iPhone Programming and Business Apps to Satisfy iPhone Addicts and the iGeneration

Posted on May 15, 2013

iGeneration! In 2010, a new term was invented to describe what will become the next generation workforce. The Millennial generation is nearing 30, and high school kids are moving into college dorms. In a year or two the iGeneration will join the workforce. They are plugged in to social networks and they are used to buying products and services with their Smart Phones and tablets.

In my world, the iGeneration might as well mean ‘the iPhone generation’ and that generation is here now. We don’t have to wait for the new kids to join the workforce. We are already pressed to provide iPhone programming to support the sales of business products and services via iPhone to satisfy the millions of iPhone addicts who stand in line for the next version of their favorite device!

Third party iPhone programming can satisfy nearly every Smart Phone need and provide new product, marketing and sales opportunities. Opportunities for custom iPhone programming include complex graphical applications, including 3D modeling, audio and video streaming on mobile platforms, interactive 2D and interactive 3D games, mobile interfaces for enterprise applications, content management system (CMS) interfaces for mobile devices, and GIS and GPS applications. Expert iPhone application development enables application interfaces as platform and device independent to suit multiple mobile devices and satisfy cross–platform Smart Phone frameworks like Rhodes and PhoneGap.

But iPhone programming isn’t for the feint of heart! If you want a dynamic business iPhone app to knock the socks off the current iPhone users and the iGeneration you’ll need to contact the experts.

Get in touch with these guys. They have expert iPhone developers and they can help you reserve your spot with the iGeneration workforce: www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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eCommerce and Internet Marketing Specialists

Posted on May 1, 2013
Internet-Marketing Those pesky competitors! They offer great deals, and advertise and market to your prospects. Sometimes, they even steal away customers. But don’t be downhearted! You CAN beat the competition using eCommerce and an experienced internet marketing specialist! eCommerce improves business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) sales and supports all kinds of customer-facing and partner activities. Just don’t forget that Internet marketing specialist I mentioned! He or she can help you get the most out of eCommerce using domain knowledge and the right tools to integrate advertising and marketing campaigns with social media sites, enterprise website, and blogs. With SEO, SMM and PPC your eCommerce initiatives will target the right customers, enhance brand awareness and reach the right audience and geographies.

Find out more about Elegant MicroWeb eCommerce Services and Internet Marketing Services

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake
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The Secret to Selecting the Right IT Outsourcing Partner is EPSFTCQPSBMPJVCFPLA

Posted on April 30, 2013

I make good use of IT consultants, IT staff augmentation and technical partners. Experts are the most cost-effective and skilled people to do the work. My customers hire me because I am the best at MY job and I hire IT outsourcing partners because THEY are the BEST at their jobs. My colleagues ask me what they should look for when they are selecting an outsourcing partner. Want to know the secret? It’s EPSFTCQPSBMPJVCFPLA (if that’s not an acronym you know…read on).

(E) Experience – Great skills and knowledge, with numerous frameworks, languages, domains and tools.

(PSF) Product/Service Focus – Well-tested business processes, systems and models. A track record of achieving schedules and budgets.

(TC) Technical Competency – Software development, Java Programming, .Net, PHP, portals, frameworks, J2EE, CMS, eCommerce and cross-platform competence.

(Q) Quality – Processes and methodologies for design, development, maintenance and support. ISO 9001:2008 certified for all major processes.

(PS) Protection/Security – Processes designed to ensure optimum IT security for data, personal and business information, source code, designs, documentation, frameworks and IPR.

(BM) Business Models – Offshore Development and Staff Augmentation to enable client and partner growth and position them for competitive growth.

(PJV) Partnerships/Joint Ventures – Partnerships with local and regional technology companies including IT companies, consulting companies, business consultants and business development companies.

(CF) Customer Focus – Proven excellence and testimonials from clients in IT service, outsourcing, software development, and IT infrastructure management.

(P) People – Strong culture of team spirit; allowing every team member to go beyond individual capabilities. Invested in growing resources.

(LA) Location Advantage – Geographic and business location allowing the outsourcing partner to offer low cost, high value services, dependable facilities and infrastructure and resource pool.

Want some of that EPSFTCQPSBMPJVCFPLA? www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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CMS, Portal and Site Localization and Customization Gives You a Leg Up On the Competition

Posted on April 15, 2013

Whether your business is large or small, you need a web presence. You may integrate information from sales systems, HR, a product specification data base or other data repository. You may need team collaboration across country or state boundaries. It’s imperative that your portal, corporate site, eCommerce or CMS site satisfies customers, employees, suppliers, partners and stakeholders.

Yes, web marketing and web sales and advertising are exploding! But, customers still need to feel the local impact of products and services. They need to know that you have a handle on the local market. You speak their language, you understand their needs, and you do business in a way that meets their requirements.

