Growth of cloud application development services

Enterprise application development has undergone a radical transformation, thanks to cloud based application development approaches. According to IDC, cloud computing is the ‘third platform’, with each platform referencing a visible technology shift. The ‘first platform’ comprised of mainframes and terminals, the ‘second platform’ being the client-server model supported by PCs. The definition of the third […]

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Top 5 emerging cloud application development platforms

Thanks to a growing group of PaaS (Platform as a Service) providers, cloud computing is becoming more prominent as a mechanism for developers to seamlessly deploy applications. Whereas IaaS providers offer bare compute cycles, SaaS providers offer access to such apps as CRM online, PaaS offerings provide turnkey services for developers to get their apps […]

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Key trends in cloud application development for 2016

Cloud application development has revolutionized enterprise computing. The importance of a cloud app development approach has been established beyond doubt.  The previous years saw noticeable highs in this realm, but also some serious lows in cloud security, due to the damaging security breaches in Target, HomeDepot, and Sony Pictures. As the curtains are drawn on […]

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Top 5 reasons to choose app development on the cloud

Cloud computing has revolutionized application development processes. Just the commercial payback from cloud app development is so compelling that organizations cannot ignore this approach anymore. Cloud platforms from Google, Amazon Web Services, SalesForce, and others have evolved over the last few years, and we can understand their power by reviewing a set of key development […]

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Benefits of a structured mobile application development process

Mobile applications have become the most effective tool for facilitating a wide variety of consumers transacting with their service providers. Mobile apps guarantee a personalized, secure and reliable interface between the consumer and the service provider; in the internet era, nothing could come closer to meeting the demands of the consumer as well as the […]

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10 Critical usage considerations in mobile app design

Mobile applications have become the most effective tool for facilitating a wide variety of consumers transacting with their service providers. Mobile apps guarantee a personalized, secure and reliable interface between the consumer and the service provider; in the internet era, nothing could come closer to meeting the demands of the consumer as well as the […]

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10 approaches to leveraging enterprise mobility

Mobility as a concept is not new: it first appeared on the business scene decades ago. What catalysed its progress as a business tool was the appearance of smart mobile devices, including the smartphone and tablet. Smartphone enabled applications gave birth to the domain of enterprise mobility, which is now forging a path to new […]

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Best practices in cross platform mobile app development

Google reports that over 1.3 million new Android devices are activated daily, and Apple has sold 400 million iOS devices since the iPhone introduction in 2007. This huge growth means that mobile devices will become the device of choice for all transactions. The power of the ‘mobile app’ thus cannot be underestimated. The power of […]

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Best practices for deploying applications on the cloud

Cloud infrastructure provides a highly reliable and scalable infrastructure for deploying web-scale solutions, with minimal support and administration costs, when compared to in-house infrastructure. Developers have a wide array of technologies that promise to increase the resiliency of applications upon deployment. One of the most fundamental capabilities of the cloud is what is called ‘elasticity’. […]

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