Tech Talk

Get the Most from Your Business Software Development When adapting new technologies for your business, you want to achieve your end goal with as little friction as possible. However, when implementing new solutions, it’s not uncommon for your current business processes, people, and productivity to be affected by the transition to new solutions. This transition period is... Read More

Part 3: How to Analyze Software Features and Create a Comparison Chart In Part 2 of our series, we went through how to run a software needs discovery and evaluated the importance of each requirement. Part 3 of our series will take you through the process of setting up a software comparison chart for finding... Read More

Part 1: How to Proactively Address Business Problems Welcome to our four-part series, Business Productivity and Technological Solutions. In this series we’ll walk you through how to address business problems, discovering what technological solutions your business needs, comparing available technologies, and whether to build or buy solutions. With our first entry, we’ll discuss how you... Read More

Part 2: How to Run a Software Needs Discovery Part 1 of our series took us through how to be proactive in preventing and managing problematic business processes. In Part 2 of our series, we’ll be discussing how to evaluate your business’s needs and create a list of software requirements that you need for your... Read More

So much of our daily business lives run through wireless networks that any issues with them can have a frustrating impact on employee and business productivity. While the end result of these issues usually manifests itself in similar ways, the underlying cause of the network issue can vary. Knowing exactly what is causing the problem... Read More

For many years, the normal standard was for business to pay for services based on the arrangement of time and materials, or T&M. Under this arrangement, company B only pays for the time and material costs that are incurred by their provider, company A. Under a normal T&M arrangement, Company B is under no obligation... Read More

When it comes to selecting business software systems, companies are typically faced with three options: Purchase a completely custom system Purchase a packaged “out of the box” system Utilize an open source software system that can be partially customized with plug-ins and add-ons Open source software is a complex topic that can pose a wide... Read More

While businesses hope they will never be faced with disasters, it is important to formulate a plan to prepare for the worst. Every company should have a documented disaster recovery plan (DRP), which is a process or procedure to recover its IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. When creating DRPs, it is important... Read More

As quickly as you can, name five to ten famous software engineers who have made a profound impact on society and technology. Not as easy as you thought, was it? While countless individuals, companies and other organizations have benefited in many different ways from the use of software and computer programs, we use these technological... Read More

In this post, Sanjog Sharma, Software Developer at Miles IT, discusses the strengths and weakness of two major caching solutions for ASP.NET Web Applications. Caching is one of the solutions a developer thinks of when it comes to improving the performance of slower sites. Caching can help reduce the number of database calls by allowing... Read More

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications have grown and evolved significantly over the last few years in terms of what they are able to accomplish and how they can improve your marketing and sales processes. There are many companies I come across that are underutilizing and misusing their CRM application or not using a CRM application... Read More

“The Cloud” is a term that gets thrown around a lot lately. Whether it is in new movies or snappy IBM commercials, the cloud is being characterized as this mysterious, yet dangerous entity that is a must-have for your business. But what exactly is the Cloud? And, more importantly, how does the Cloud work? While... Read More