With a few keywords and a little web research, your clients can purchase products and services from companies located in your community, or on other continents. The challenge is to create a web presence and image so you can compete in the local, regional, domestic and global market. But, an expensive, animated site doesn’t ensure traffic or generate revenue.

A cost-effective CMS site, portal or website is dynamic and easy to change, and allows you to quickly create and update content, add products, shipping options, pictures, and descriptions, to sustain a fresh and interesting web presence.

Experts who have domain expertise and skills in multiple CMS, eCommerce, portal or site frameworks, design and development can customize and enhance technical platforms and tools. They will identify an appropriate framework and recommend, design and develop features and customer interaction tools like live chat, and product comparison. Site maps, templates, workflow and secured access rights allow you to manage content and site, without programmer assistance.

If you need an expert with quality processes, technical competence and solution design, and excellent consulting services and service delivery, look here: www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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ISO 9001:2008 – Yawn-Fest or Exciting Achievement?

Posted on March 31, 2013

If you’re an old-timer like me, you probably yawn when someone talks about quality. We all know about the tsunami of Japanese quality processes and the resurgence of quality in the U.S. and around the world. We are bored with terms like TQM quality-centric. But, we shouldn’t be!

Our customers, employees, partners, suppliers and stakeholders may not understand the detail, learning and dedication required for IT quality assurance and processes, but they certainly understand and they will stay with us if we remain devoted to quality and excellence.

If you work in the technology field and/or buy or staff technology services, ISO Quality Management (QMS) is a familiar term. Companies that certified for ISO approach every development, testing, maintenance, support and IT consulting task with proven methodologies to ensure positive outcomes for the clients and optimal resource utilization for the IT consultant or partner.

ISO certification requires that software, technology, skills development and processes are based on quality processes and quality control. To be certified, IT providers must pass the comprehensive, independent ISO 9001:2008 audit for all major processes, including project management, software product development and after sales services and they must use appropriate methodologies and processes throughout every phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Maybe it’s not glamorous or exciting, but it gets the job done! Take it from me, you WANT to work with an ISO certified IT consultant. Their quality focus ensures that each solution meets business and performance requirements. Quality auditing is part of their process and success is measured by objective metrics. User acceptance is based on documented requirements and specifications and on the functionality and dependability of the solution.

So, shake off that yawn and get some quality going in your organization: www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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Expert Mobile Apps for Business = Swift ROI + Improved Competitiveness + Increased Revenue

Posted on March 15, 2013

I recently attended a technology conference and was chatting with one of the presenters. I asked her, “What is toughest challenge you face as a technology expert?” She said that the pace of global technology change has increased to the point where it is nearly impossible for the average business person to keep up. When she is asked to consult, she first has to educate clients on the types of technologies available and the need to remain competitive with apps and functionality delivered via mobile devices.

We are all struggling to keep pace with technology and, if we don’t understand the value of mobile applications and the return on investment for a well-conceived, well designed mobile app, we are missing a huge opportunity for our business.

Your company must grasp the business and competitive implications of mobile apps and apply these technologies for team members, customers, stakeholders and partners who use or manage product and services. But what about the limited IT resources within your company and the need to move quickly to satisfy product and competitive issues using skilled resources and staff that understands mobile application development, cross-platform development and all popular mobile devices, tablets and computer frameworks and applications and languages.

You can use mobile devices to connect to your team and customers with 2D, 3D, video and audio, training and event apps, project management, CMS, ERP, sales, ordering, purchasing and shipping, advertising and marketing, financial services and money management, product and supply chain, retail, inventory, construction, healthcare, photo galleries and travel and hospitality to name a few!

If you need mobile application cross-platform technical competence and solution design, consulting services and service delivery, look no further. www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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Do You Dream of Seamless Data Integration? If So, You Must be a Geek! BUT, Your Dream CAN Come True!

Posted on February 28, 2013

Ah, the naivety of the 90s! Businesses clung to the hope that they could find ONE software solution that would satisfy every business needs and do so affordably and quickly. Today, the world of business incorporates legacy systems, best-of-breed solutions, reporting software, industry-specific apps, mobile applications for smart phones and tablets and every manner of sales, contact, inventory, warehousing, financial, production, distribution, legal and enterprise software.

If we have abandoned the dream of ONE solution, we haven’t abandoned the idea that we must integrate the data in all systems to avoid drowning in a sea of useless information. How can we integrate systems designed in different code, different data base configuration, and different platforms and frameworks and tools?

Integration is the key to leveraging knowledge and data and bringing it together in a meaningful, usable way. The scope of the integration must include business processes and applications across the organization and among key partners, customers and stakeholders.

