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How to Choose an AI Software Development Company (And What to Watch Out For)

Not all AI software development companies are equal. Learn what separates firms that truly build with AI from those that just use the word.

AI and IoT in Construction: Unlocking the Value

The construction industry is experiencing a technological revolution driven by AI and IoT. These advancements are transforming traditional practices, enabling more efficient, safe, and cost-effective project outcomes. Companies like PCL Construction, Lendlease, and Turner Construction are leading the way, leveraging IoT sensors and AI algorithms to optimize operations, enhance safety, and improve project management.

Solutions Architects: On the Origin of Species

Solutions Architects play a crucial role in the digital transformation of companies, aligning technological capabilities with strategic business objectives. As global spending on digital transformation is projected to hit $3.4 trillion by 2026, these professionals ensure that technology investments enhance, rather than just support, business operations. By analyzing business requirements and crafting scalable, sustainable architectural solutions, Solutions Architects help companies avoid costly mismatches between technology and business needs. Their strategic guidance on technological trends helps businesses stay agile and responsive to market dynamics, making them indispensable in modern business environments.

Navigating the Next Decade of HealthTech: Digital Strategy, Innovation, and Patient Engagement

The future of healthcare technology focuses on patient-centered innovation, digital strategy, and enhancing patient engagement. Key topics include the importance of user-centered innovation, like telehealth services, the need to improve access to tech-based healthcare, and the strategic decision of building versus buying software to align with long-term digital goals.

Healthcare Software Interoperability is Critical: How to Achieve It

In 2023, interoperability is still top of the agenda for leaders and decision-makers, referring to the timely and secure access, integration and use of electronic health data to optimize health outcomes for individuals and populations.

Electrify 23: Driving Decarbonization

Unveiling the Truth: A Tech CEO Perspective - Most Products Are in Fact Projects

As the founder and CEO of a global technology consulting and software engineering firm, here’s another reality of modern business I see far too often: Most products that companies say they’re developing are really just projects.

The Imperatives of Considering Different Approaches to Electric Vehicle Charging Platform Integration Management

It is imperative to consider different ways to integrate and update your EV EMSP systems. Our software engineers have the experience you need.

How to Know When Your Monolithic Software is Holding You Back — and What To Do About It

There are six surefire signals that point to it being time to pivot from monolithic architecture to microservices or modular architecture.

The Role of Sustainable Software Development in Electric Vehicles: Driving Towards a Greener Future

Build-Measure-Learn Cycle for MVPs And Software Development

The Ideal Software Development Team Structure

Learn with Sphere: How to improve the performance of client-side applications

MVP in 2023: Hedging Against Market Downturns with a Strong Prototype

Outsourcing Software Development: Pros and Cons

Iterative vs. Incremental Development: Explaining the Differences

How To Develop An MVP Using Agile Methodology

Learn with Sphere: Business Analytics and the Product Lifecycle

Technology events in US to watch out for in the latter half of 2022

5 Steps to Building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Outsourcing software development for start-ups: what to consider

Flutter vs React Native: Which one is better in 2022?

Learn with Sphere: Importance of Retrospective in Scrum Implementation

How AR/VR is opening mobile app development to new possibilities

How Custom-Built Software Is Better Than Out-Of-The-Box

The Risk of Selecting the Wrong Technology

What Is DevSecOps?

Developers can now use Python within Snowflake

What is IoB (Internet of Behaviors)?

IoB or internet of behaviors is a somewhat recent phrase that refers to the combination of physical and digital worlds through devices such as sensors and smartphones, and connected to the cloud allowing them to send and receive data to provide value either in a closed or open ecosystem.

The Best Static Site Generators For Your Website in 2022

A static site generator is a tool that generates a full static HTML website based on raw data and a set of templates. Basically -  a static site generator automates the task of coding individual HTML pages and gets those pages ready to serve to users ahead of time.

Learn with Sphere: QA Automation with Percy

React vs. Vue vs Angular: Which is Better?

This guide should help you decide between React, Vue and Angular frameworks for your next web project.

