Bringing women back to programming

In the 1960s, computer programming was still viewed as a lucrative career choice for many young women. Cosmopolitan magazine at the time even ran an article entitled The Computer Girls, which depicted the field as a better opportunity for women than many other...

Innovation is key to staying relevant

With today’s budget restraints, it seems virtually impossible for IT to meet all business demands. Therefore, IT needs to respond rapidly and innovate in order to stay relevant. This is according to OutSystems South Africa director Craig Terblanche. How will IT meet...

Smart developers use low-code alternatives

Customer-facing applications are now the top technology priority in many enterprises and developers need to think differently about how they build and deliver customer-facing applications. The growing need for mobile and web applications is driving development teams...

The need for software and business analyst duality

Today’s complex and competitive business landscape is calling for a shift in the role of the software developer as we currently understand it. Increasingly, businesses are looking towards a particular hybrid of software developer and business analyst – someone who can...

Design, programming for a multi-device future

Developers already have a difficult time with device manufacturers pushing their own development environments to reach consumers. Do developers specialise in one or two, or should they work across all of them? Not to mention how back-end and front-end programming...

10 steps to application transformation

Applications in business are being transformed at a faster rate than any time in history. According to the 2013 Cisco Global IT Impact Survey, 71% of companies report IT is deploying more applications than in 2012. Applications and user expectations are becoming more...