You need integration consulting services that can ensure full data integration and interoperability of systems within and outside the walls of your business. You need help to assess, recommend and implement solutions that are unique to your requirements so you can select and implement appropriate architectures, tools, technologies and frameworks and deploy a cross-platform integration solution to ensure scalable, practical information exchange and data integration with appropriate, dependable security configuration.

Enhance data visibility and decrease the time required to compile data for quick analysis and manipulation with data, application and system integration across diverse platforms, integration with web services, reporting solutions, stakeholder and legacy systems.

Here is where to start: www.elegantmicroweb.com, or info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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Dear Abby: How Can I Avoid a Relationship with an Inexperienced Global IT Provider?”

Posted on February 15, 2013

You remember the advice columnist Abigail Van Buren? She said, “If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.”

Imagine buying the experience of businesses that made mistakes in selecting software, outsourcing partners or IT consultants. What would you pay to avoid choosing an IT firm that is unable to deliver world-class, global services that satisfy your needs?

It doesn’t matter whether you need software development, programming services, project management, application development and maintenance, content management systems (CMS), infrastructure management, staff augmentation, smart phone or tablet software development, system integration, networking or other IT services. What matters is whether the firm has global experience and can provide offshore outsourcing services, product development, and global support with proven processes, methodologies and affordable services and delivery models.

If YOU don’t know what an IT consultant needs to know, you must count on proven experience and skills to guide you through the project or manage the ongoing relationship. The team must function as a true extension of your staff. They must have experience in vertical and industry-specific markets and be able to support your needs, no matter where your business is located. They must function across time zones and deal with linguistic, geographical and cultural differences.

If you want low cost, high value services and the best technology services available to global clients, go with a service provider who has experience in the U.K., U.S., Europe, Japan, the Middle East and the Far East. They can support IT companies, and consultancy, technology, web and eCommerce businesses, financial services and security trading, BPO, chemicals, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, automobile and motorcycle manufacturing.

Contact the pros! www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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Oh Woe Is Me! The Sad Tale of Failed Software Product Development

Posted on January 31, 2013

I met Emily at a recent IT conference. She was part of a panel discussing application and product development. Emily cautioned the audience about the perils of developing a software application for sale. Any packaged application vendor will tell you that developing a software product is not risk free. It is costly and can be disastrous. You need the right skills, processes, methodologies and oversight. Emily talked about her company’s experience and how they abandoned the project after years of work and a gargantuan budget overrun.

If your business is planning to introduce a software product, you’ll need to develop requirements, design, test concepts, develop the product, test, upgrade, provide version control and recommend appropriate architecture, develop technical and user documentation and security controls, and train, license and support the product and comply with industry standards and software engineering methodologies. Depending on the product, you may also have to design versions for mobile use and accommodate integration, system and data migration.

It isn’t enough to look for a vendor with application development experience. When you release a product into the market, you need an expert – one with experience in application AND product development and all the aforementioned skills necessary to achieve product success. You need proven processes and delivery models to support the development life cycle from concept to maintenance.

Emily talked about the need to define required features and platforms to support the end user and customer requirements and the importance of vendor domain knowledge and the ability to analyze and understand the market and industry in which you compete.

If you are looking for affordable, skilled software product development and flexible delivery models, contact www.elegantmicroweb.com, or info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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Overwhelmed with IT? It Helps to Have a Friend in the IT Business

Posted on January 15, 2013

You know how it is. You have more IT work than resources so you pull a team member from one project to staff another. This can result in project delays and budget overrun and the work product can suffer if the team doesn’t have the skills you need to complete a task.

I understand. I’ve faced these issues too. Fortunately, I found a solution. My technology projects and support issues were a constant source of frustration. When I needed to finish a critical project, something would get in the way – network issues, technology deployment, or integration or migration issue – the list was endless.

If we hired enough resources and looked for the skills we needed to staff a particular project, we would be left with a surplus of resources and an inflated budget during slower periods. Furthermore, our processes, methodologies and services are designed to support our core competencies, not to staff and run an IT firm. We needed a practical, responsive and cost effective solution that could expand, contract and change with our needs.

We needed offshore, onsite and hybrid models to staff ongoing support and application development and project-specific tasks. Fortunately, we found an IT staff augmentation service provider to support all our global locations. Support is available across time zones. The team structure, skills, methodologies and business processes are designed for rapid response and deployment, so we don’t have to wait for services, or fall behind schedule on an important project.

We can cost-effectively achieve short-term and long-term goals, minimize risk and investment and maximize resources with world-class technical, management, interactive and collaborative skills and flexible delivery models.

If this sounds like something you could use, contact the pros! www.elegantmicroweb.com, info@elegantmicroweb.com.

Keep it Simple, Trudy Techtake

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