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Attracting Tech Talent – Tips From 5 Unicorns

Growing American companies are competing more and more to recruit top tech talent to help with IT and operations. When businesses fail to fulfill their tech talent needs, it can have a serious negative impact on their overall growth as well as research and development. The key to filling these roles isn’t just trying to […]

10 Benefits of Hiring Nearshore Software Developers

If your technology company is growing faster than those you have on deck can handle, chances are you are considering offshore development to help with the workload. Finding offshore talent allows you to hire skilled developers that can handle the nitty gritty aspects of projects so you and your team can focus on the big […]

Outsourcing Software Development? 5 Mistakes to Avoid

In order to keep up with rapid growth, startup web companies often turn to outsourcing software development in order to stay on track and meet project deadlines. Outsourcing the nitty-gritty details allows companies to focus on the big picture while also ensuring the product is ready for market. As common as outsourcing software development is, […]

Explaining the Agile Process and the Transition to an Agile Scrum Environment

Making the move from waterfall to an agile scrum development environment can be a big move, but for many software teams, it’s definitely worth the transition. When you work in an environment that utilizes the scrum methodology, it’s likely this organization values open communication, collaboration and efficiency. While we’ve already explored the basics of agile scrum […]

Common Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Offshore Software Developers

Expanding your dev team to include offshore software developers? Don’t make these common mistakes. There are so many advantages to outsourcing your software development to offshore software developers. Managers are able to find highly qualified professionals to fill in the gaps where they need while keeping development costs down. Project managers are then allowed to […]

Benefits of Hiring Software Developers in Central America

When some people hear the term “outsourcing,” they get a negative association. For a while, the word became synonymous with the removal of jobs or even entire businesses from the area. However in today’s software development market, that’s pretty far from the truth. The reality is there is a huge job gap in the technology […]

Transitioning to Agile Software Development

  Business leaders are not usually concerned with the inner workings of their company’s software development– but should they be? According to the methodology of agile software development, there should be more interaction between managers and programmers.  When implemented correctly, agile development principles allow developers to stay flexible in order to build a quality project. […]

My Xamarin Experience

Different Options When developing software, whether it’s for a fun project or a formal business project, a requirement can be met by many different options and technologies. After a while of looking at many, it is natural to think which is the best option for the requirement. Let us consider the options for building a […]

Five Things to Know Before Hiring Offshore Developers

Hiring offshore developers to complete software development work for an onshore company is becoming more and more popular. Benefits include: you get to focus on the big picture of your company while someone else does the detail work, office-wide productivity is increased with fewer office distractions, and you are opened up to fresh ideas that […]

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