Cooperation between Indian and Western providers will increase

Yesterday IT News published that the business process outsourcing market is set to undergo more consolidation among the mid-sized tier-two providers. But this is not applicable to the BPO market … Continue reading “Cooperation between Indian and Western providers will increase”

How to improve client communication while reducing emails by 95%?

How to reduce amount of emails sent back an fort to your clients

Profit From The Outsourcing Rebirth After The Downturn

Before the downturn, outsourcing was becoming more and more popular mainly thanks to unrestricted access to resources and knowledge of specific domains. Partial reduction of incurred costs was another reason … Continue reading “Profit From The Outsourcing Rebirth After The Downturn”

What SQL Azure looks like after getting the invitation code

Short overview about SQL Azure Management panel and features offered to free users.

Google Protocol Buffers = “think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler”

Do you need to serialize/deserlize huge amount of data in very quick and simple way? Is XML, JSON or other mechanism for serialization to slow or to heavy for you? There is a nice solution for these problems. It is called Google Protocol Buffers. If you don’t know what is it and how it works, read my post below.

Which Cloud Computing Platform is mature enough to use it?

Although I am Microsoft Developer I have to conclude that currently Google App Engine is offering more stable service. If you want to start your adventure with CLOUD, I think you should get your hands dirty with Google App Engine until Azure platform is more tested and stable.

Show what your client wants with an image

A picture is worth a thousand words and still, we express ourselves mainly in words, just like this blog post. Although many people will support the statement, we just think … Continue reading “Show what your client wants with an image”

Let’s do it! Flex and Grails

I have to admit, that I’m quite enthusiastic about new technologies, especially RIA (Rich Internet Applications) solutions. Recently I was going to give a try to JavaFX and Adobe Flex. And since … Continue reading “Let’s do it! Flex and Grails”

10 things that reduce client trust to arctic zero

10 things that reduce the client trust to arctic zero

Agile development – advantages and disadvantages – Part 2

Trust is very important because it usually makes the client come back with another order later on. In waterfall approach, trust is usually on the same level from the beginning to the end of the project. In Agile development, since you keep in touch with the client, there is a risk that trust will go away much earlier. Whydoes this happen? Is waterfall approach better?