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...
Innovative SAP Hana option from Barnstone
SAP Hana offers businesses the ability to turn vast volumes of data into insight extremely rapidly, thus allowing them to operate more smartly in realtime. A real competitive advantage in today’s fast-moving markets. However, in today’s tough economic climate,...
IndigoCube to offer Agile software courses
IndigoCube has entered into a partnership with Software Education, a leading provider of training across the entire software development life cycle. In terms of the agreement, IndigoCube will be accredited to offer the full range of Software Education’s agile courses....
Innovation disrupts the status quo
One of the major transformational forces that is and will continue to be responsible for shifting the tectonic plates of the business world is technological progression, says Angela Gahagan-Thomson, EPG Lead at Microsoft South Africa. Technologies such as big data and...
Fujitsu RunMyProcess announces Easy Builder
Fujitsu RunMyProcess has announced the release of Easy Builder, a new application development environment targeted specifically at business users. Fujitsu RunMyProcess provides an innovative cloud platform that removes the barriers to digital transformation –...
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...
An Agile testing paradigm shift
Agile techniques are becoming mainstream as companies gear up to deliver the software they need to meet rapidly shifting consumer needs and intense competition. However, it’s also clear that many companies are struggling with testing in this new, agile world. “I’ve...
Lean Start-up workshop begins in Jo’burg
Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg takes place from 31 October to 2 November 2014 at Jozihub. Prof Barry Dwolatzky, director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) is a mentor for the 2014 workshop and says that the concept of “Lean Startup” is all about...
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...
OutSystems launches Platform 9
Raising the bar for mobile application development, OutSystems has launched its latest version - OutSystems Platform 9. The solution enables any developer to easily and rapidly create and deploy apps across iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Web, from a single...
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...
DVT, BluePrintBI partner on process management
Software and services specialist DVT has entered into a strategic partnership with BluePrint Business Intelligence (BI) to extend its toolset for clients looking for a holistic, user friendly business process management (BPM) solution. Developed primarily for...