Pokémon Go launch reminds why ‘build to scale’ is important

One of the catch phrases of DevOps and cloud for the past, oh, many years has been “build to fail”, writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist at F5 Networks. The premise being that too many businesses experience costly downtime and loss of...

Reduce development time by 80%

The pace of business just keeps increasing. As a result, companies are looking to their technology investments to provide agility, speed, functionality and performance. However, many are struggling to meet user and partner requirements, and to make data ubiquitous and...

DevOps delivers a host of benefits to business

There is an emerging trend towards Information Technology (IT) agility which is gaining impetus as the market demands flexibility and customised products and services. Traditionally, IT companies provide the market with pre-determined packages which include a set...

Why enterprise IT is attracting top development talent

In recent years, the sensational success stories of tech companies like Facebook and Apple have turned the general public’s attention toward the inner workings of these types of companies – and more specifically, the talent driving them. While the founders...

Avoid mobile development pitfalls

The mobile web is going through an exciting growth phase as consumers and businesses shift their interests toward the “second screen”, writes Sven Hammar, CEO of Apica System. Even the media is taking notice of the trend, with Forbes declaring 2015 the...

How to run successful load tests

Load testing is instrumental to any web or mobile presence, whether it is e-commerce, bookings, media, governmental or something else – a modern ambitious enterprise needs to have the highest possible web performance standards. But how do you carry out a...