As far back as 2008, Netflix in its earlier avatar encountered a network outage at one of its data centers, leading to a temporary shutdown of its DVD rental services for three days. Now imagine…
Today’s fast-paced, software-driven markets and the soaring ‘anytime, anywhere’ culture demand a restructuring of many tried and trusted approaches. Among the areas impacted is the manner we design, build, and use applications. Cloud-native applications have…
Over the past few years, code refactoring has sometimes been discussed as the “silver bullet” for product development. And with good reason too! Especially in any Agile or DevOps environment, code refactoring is a near-universal…
In the realm of application development, two approaches that are always being talked about a lot are serverless and Kubernetes. Both businesses and developers are constantly evaluating the two options and assessing how each specific…
Today, the entire world is connected, and the fourth industrial revolution is only blurring the physical and digital boundaries more. However, when applications, networks, and IT infrastructure amid such profound congruence fail, they are bound…
In 2022, Gartner predicts that nearly USD 482 billion will be spent on cloud services globally. We have seen how the pandemic accelerated digital adoption worldwide and cloud computing. More specifically SaaS offerings have been…
The influence of software becomes extensive as we move to a digitally embedded society. But for the software to be useful, it must exhibit a smooth and fail-proof functionality. Faulty software can lead to disastrous…
Previously regarded as an afterthought, application security is a critical element of any application development process. As more applications move to the cloud, there are growing concerns about external threats and breaches. Today, “security” as…
For startups, transforming products into SaaS productsmight seem like a daunting task. Founders must don several hats, there’s always so much to do, and budgets are always tight. Understanding how to begin the SaaS journey…
The recently released 2022–23 World Quality Report by Sogeti offers a valuable assessment of the prevailing state of quality engineering practices in the software industry. In the face of the ever-accelerating pace of application development,…