Category: Digital Transformation

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How Can Managed Service Providers Help In Product Lifecycle Management?

Most enterprises today are focused on creating new products and being on top of the innovation ladder. This gives you the competitive edge and is the primary business goal. However, the products and innovation being done and deployed needs constant management to keep their lifecycle running. This is where managed service steps in to support your Product Lifecycle Management.  A Managed Service Provider is a dedicated service provider, present on the threshold of a customer as per the customer’s insistence. The term Managed Service Provider is analogous to management and support-focused tasks like software development partners. The objective is to provide end-to-end technology support & service to maintain your operations and accelerate your business transformation journey. A products’ success depends continuously on listening to the consumer and market, analyzing, and course correction. A managed service provider could mitigate the challenge of retaining that agility in your product lifecycle management. What to Consider While Hiring Managed Service Providers? Enterprising The Managed Service Provider team should be enterprising enough as a software development partner able to provide end-to-end solutions. It is a requirement of every firm looking for Product Lifecycle management. An enterprising MSP should have ready talent in DevOps, back end, front end technologies, designer and project managers. It should also have the ability to understand your product. Domain expertise is a key variable to look at while choosing your MSP. End-User Support Savvy The MSP or Managed Service Providers are considered savvy in providing the best end-user support. An established MSP knows how to interlace the technical and interpersonal skills to provide the best kind of end-user support to the company. Prompt Market Accession Every company thrives in the competitive market when the end-product reaches the market promptly. The entire product lifecycle management relies on how you continuously learn from your users and market and bring in new features to keep on adding to the product life cycle.  The prompt market accession is generally more effective if the Managed Service Provider has proven expertise in that specific market How to Combine Product Lifecycle Management and MSP? There are four segments of the product life cycle management that can be integrated with the Managed Service Providers for its benefit. Product Introduction A product at the beginning stage usually suffers from low sales. The Managed Service Providers can help the product at the beginning phase with marketing, design, simulation and so on. Product Growth The growth phase of the product can also be accelerated and scaled with the outsourcing of parts of marketing activity and adults like SEO, SMM and so on. Support service can be outsourced to an MSP to address the growing customer base and its experience. Product Maturity The product maturity phase is expected to be the longest phase for a successful product. The tech-savvy Managed Service Provider as the software development partner can support to keep the product add and adopt more features and feedback. Product Decline Product decline is the last phase of a particular product. Even then the team can help to find a new market for the product that is already declined in a particular market. This is what the combination between Product Lifecycle Management and Managed Service Providers can offer – agility, scalability, quick reaction, continuous improvement and support. Final Words  Just like the other natural beings, a product also has a lifecycle. Project Lifecycle Management can only work if it is managed in a professional way. That is why you need an efficient Managed Service Provider that can support you with good Product Lifecycle Management services.

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Celebrating 25th Year Of INT. Transforming Companies To Tomorrow’s Market Leaders

To build an iconic brand, one needs to inject the right skills with expertise. In the last 24 years of delivering new-age technology solutions, we have worked with various companies at different business life cycle stages. In the meantime, we have also felt the importance of keeping the solutions aligned with the evolving business needs. At INT., we have always tried our expertise in diverse projects. Who would have thought that there would be another popular game for visually impaired kids? Or a newly formed business will find its early success by developing an eCommerce application?  INT. has always offered support to projects that no one believed in. Celebrating the 25th year of INT. wouldn’t have been completed without mentioning these three clients we have collaborated with and brought the best outcome possible.  Tea People- A Premium Tea Brand We have a unique bond with the team of Tea People, a speciality tea company that is passionate about spreading the richness of natural, high-quality whole-leaf tea. Their teas range from the finest premium single estate tea to a selection of exquisite blends, flavoured teas and herbal infusions.  When we were first introduced to the team of Tea People, we were aware of their circumstances. A startup with a dream to cater for the premium tea market with a rich experience. Just like any other startup, Tea People was a low funded project. But they wanted to make their customers aware of their capabilities. Therefore, they decided to build a mobile application that will have a richer look than they are. “As we were starting from zero, it was important for us to have website which will showcase all our capabilities and make our customers believe that we are capable to deliver what we are promising to. When we needed a website with a modern look and (equipped with) all scalable features that would fit in today’s e-commerce site.Most importantly the amount of confidence we got from INT. team was incomparable to others”. Neeraj Agarwal, Co-Founder of Tea People Our partnership resulted in a surge in online sales. They have also experienced more visitors from mobile devices, which increased from 30 % to 55% in a year. With a scalable eCommerce platform, INT. provided their customers with an immersive shopping experience.  Somax Inc– Scalable IoT Solution on Cloud Collaborating with Somax have further enhanced our capabilities to explore a new niche market. They challenged us to build an IoT based scalable solution on the cloud for them. Somax is a software solution provider that specialises in consistently churning out solutions that revolutionise how facilities are maintained. They specialise in advanced maintenance and engineering management, inventory and purchasing management program and information management. Both teams were new to working with cloud, but at INT., we never take a step back when circumstances challenge us with new-age technology. We have always been relieved to expand our capabilities end to end to serve better. Thus, we took up the project and made their hurdles as our own and started working on it. “We actually gave INT. a preliminary design of our mobile application and asked for helping us with it and what they gave us was something that has great design which showed their experience and (capabilities) of designing a mobile app.”– Roger Lawton, CEO, Somax.inc INT. collaborated with the team of Somax and released an upgraded version of the desktop app to a streamlined and powerful sensor-based tool that connected employees, hand-held devices, computers and equipment on the field in real-time. When asked as feedback what they liked most about INT., Roger said “At the time of crisis when we needed to ramp up our resources quickly, and INT. has always supported us at our problems and thus creating a different type of comfort level. From our point of view, you helped us create value. When we started with a product which barely worked, and now we have a mature product used by thousands of users at hundreds of sites.” Circus Master Revenge- Game for Visually Impaired Circus Master Revenge is a project that is close to our hearts. When Joe Quirck, Founder Mental Vision LLC, first narrated the story of the game, we were touched by the thinking process. A game that will provide a chance for visually impaired people to experience just like others.  Irrespective of the market value of the game, we decided to collaborate with Joe and bring his dream into reality. “When I first started with the ideation of the game, it started with the two page summary where I described how the game should be played. Unfortunately, I failed to find a partner who could help me in building this game. I am not a developer but a story writer. Thus, I searched on LinkedIn and found 4-5 developers I emailed them about my project and they replied that there is no market for this type of game. Luckily I found INT. who offered a hand to support my dream project even though they were new to this format of the game.”– Joe Quirck, Founder, Mental Vision LLC We created the game engine from scratch. To get real-life experience of the game, our team entered into the darkroom and imagined the game before developing it. The challenge was immense and demanded hard work. After eighteen months of partnership, we came up with circus master revenge. As Joe said, “My friendly piece of advice to those who dream a project that no one believes in, come to INT. they will go extensive to have your back.” Later, Circus Master Revenge has won the prestigious AppleVis Golden Apples of 2019. The game has been one of the most downloaded games in this category.

