Prediction of changes in Cloud Computing and Big Data in 2012

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Here is an interview with Informatica‘s executives about the changes in cloud computing and big data in upcoming 2012. As outsourcing software development company we are always watching the latest technologies predictions, we are always up-to-date with IT trends. So it’s really useful SandHill.com’s interview.

“First, cloud will move out of the consideration phase and into implementation more broadly in the enterprise including within the federal government. And more IT organizations will make the shift from cost center to profit center, in part due to the adoption of cloud computing.”

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Darren Cunningham is Vice President, Marketing at Informatica. Chris Boorman is Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Enablement and Education at Informatica.

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C# wins developers — official release of the Tiobe Programming Community Index

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Microsoft’s C# language appears set to overtake C++ in regard to its popularity with developers

Tiobe survey has C# nipping at C++’s heels in popularity, but C++ holds edge in growing mobile development field. SoftElegance as software development company with the primary .NET Framework skills has C# as the main programming language.

In a release this week of the Tiobe Programming Community Index, which gauges the popularity of different languages, C# was ranked fourth, used by 8.205 percent of developers, barely behind C++, used by 8.252 percent. C++ has been consistently ranked third in the index since 2001.

Throwing up a potential roadblock to C#’s rise is that C++ offers better performance and thus is better for mobile applications, said Paul Jansen, Tiobe managing director. “If you look at the current trends, C# will surpass C++ in the next couple of months. But there might be a chance that C++ is strong enough to stay atop of C# because it is better for mobile application development.”

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“As SaaS matures, buyers face new considerations” — InfoWorld and Forrester interview

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Products And Business Models Will Have Selective Impact

Here is InfoWorld’s Chris Kanaracus interview with Forrester’s principal analyst Liz Herbert “Analytics, service orchestration, and mobility are just a few of the new facets of on-demand software”.

Liz Herbert’s report identifies five key areas of change for SaaS: Industry specialization, embedded analytics, orchestration of multiple services, social networking, and mobility.

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Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is an important new set of capabilities and engagement models in the IT industry, particularly in the emerging world of cloud computing. We project that SaaS offerings will grow from 7% of total software revenues in 2010 to 17% in 2013.

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“Offshore Software Development Success Story” at PRLog

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

SoftElegance has released its offshore software development success story “A SoftElegance Technology Overhaul Establishes RussianNY.com as a Modern Web Portal” at PRLog.

PRLog is an online press release distribution service. PRLog was founded to help small, medium and large businesses and organizations in their online activities.

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“The project was close to failure, so RussianNY.com hired SoftElegance as a software development partner, hoping that a design and technology overhaul could save their web portal”, says the press release.

Please find the full story at PRLog: “Offshore Software Development Success Story: RNY is transformed into the leading ethnic web portal“.

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The Top 10 Business Technology Trends To Watch: 2012 To 2014

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Forrester: Tech changes to expect to 2014

Here is Forrester’s research for Enterprise Architecture Professionals. Business Intelligence tools, mobile apps and cloud application platforms are areas that will evolve and create significantly more business value between today and 2014.

Driving increasing capacity for business innovation remains high on the CIO’s agenda, but enterprise architects struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing technology landscape while also juggling current state complexity.

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Forrester gauged 208 IT executives with knowledge of their companies’ technology strategies to see what areas they expect to change most during the next three years:

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Find SoftElegance at Google+

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Google+ is a social network from Google.

As always SoftElegance use the up-to-date technologies and services, we are watching latest trends and tendencies in IT world.

Please don’t hesitate to add SoftElegance to your circle:

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“Outsourcing in a brave new world” — an international survey of current outsourcing practice and trends

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Here is a review of comprehensive Norton Rose’s survey “Outsourcing in a brave new world”

As software development company we are focused at IT and software development issues in this survey, which was conducted in 2011 first from 2008.
The survey also found that customers needed to improve ‘management buy-in‘, ‘good supplier/customer relationships‘, and ‘more sophisticated approach to risk‘ areas of their procurement processes if they wanted to archive the maximum benefits from outsourcing.

It is clear that outsourcing has been affected by the economic downturn

The “Outsourcing in a brave new world” survey shows that cost reduction is the most important driver for outsourcing, customers want flexible solutions, and customers have tightened their diligence processes—apart from those applied to key incoming personnel.

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The global economic crisis has clearly impacted on outsourcing strategy and deals. The survey shows that:

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IBM’s development process best practices

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

IBM is a company with RUP best practices. Its VP talks about developers productivity and more…

IBM has plenty of application development tools at its disposal, including those from its own Rational Software line and Rational Unified Process. But tooling and process can only go so far to assure code quality. System scores application developers based on the volume and quality of their work. Today we representing the interview with IBM’s VP at global business services division Pat Howard.

SoftElegance is a company with RUP as a core software development process and we are attended at Rational Unified Process best practices, news, and useful facts.

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Pat Howard led application development at IBM, where he was responsible for delivering applications across all of Big Blue’s brands and overseeing its global development teams. On the talent front, he helped implement a system for analyzing individual application developers based on the volume and quality of their work.

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Gartner Webinar: Enterprise Business Architecture

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Enterprise Business Architecture: Uniting Business and IT

Enterprise architects are in a unique position to enable and lead the unification of business and IT. Leading organizations know “our business is IT, and IT is our business.”

One crucial aspect of unifying business and IT is leveraging a enterprise business architecture as a conduit for engaging business leaders, and understanding the ripple effect of business changes on people, process, information and technology.

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Here is Gartner Webinar “Enterprise Business Architecture: Uniting Business and IT” by Betsy Burton, VP Distinguished Analyst. The discussed topics are “What is the value of supporting enterprise business architecture?”, “How should organizations approach supporting their business architecture?”, and “How can organizations leverage business capabilities to engage the business?”.

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SoftElegance presentation at APICS Houston Chapter: “Inventory Logistic Management Using GPS/Wireless System”

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Andy.Starzhinsky

Inventory Logistic Management Using GPS/Wireless System at APICS Chapter

SoftElegance has submitted the presentation “Inventory Logistic Management Using GPS/Wireless System” at Houston Chapter of Association for Operations Management. The October’s session of APICS started with Roman Beketov and Marsha Nolte presentation.

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“Many companies use traditional process to track inventory and provide project status updates. Over the years those traditional methods have proven to be inefficient, costly, and time consuming for yard and shop employees. Without a reliable way to track how many moves are made around the yard in a given day, many organizations lose money because they cannot determinate the optimal number of employees and forklifts required for route optimization”, says official APICS Pressrelease.

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