Have you ever thought of a DevOps implementation strategy for your business? Do you anticipate hurdles? DevOps is a disruptive technology that has a sweeping impact on how businesses execute and handle software development projects. In terms of software development, it can be one of the most complicated and complex technologies. There are a few phases that comprise DevOps: continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous testing and continuous deployment. Each step and phase is critical and organizations implementing DevOps cannot be successful without implementing all phases. Without the right expertise, many companies find it difficult to execute these phases correctly.  Specifically, …

Every company has a collection of data and that data is only valuable if it is in the format to make reliable, accurate and even predictable decisions. Business analytics is widely used today for business success. To put it simply, business analytics is collecting data and manipulating it to derive actionable insights leads to better business decisions. When big data is combined with business analytics, it produces a powerful tool used by organizations to drive results. This article describes how companies can benefit from both business analytics and big data. Big data, big possibilities and the big promise it holds …

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 …