Technology Spotlight: Stress Test vs. Load Test

Working in software development requires conducting a stress test and a load test during the software development life cycle. Whether you’re in DevOps, a Quality Assurance Engineer or a basic Software Engineer, you need to do load and stress tests in order to estimate how much a system can bear before it breaks down and how well it performs under certain loads and peak times. What Are Stress and Load Tests? A stress test involves overloading a system to its breaking point to find out how much it can take. This can help determine the capacity of that system [...]

By |August 28th, 2018|Software Development, Technology Spotlight|0 Comments
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Technology Spotlight: Disaster Recovery vs. Business Continuity

Considering the recent wave of disasters, organizations have put contingency plans in place to deal with them. Organizations now want to deal with disasters in a manner, which safeguards their best interests, without requiring a major upheaval. Companies need to consider what they need to do for disaster recovery and business continuity. While they cross over quite a bit, disaster recovery and business continuity are not the same. When it comes to planning for disaster recovery, businesses are confronted by two different methods – Disaster Recovery Plans and Business Continuity Planning. There is a basic difference between both of [...]

By |August 10th, 2018|Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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AWS vs. Azure – Which One Is Better for You

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are cloud service providers that have revolutionized the IT and tech industry exponentially. Cloud storage companies, like these two, have touched millions of lives and have changed the competitive landscape of various IT companies. AWS and Azure each have strong features and have enough market share to prove they will be players in the cloud computing market for some time. Still, there are differences between AWS and Azure that are worth pointing out. Let's compare AWS vs Azure. Considering that AWS has been around for the last ten years or so, it [...]

By |July 10th, 2018|Cloud Computing, Software Development, Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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Cybersecurity Trends you Need to Know

Hacking attacks and attempts are getting more sophisticated than ever before. The FBI recently issued a warning to both businesses and individuals, advising that ransomware is on the rise and detailing what steps to take to lower risk. With outbreaks like WannaCry (which impacted over 300,000 users), the Equifax breach (that impacted millions of users) and even the Uber outbreak, no business or individual is safe. What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a broad term for a type of malware that infiltrates and then takes over a computer network, locking the owner out completely. Once in place, the owner of [...]

By |February 26th, 2018|CyberSecurity, IT Recruiting, IT Staffing, Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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Remember When Amazon Only Sold Books? Some Lessons Learned

A little Amazon history fro us today. When Amazon fist started, Jeff Bezos listed 20 items he felt people would buy online. The list included CDs (funny to think of now), hardware, software, videos and of course, books. For years, Amazon was primarily regarded as a bookstore by the public. Bezos always had a grander vision. He just had to convince us. And he did! When it comes to technology, we have a tendency to overestimate the next 4 years and underestimate the next 10. 1998 was the first year online sales became a thing to watch at Christmas. [...]

By |May 22nd, 2017|IT Recruiting, IT Staffing, Technology Spotlight, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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