most healthcare organizations go for major off-the-shelf EMR systems, but these systems can’t meet every need of every practice. Healthcare organizations that have implemented …

Around the world, healthcare organizations have been overwhelmed with the pandemic and an influx of COVID19 patients. The pandemic has caused healthcare providers to receive a sudden influx of inquiries and requests for consultations. With this patient volume, the health care industry’s ability to manage and track this sudden influx of inquiries and requests is being tested.  What is making it difficult to past this test is their current technology solutions are outdated.  Many healthcare providers have legacy healthcare solutions that are unable to keep pace with the increasing demands of their staff, clinical teams, and patient information. Unfortunately, all …