Category: Software Development

Ux is Crucial: Business Apps Must Offer an Experience as Intuitive as Social Media & Consumer Sites

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September 16, 2014

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In today’s mobile world, the user experience may be just about the most important thing in application and site delivery. User experience improvement, aka Ux Improvement, has become one of the most important disciplines in the software development world.For years, users, and especially users of enterprise products, have been ignored with cumbersome, inflexible user interfaces, that are difficult to use, and force users to do perform rework, in the form duplicate data entries. In the old world of interface design, technical teams paid little attention to the user experience, and so the typical packaged software or website interface lacked flexibility and was rarely intuitive. As a result, users needed a lot of training. In the new world of interface design, the issue of mobility has compounded and complicated the user experience.

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Success Mantra for Enterprise Mobility – Focus on Requirements

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September 15, 2014

Cloud & Mobile Enabling Enterprise Businesses

Wouldn’t it be nice to carry your facilities, team, products and customers in your hip pocket? If you could miniaturize your business, you would never be too far away to handle a problem, capitalize on an opportunity, collaborate with employees or grow your market presence. Enterprise mobility is key to business success in this mobile society. If your business is to succeed, every one of your employees needs mobile access to enterprise applications, web sites, social media and other technology tools.End users and employees are more sophisticated than ever and their demands are based on what they see in the consumer market and what they have come to expect from technology solutions – and those demands are always changing. But, one thing does not change and that is the fact that your business will suffer if your applications, sites, and software are not suitable for the various size smart phone screens, tablets and desktops. Users will not adopt and leverage applications that are difficult to access or use. Productivity, revenue and other business metrics will decline if your business does not provide intuitive, accessible, mobile applications and business solutions.

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ISVs & IT Service Providers: Give Clients Enterprise Mobility for YOUR & THEIR Success

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September 15, 2014

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Enterprise mobility is key to business success in this mobile society. If you are an IT service provider or software vendor, you must enable your customers and clients with enterprise mobility if you want to succeed. That mobility must extend from enterprise applications, to web sites and all other technology tools you provide.Consumers and business users are more sophisticated than ever and their expectations and demands are always changing. But, one thing does not change and that is the fact that you will lose market share if your applications are not suitable for the numerous devices available today for users – desktops, laptops, tablets and smart phones with different operating systems, browsers and screen sizes.

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Elegant MicroWeb Celebrates 16 Years of Scottish Partnership on Upcoming Scottish Independence Referendum

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September 12, 2014

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Scotland will vote on an independence proposition on September 18, and Elegant MicroWeb, of Ahmedabad, India, wishes the Scottish people the best during this important time in their history. In 2001, just two years after the Scottish Parliament was established, it became the first of many organizations throughout the United Kingdom to join hands with Elegant MicroWeb and Organized Feedback (Formerly CommunityPeople Ltd) of Edinburgh, Scotland, to embrace the concept of eDemocracy.

Elegant MicroWeb CEO, Kartik Patel said. “With remarkable foresight, the Scottish Parliament launched a technology outreach program to involve Members in the political process, and became the first legislature in the world to webcast debates, allowing citizens to discuss proposed legislation online.”

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On the Move: Fuel Your Sites with Responsive Web Design and Adaptive Web Design

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September 12, 2014

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When you consider the portability of technology in today’s world, it may seem as if mobile access has been with us forever. Not so long ago, mobile access was limited to pagers and ‘car phones’ that fit in a suitcase. While we are very comfortable with the access provided by smart phones and tablets, the technology of mobile access is changing every day. For businesses, this ever-changing landscape of devices, applications and social interaction can be confusing. The changes in technology do not stop long enough to give a business the chance to catch up. Consequently, it is imperative that businesses look at Responsive Web Design (RWD) and Adaptive Web Design (AWD) to provide the kind of access a customer or prospect expects.If you want to sell your products and services in a world of mobile access, you must make your sites and applications suitable for diverse size screen and devices. It is too expensive and time consuming to build and maintain multiple site versions, or numerous upgrades, migrations or site maintenance requirements.

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Let’s Get This Straight: Software Product Development Isn’t The Same As Application Development

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September 9, 2014

PDMS

The difference between Application Development, Maintenance and Support (ADMS) and Product Development, Maintenance and Support (PDMS) is not always obvious to businesses. But if an enterprise is considering a software product launch, it is imperative that the management team understands that difference! Employing ADMS skills and resources to complete a PDMS project is very likely to result in project failure.The investment and time required to conceive, design and develop a software product is significant, and it can be overwhelming. The software product development and design process includes competitive analysis, technical feasibility, product roadmap management and implementation and timely upgrades of the product to satisfy the ever-changing user and technology needs. If your business wants to successfully create and launch a software product, the project must be managed with optimum standards of software engineering and it must comply with the business plan and financial projections for the product. Software Products Development must include state-of-the-art software engineering practices, appropriate technical architecture, versioning control, detailed technical and user documentation and high development and quality standards.

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Content First, and Mobile First: How To Factor Them Into Responsive or Adaptive Web Design

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September 8, 2014

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If your enterprise is considering Responsive Web Design (RWD) or Adaptive Web Design (AWD), it is important to understand that the decision process does not end with RWD and AWD. To successfully design, develop, configure, integrate and implement a flexible web design, the business must also consider the questions related to ‘Content First’ and ‘Mobile First’.’Content First’ and ‘Mobile First’ methodologies are designed to put the emphasis on content prioritization, and to ensure that important information reaches the users, no matter what device they are using. These methodologies are often part of a responsive design strategy, and reflect an approach that allows the enterprise to display important business information to users quickly and with established priorities. If the navigation menu or company message is not clear or if it does not load fast on a smart phone the business may lose clients, customer trust, credibility and revenue. Having a content first strategy will help the enterprise to establish and sustain trust by respecting the user’s time and attention.

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PHP is a Magic Potion: Looking for a Dependable, Affordable Software and Web Site Development Framework? Look No Further

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September 8, 2014

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PHP is a server-side scripting language that enables web development, and can be used for all types of programming. Its popularity has exploded in recent years. So much so that the last estimate of PHP installations and site designs indicated that PHP was used to power nearly 250 million web sites around the world. There has been an explosion of PHP Development frameworks, like CakePHP, Zend Framework, Symphony and others, and these frameworks and tools add significant value for developers. PHP developers can also leverage the large global development community to discuss issues and find tips and tricks to make the development process easier, more flexible and more successful.The PHP hypertext preprocessor language is interpreted by a web server, and generates a page, or a set of pages using PHP embedded codes within the HTML document. One of the reasons PHP is so popular among developers is that the PHP license is free to use and it can be deployed on nearly all web servers and on most platforms and operating systems without any licensing costs.

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