Low Code Development Platform Trends to Watch

Learn with Sphere: Light Intro to R Programming Language

My name is Denis Shvedchenko, Data Engineer and Back End Developer at Sphere Partners. This is a light introduction to R programming language.

Learn with Sphere: How to create an NPM package from scratch

What’s your JAM? JAMstack vs Monolithic Web Architectures

Learn with Sphere: How to build and optimize docker images

Is Python Fast Enough for Machine Learning?

How to Hire the Top 1% of IT Talent Python Developers

Learn with Sphere: How to Build SSO solution on top of Amazon Cognito

Websites vs Progressive Web Apps vs Native – What’s the Difference?

Learn with Sphere: Micro Frontends: Module Federation Approach

In this article, our Full-Stack Software Developer, Evgenii Gordeev, takes us through a short journey through the history of micro frontends, followed by a use case of building a modern composite frontend based on the Webpack Module Federation.

TensorFlow.js vs. Keras - a Quick Comparison

What's the difference between TensorFlow and Keras and when do I use which one? In this post we explore these popular machine learning frameworks and explore the differences.

Learn with Sphere: Modern Backend: The Universal Pipeline

Learn with Sphere: Google Cloud Machine Learning Pipeline: An approach to building an automated scalable ML pipeline using GCP

Learn with Sphere: Machine Learning Walkthrough using LabelBinarize and Keras

Our own Anton Kazakov walks us through a machine learning tutorial project using LabelBinarize and Keras. The goal of the project was to get familiar with model training, data preparation and predict phase.

Comparing Video Platform API and Features

Our Experts Reveal the Best Python Frameworks for ETL

This post will cover examples of ETL frameworks, which are the easiest and most comprehensive way to approach ETL in Python.

Could Rust Replace Python for High-Performance Computing?

Python is currently the hottest programming language but could Rust replace Python for high performance projects? In this post we examine pros and cons of both programming languages.

What is Innovation Engineering?

Innovation Engineering is a framework for engineering solutions with innovation and emerging new technologies. In this post we uncover what Innovation Engineering means and how to start thinking in this way.

Hottest Machine Learning Python Libraries for 2021

In this post you’ll learn about some of the hottest machine learning libraries for 2021 using Python.

Snowflake vs Redshift: What Data Warehouse is better for your business?

In this post we look at two leading data warehouse providers: AWS Redshift and Snowflake, and compare benefits and cons to both.

Software Division Carve-Out by Private Equity IT Software Consulting Services

Read how a private equity firm carveout required unique Private Equity IT Software Consulting Services from Sphere Partners.

Free software development solutions to companies responding to COVID-19

Chicago-based company pledging thousands of development hours for COVID-19 focused solutions and free license to home-delivery platform for businesses struggling to stay afloat.

MKG Recruits Sphere to revamp pharmaceutical web platform

Case Study: Professional Services Firm Streamlines Operations, Saves Time with NetSuite

Profitable Tech Business model for software product development

Mobile App Test Automation Journey of OneMain Financial

Delta Dental Digital Transformation With Custom Atlassian Solution

Tech Talent Management In Agile Software Development Company

Is Elixir the Best of Both Worlds? Why to use it?

Agile technology development to embrace risk management strategies

Perform Quality Assurance Without Requirements - Implementation hack

Agile Security and Compliance Prioritizes People Over Process

Agile, Security, & Compliance—Exploring the Tensions

Agile Development Success Lies in Communication and Curiosity

The Healthy Dissonance of Agile Development Methodology

Making Agile Development More Comfortable

Agile planning - building an agile organization

27 Effective Ways For Remote Development Teams

How do you outsource better? How do you manage your remote development and contract technical workforce? How do you keep them engaged?

Case Study: Blockchain Consulting - Loan Marketplace

How the Internet of Things Is Delivering Value to Consumers Today

How the IoT Is Transforming Familiar Spaces

Improving Process, People, and Culture to Boost Remote Productivity

Improving the Speed of Manual Testing

Case Study: Enova CashNetUSA App

The CashNetUSA app allows users to apply for a new loan or line of credit, make payments, and track the status of their loans.

