In terms of revenue, Microsoft is the world's largest software company. Part of its popularity has been due to the ease with which various software can be integrated to offer solutions that were once cumbersome or impossible to achieve. If you are planning an in-house Microsoft project, however,...

Test-driven development, commonly called TDD, is a practice used by software developers as a means of producing trouble-free code in the fastest time possible. At its simplest level, TDD has four primary elements.

The modern economy is a highly competitive, global marketplace. Competing requires all businesses to streamline, optimize and improve efficiencies while simultaneously enhancing customer service. To further their goals, many companies have already implemented some type of business process...

When discussing the tech world, the media is quick to use phrases such as "disruptive technology" or "the next big thing." Sometimes, the description is accurate, but sometimes the technology fizzles out as quickly as it arrived. However, when analysts describe wearable technology as the next big...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe a network of objects that have software, sensors or hardware to enable the object to connect to the Internet. "Things" began to be connected during the 1980s and 1990s, but these were primarily demonstrations or experiments. Although companies...

"SaaS" is shorthand for Software-as-a-Service, a term used to describe software that is web-based. SaaS software is installed on the vendor's server, not locally on your computer. To access the software, users connect to the vendor's site via the web.

The Healthcare Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted to help protect workers and their dependents who lost their insurance coverage due to a change in employment as well as to safeguard the confidentiality of patient's health information. The law requires any entity...

With all relationships – be they personal or professional – communication is the thing that makes, breaks, maintains, harms, or supports the outcome.

A common mistake hiring companies make when outsourcing software development projects is assuming that certain things “go without saying.”

The word "phablet" is a hybrid of the words phone and tablet. In 2014, eMarketer, the digital marketing analysts, projected that the number of smartphone users would reach 1.75 billion by the end of the year. Tablets, however, have never enjoyed the same level of success. Smartphones and tablets...

Most often, the decision to outsource software development is based the potential cost savings and whether in-house staff members have the skills — and time — needed for the project. However, a bogged-down project can quickly reduce any financial benefits, whether from cost overruns or delayed...