Africa Code Week comes to town
The inaugural Africa Code Week will take place from 1 October to 10 Octber, during which the Cape Town Science Centre will host a variety of free coding workshops. The transfer of skills will include the free Scratch coding workshops for children aged between 8 and 12...
Dealing with shadow IT
It's common knowledge that the war against cyber crime is not being won, and that the security industry is playing a catch-up game at best. In fact, it is many security professionals' assertion that we cannot keep threats out of our networks, and thus we need to focus...
Mistakes in integrating new product development processes
In this Soft Expert white paper, Paul O'Connor, founder and MD of The Adept Group and Ian Huntly, CEO and MD of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, discuss the mistakes to avoid when integrating new product development processes. SoftExpert is exclusively represented in...
The changing face of custom software development
For many businesses, the battleground for winning and retaining customers has shifted to digital platforms that are able to deliver an experience that is simpler, more intuitive and constantly evolving to user needs, writes Sameer Deans, GM of ThoughtWorks. This has...
App development key to customer engagement
Just like every company today is a software business, every company today is also an app company. “We’re in the middle of an app revolution and the implications for business are huge, even if you don’t think of yourself as an app business,” says Quinton Pienaar, CEO...
Emergent design key for agile businesses
The third annual Agile Africa conference on 24 to 26 August 2015 hosted by the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University will feature a session on emergent design and how developers design with a smaller code base in agile. JCSE director,...
Conference challenges Agile’s efficacy
Agile is not the easy way out according to Agile Africa 2015 keynote speaker, Dr Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks’ CTO. In her address at the third annual Agile Africa conference, taking place on 24 to 26 August 2015, Dr Parsons will explore three perspectives on Agile...
CA announces mobile DevOps suite
CA Southern Africa has announced Mobile DevOps, a solution suite aimed at accelerating application development and deployment. The company has also announced Enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) – which will enable the adoption of internet-connected devices. On the...
Software projects versus software products
When building software solutions, whether internally or outsourced, much of the focus is often on enforcing budget and deadlines, or on risks, such as choosing and implementing the right methodologies, technologies and platforms. Included in this list of pitfalls is a...
Time is running out to get agile in Africa
The Jo'burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University is gearing up for its third annual Agile Africa conference on 24 to 26 August 2015. With headline speakers including renowned Agile expert, Kent Beck, ThoughtWorks CTO, Dr Rebecca Parsons, and...
IQ Logistica wins OutSystems award
Local systems integrator IQ Logistica has won the OutSystems International Innovation Award for Best Deployment Speed. The programme recognises those enterprises using the OutSystems Platform to transform IT and drive innovation, efficiency and productivity in the...
DVT launches global software testing hub
Software and services specialist DVT has launched a new software testing hub in Cape Town, with the goal of creating the largest facility of its kind in Africa for local and international clients. Using a customised DVT-developed software testing framework, the DVT...