Never before has there been such an opportune time in South Africa to be an entrepreneur in the technology industry. The landscape is flourishing, the opportunities are plentiful and the forecast is onwards and upwards for this particular industry sector. … Read More
Confused about the difference between Software-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service? You are not alone. Our experience with South African and international companies show a distinct lack of understanding not only of what each of the three entails, but also how companies … Read More
The BABOK® Guide 2.0 is known as the process and methodology independent reference used to define business analysis tasks there are required to be executed in order to deliver solutions that add real value to an enterprise. There has recently been a … Read More
cog•ni•tion ˌkäɡˈniSH(ə)n/ noun 1. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. Cognitive UX Patterns, as the definition above points out, are the processes by which users draw information from sites or … Read More
Almost all software development companies create software for business use. This almost always involves storing data, causing many developers to immediately think of a database. This article intends to make you think about the role of the database whilst stimulating … Read More
For those of you that follow the Scrum methodology you may already know all too well the value of the retrospective. However for those of you in organisations where the concept of Scrum and words like Agile and Retrospective are … Read More
“Windows Azure is facilitating the democratisation of IT in South Africa by giving developers enterprise-grade building blocks to create solutions at only a fraction of the traditional cost,” says Cliff de Witt, development and platform group (DPE) lead at Microsoft … Read More
This article is the first of a series, in which we will be looking at UX/UI Patterns and their origins. We will go over how these patterns are providing UI developers & designers frameworks and guidelines to create the best … Read More
“No single word strikes so much fear in the heart of today’s worker as ‘automation’. Huge advances in technology enable businesses to automate many manual labour processes through either machines or software, unlocking huge cost and time saving opportunities. Businesses … Read More
“Many companies already feel that they’re good at IT outsourcing and vendor management. Often these companies run in virtualised environments which sets them up well for cloud services adoption. However, executives need to consider a number of business and technology … Read More