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...

Can you afford apps that are functional and pretty?

With even the smallest of companies switching onto the power of being mobile and having an ‘app’ to engage and retain customers, it’s no wonder that the technology development world is growing apace.  While this is all well and good and the future...

Bi-modal IT: Finding the perfect harmony

As the concept of bimodal, or ‘two-operations IT’ gains traction, chief information officers (CIOs) are grappling with the dilemma of how to keep existing systems humming, while simultaneously developing the agility and innovation capability to respond to...

‘Creativity’ a must for developers

South Africa’s cellular industry is one of the jewels in the crown of the country’s economy. From just 4-million landlines in 1994, the industry can today point to more than 80-million active cellphones. That South Africans have adopted mobile technology...