The Basics of PCI: What Every Merchant Should Know

Handling the payments of all your valued customers can be quite a stressful task considering all the confidential information involved in the payment process. Fortunately, there are reliable providers that can take the pressure of payment security and PCI compliance off your hands.   You've likely heard of PCI compliance if you run a business

April 20th, 2023|

Resource Augmentation: A New Means of Enhancing Your Team

A report by tech giant IBM has concluded that 45% of organizations experience difficulties finding the right talent for their requirements. As a result, many businesses no longer solely rely on their internal IT teams to complete their software development projects. The resource augmentation market worldwide is experiencing steady growth that is only expected to

April 18th, 2023|

Learn with Sphere: How to improve the performance of client-side applications

My name is Gevorg Zoroghlyan, and I am a Software Engineer with six years of experience in the industry. I specialize in web development, and have been working at Sphere Partners for the past year. Throughout my career, I have gained a strong understanding of the software development life cycle, and have had

April 12th, 2023|

Benefits of moving from Legacy ERP to Cloud

Benefits of moving from Legacy ERP to Cloud Consider cars in the 1990s or 2000s versus new ones today. Today, just like then, there were wheels, a steering wheel, an engine, windows, radios, etc., but cars today have hundreds of sensors, satellite radio, self-diagnostics, and many new features. They are basically rolling computers. Similarly,

April 6th, 2023|

ChatGPT vs. Bard: The Battle of the AI Bots

A deep dive into the world of ChatGPT and Bard, the powerful generative AI models that are revolutionizing engineering and business applications.  By: Dima Kuchin, Head of Data and AI Practice, Sphere Partners Venturing into the AI Frontier: Bard vs. ChatGPT Artificial intelligence has evolved significantly, with generative AI models like Open AI’s ChatGPT quickly

April 4th, 2023|

MVP in 2023: Hedging Against Market Downturns with a Strong Prototype

Here's a sobering statistic about our current economic climate: 48% of U.S.  investors expect a recession in 2023, and 21% expect it in 2024. That's nearly 70% of investors expecting the worst. But for a tech startup, this is good news. Economic downturns are the perfect opportunities to design solid products and begin MVP fundraising.

March 28th, 2023|

2023 Tech Trends: Outlook on AI, IoT, 5G, Cloud Computing, and More

2023 Tech Trends Outlook on AI, IoT, 5G, Cloud Computing, and More 2023 is set to be an exciting year for the tech industry. We are already seeing rapid growth in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, 5G networks, and cloud computing, to name a few. As these technologies continue to evolve at breakneck

March 24th, 2023|

2023 US Bank Collapses and How Businesses Can Reduce Impact

March 2023 started with bank collapses that came seemingly out of nowhere and affected businesses and individuals not only in the United States but worldwide. In an already strained economy, many fear that it will lead to a financial crisis akin to that experienced in 2008.  Let’s learn more about the 2023 US bank collapses,

March 23rd, 2023|

Maximizing Growth Potential: Overcoming Common OKR Mistakes

Names, OKRs, and dates are changed to protect client confidentiality. This case study assumes a basic understanding of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). If you’d like a shallow dive into the deep topic of OKRs, we’ve summarized Measure What Matters by John Doerr into a short set of crib notes here. London-based ACME-Payments (ACME), a

March 21st, 2023|