Many thriving businesses discover opportunities to build rather than buy software which drives their business. If the available solutions don't match your growth or align with your business’ ways of working, outsourcing software development is a practical way to overcome these challenges. But before you sign that contract with a software vendor, consider the pros
By Boris Korenfeld, CTO and Tech Executives Advisor at Sphere Partners This is a summary of the critical concepts from Measure What Matters by John Doerr. We strongly recommend that you read the entire book - however, if you are pressed for time, the basic concepts are summarized nicely in this post. Measure What
Staff augmentation is one of the most effective ways to scale operations, drive innovation, reduce costs, and improve time-to-market. Therefore, it's quickly becoming the preferred hiring model for many businesses, especially in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s here to stay. According to research, the global IT outsourcing market was worth 92.5 billion
Change is the only certainty in business: markets fluctuate, innovations disrupt operations, and customer needs evolve. Organizational change requires competent leadership and strategic planning to implement. Unfortunately, successful change management is often out of reach. Data shows that about half of all change initiatives fail, and only 34% of businesses report a clear implementation success.
By Boris Korenfeld, CTO and Tech Executives Advisor at Sphere Partners Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Churchill's insight can be applied to the rapidly deflating tech bubble. While the previous decade fueled amazing investment and innovation, it also created overvaluation, irrational exuberance, and misallocation of resources: Engineering
By Jeb Buddecke, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners The latest Acumatica Summit held on January 29 to February 3rd just ended—and I was privileged to take part in this grand event this year! The Summit is always a productive and inspiring event for everyone in the ecosystem. Customers, prospects, resellers, ISVs and Acumatica
2023 Trends in Enterprise Applications and Software “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates Similarly to the stock market, where periods of recession are
In the wake of a possible global recession, some of the world’s top tech companies such as Facebook, Meta and Microsoft are laying off thousands of employees due to unsustainable growth plans and dwindling profit margins. And, many other companies are following suit—looking for alternative ways to maximize their development resources at a more affordable
By Jeb Buddecke, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners Ask any organizational leader about their business, and they'll tell you what their company does: their products, services, vision, market share, and expected growth. But do these leaders know how their companies get things done? This refers to operational efficiency, which means delivering high-quality products/services
The lift and shift approach is increasingly popular among organizations of all sizes. It’s an efficient way to migrate applications from on-premise servers to the cloud with minimal effort and cost. Cloud lift and shift migration strategy involves lifting an application from its current environment and shifting it to a new cloud-based environment. This approach