Case Study: Fuse Universal

Case Study: One Transport Powered By Gett

Understanding Flutter mobile SDK: Pros & Cons

This article provides an in-depth look at the Flutter Mobile SDK, various advantages and disadvantages, usage of Dart as the main language, and other development characteristics.

Introducing Jira Software 8.0 to the Software Industry

Loan approval workflow Integration and Implementation case study

Case Study: Develop End-User Portal using Microservices

Benifits & Features of Kotlin Technical Debt

CTO vs COO? What’s the Difference in a Technology Company?

CTO vs COO? What's the difference in between the COO vs CTO roles in most tech companies, and how do these views impact software architectural decisions?

Case Study - Implementing an Isolated SaaS with AWS

Case Study: Artificial Intelligence Bias in Medicine

Case Study - Custom Prototype Implementation

Sphere helped Roomations establish proof of concept with a functional prototype of their platform using a simple Ruby front end and 3D virtualization technologies. This made it possible for consumers to view sample interior designs and select specific products featured in the design.

Case Study - Custom Analytics Prototype

Proclivity Media wanted to build a prototype of its advertising technology analytics platform. With an algorithm in mind, they needed a team with the analytics experience necessary to build a scalable front and back-end system that would allow them to establish proof of concept with a custom analytics prototype.

Rebel Case Study – Chat Bot Development

Sphere implemented a full-cycle chatbot development approach for Rebel through language parsing, syntax parsing, and machine learning technologies. The original XML interface of the chatbot was enhanced by using React.js and Angular.js for the web-facing application, and Spring Boot and JavaScript for the back-end. The new interface successfully removed the “rough edges” of the chat bot, and allowed it to assist both internal representatives and Rebel’s customers.

Case Study - Application Development

Case Study – Self-service on-demand

Case Study – Connecting Ecommerce and Mobile via APIs

Case Study - Human Interest Web Application Development

Screencasts - Helpful Golang Practices Tutorials

3 Options for Creating a Python AWS Lambda Function

AWS Lambda is a service introduced in 2014 by Amazon. In this post we will take a closer look at the ways to use Python code as an AWS Lambda function.

Case Study – Ecommerce and Content Management Software

Tips of IT Project Management with our Employee of the month - Artem Korenev

Testing Generated Binary Files w/RSpec

Testing generated binary files with RSpec: RSpec is a 'Domain Specific Language' (DSL) testing tool written in Ruby to test Ruby code.

How to Plan for Your Next Machine Learning Projects

Follow these tips and you’ll be well on your way to plan for machine learning projects effectively and designing algorithms with an eye to the future.

Winning the IT Battle with Offshore Team Staffing

Node.js vs PHP: Which Environment to Choose for Your Next Project?

The Importance and Best Practice of Using Software Design Documents

How To Modernize Legacy Software and Need For It?

Improving Teams (and Results) with Software Development Metrics

Automation: Why You Need to Do It, and Where to Start

How to Save Money with Automation Testing Infrastructure?

Optimize QA Automation To Increase Customer Success

Agile Budgets: Top 12 Agile Budgeting Tips

3 Ways To Save On IT Costs Without Losing Out On Quality

Automated Agile Testing - The Key Component of Agile DevOps

Adopting Agile Development – Exploring the Scrum and Kanban Approach

Strategic Prioritization – How to Rank Transformative Digital Projects

Changes Coming for Ethereum Smart Contracts with ERC-1400

Security vs. Utility Tokens: Key Differences and Similarities

The BIG Debate: Automated vs. Manual Testing

5 Powerful Tips To Planning Your First ICO Launch

Anyone thinking about an ICO launch needs to ask themselves, is this what I really need, or am I just getting on the bandwagon?

How Golang Helps Team Leads Become More Effective?

Why You Should Consider Upgrading Your Ruby on Rails Version

Go and Network API: The Silver Bullet

Harnessing the Power of Augmented Reality

When Augmented Reality was first developed in 1968, it required an expensive, specialized headset to just display simple wireframe drawings. Now, Augmented Reality - compatible devices are much more accessible, allowing millions of people to have the power of AR in the palm of their hands.

