A company’s employees are one of its most important assets. And now, businesses have more choices than ever. With the rise of technology and remote work, they no longer need to limit themselves to a geographic location and can tap into a worldwide talent tool. A growing number of companies choose to outsource critical tasks
By Boris Korenfeld, CTO and Tech Executives Advisor at Sphere Partners Winston Churchill once said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Churchill's insight can be applied to the rapidly deflating tech bubble. While the previous decade fueled amazing investment and innovation, it also created overvaluation, irrational exuberance, and misallocation of resources: Engineering headcount
By Jeb Buddecke, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners The latest Acumatica Summit held on January 29 to February 3rd just ended—and I was privileged to take part in this grand event this year! The Summit is always a productive and inspiring event for everyone in the ecosystem. Customers, prospects, resellers, ISVs and Acumatica
2023 Trends in Enterprise Applications and Software “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Bill Gates Similarly to the stock market, where periods of recession are
In the wake of a possible global recession, some of the world’s top tech companies such as Facebook, Meta and Microsoft are laying off thousands of employees due to unsustainable growth plans and dwindling profit margins. And, many other companies are following suit—looking for alternative ways to maximize their development resources at a more affordable
By Jeb Buddecke, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners Ask any organizational leader about their business, and they'll tell you what their company does: their products, services, vision, market share, and expected growth. But do these leaders know how their companies get things done? This refers to operational efficiency, which means delivering high-quality products/services
The lift and shift approach is increasingly popular among organizations of all sizes. It’s an efficient way to migrate applications from on-premise servers to the cloud with minimal effort and cost. Cloud lift and shift migration strategy involves lifting an application from its current environment and shifting it to a new cloud-based environment. This approach
By Jeb Buddecke, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners Successful businesses thrive on effective, predictable, and reliable processes and people that drive their day-to-day operations. Good management ensures that these operations function despite challenges in human resources, capital, market forces, and other variables. This is where systems optimization comes in. Once you understand the
By Boris Korenfeld, CTO and Tech Executives Advisor at Sphere Partners Virtually every organization has become a software company — whether as a SaaS company or internal critical software applications. The folks leading these software development departments have a typical technology career path. They start as a Software Developer then a Team Manager and then
The technical talent shortage is an increasingly concerning issue for businesses. Skilled professionals in certain specialties are now more challenging to find. And, even as you find those skilled professionals, some of them may be too costly to hire—and hire quickly based on your needs. But did you know that staff augmentation can provide a