Traditional App Development May Change as Chatbots Become More Relevant

Chatbots are expected to become the face of app development as companies look for new ways for bots to support their current applications. Gartner estimates that by 2021, more than 50% of enterprises will spend more on chatbot app development than traditional mobile and web applications.

How to Use Go to Optimize the Cost of Software Development

Blockchain Technology and its Real-World Uses

A panel of crypto experts across various industries discussed what they think the future of blockchain technology is at Tech in Motion’s latest event in Chicago.

Practical Tips for Using Yodlee IAV

Building Desktop Apps with Electron for Xiaomi

Electron is a new way to Building desktop apps with all the power of Node.js, HTML, and CSS. You can easily complete a functional app in a short time frame, which could solve 80% of your day-to-day needs.

Improving Your App’s Accessibility for People Who are Disabled

Hanami: A Full-featured, Lightweight Alternative to Ruby On Rails

A Full-featured guide on Implementing Autotests

Are Chatbots the Next Generation of Customer Service?

5 Steps for Creating a Minimum Viable Product

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is the minimum feature set the market will pay for. Your product should have enough unique features to set it apart from the competition, but not so many as to waste unnecessary (and expensive) research and development time.

Why ROR Applications Should Consider Adding GoLang to Their Stack?

In Go versus ROR Applications debates, it’s often noted that Go’s syntax is less flexible and very strict, which affects the developer’s productivity.

The Importance of Company Culture and Managing Remote Development Teams

Achieve Quality Code and ROI through Test Automation

What is a Coroutines? Benefits of using it in your coding

Our Journey to Define Our Core Values

Infrastructure as Code: An Alternative to Standard Configuration Management

Infrastructure as Code (IAC) is a new approach to infrastructure automation that is more extensive and thorough than the more common, server-based method.

DevOps 101 with the Atlassian Stack

Our new DevOps 101 white paper, curated from Atlassian, shares how to create the culture changes necessary for a successful DevOps process.

Achieving Business Goals with the Nuclear Energy of React.js

Tips to Consider When Looking for a Best Software Developer

Zen of Python Programming Language

Zen of Python principles were adopted by core language designers in addition to ordinary Python programmers and this was the key to building a rapidly expanding community in diverse areas of computing that welcomed newcomers.

Testing Process optimization with more Documentation

Quick tour on how Ruby on rails talks to the world

Automating your VPC with Terraform and Jenkins

Terraform and Jenkins allow us to implement push-button creation of our infrastructure as needed, on demand, with thoroughly tested code that is predictable, efficient, and reliable.

Machine Learning Made More Effective Through Python

An Introduction to Golang by Google

How Custom Software Solutions Can Automate Your DevOps?

The Complete Guide to Jenkins Installation for Ruby on Rails Using Ubuntu

To show how to use Jenkins for automation testing for rails I've created test rails app and put it on github and created a server on Ubuntu, which I will refer to by the URL https://jenkins.example.com.

Our Golang Frameworks vs Ruby Frameworks Expert Guide for Software Developers

How to collect aggregated statistics in a Ruby on Rails application?

C-for-Golang: Using C & C++ in Golang

A Senior GoLang Engineer at Sphere Software, first formulated an assistant tool called C-for-GoLang used to create C-Go bindings of C libraries to use in his applications.

Ampersand.js: An Alternative to Backbone.js

In this article, I provide an overview of Ampersand.js, a more or less modern framework, that could be a solution to many such problems.

A step-by-step guide for development of Node.js APIs

This article describes test-driven, step-by-step development of a simple RESTful API into an Elasticsearch in Node.js.

Emulating Life Cycles during Testing Automated

How to do JavaScript Functional Programming In Node.js

Want to learn how to do functional programming In Nodejs? Coding in a more functional style improves code reliability, and simplifies the debugging and testing process.

How to Implement a Left Side Menu Navigation Using Third Party Libraries?

Beginners Tips for Kickstart Software Testing

Introducing Objstore Cluster, a Multi-Master Distributed Caching Layer for Amazon S3

How to use Docker for updating Old Production Applications?

Need to build a functional prototype? Guide for creating a Functional Prototype.

Quick Analysis of Erlang web frameworks in Modern Era