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Is It The Right Time For Britain To Start Investing In The Software Development Partners Of India? Check Now!

If the second wave of covid 19 has made India weaker, digital resilience has helped India grow faster. Even when the European Union was experiencing a contraction of 0.2% in the last quarter, India grew by 1.6%. Today, India attracts 65% of the world’s software development projects across the globe. In spite of 81% of the population working in the informal sector, India was predicted to go through a disastrous year. Also, India is a place that is predominant with English speaking population. Cheap labour cost, highly skilled workforce and deep internet penetration has attracted 20 billion dollars foreign investment in the four months of lockdown. India is becoming a digital economy, and it is growing faster than before with contributing up to 1 trillion dollars each year. The covid-19 pandemic is the worst nightmare for the world economy, but it has also accelerated the digital transformation underway for a long time.  While passing through the storm, India has differentially equipped itself to deal with the consequences. Among various leading countries of the world, India is where coders, designers, and computer science graduates rule at the workplace. India is now a country with 560 million digital subscribers.  Now is the right time to invest more in the digital economy of the world. The recent trend in India has re-defined its digital resilience towards future uncertainties. Our CEO, in talk with Comment Central, said  “India will be one of the pandemic’s winners as the global economy becomes more digital-focussed and remote work becomes the norm, creating opportunities for India’s young tech-savvy workforce.”  Thus, this trend will also lead to incremental growth of remote work. This trend is very effective for outsourcing software development projects. Reports suggest that the software development partners are highly profiting the companies in various ways, such as: Availing talent at an optimal cost Getting the best talent at the best price is a dream for companies. The best coders for the project are difficult to get, and if one wants to complete the project within budget, it becomes more difficult! Thus India is a place where companies like to outsource their projects at a minimal price.  Pay on an hourly basis When remote workers are hired for software development projects, then it becomes easier for companies to pay only for the engagement hours. This reduces the cost heavily. Experiencing higher productivity with overlapping time periods Indian software development companies ensure that the coders work in the partner’s time zone, which helps the company track the task progress.  And this trend didn’t develop during the covid times only. If it is the new normal for the world, then it is old for India. Rungta further added  “The country’s IT sector has been a leading force for digital transformation globally for several years. Post-pandemic, India may become the world’s leading digital economy. Many Indian companies already lead digital transformations for global companies. If Britain wants a slice of India’s digital resilience, it had better start investing in it now.” Therefore to know more about what our CEO Abhishek Rungta said in talks with comment central, click here.

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Future of DevSecAI: Should You Discuss It With Your Software Development Partner

The concept of DevSecOps is on the rise lately and for all the good reasons! The framework has been a boon for software development partners around the world. With its increased productivity and rate of software deployments, the DevSecOps methodology is the turning point for the success of organizations, allowing them to become vested in code development during the initial stages of the production cycle. With AI/ML taking over the lead with greater adoption and security integrated operations, stats by the Analytical Research Cognizance highlight that the global DevSecOps market will highlight a growth rate of CAGR of 33.7% during 2017-2023. But the question is, what’s the future of Devsec AI? To know better, let’s first understand what Devsec is… Introduction to Devsec DevSecOps (a collective term used for development, security, and operations), is the integration of security that goes on through the multiple phases of the lifecycle of software development. Operations on DevSecOps begin from initial design through deployment, testing, integration, and software delivery. If we look at it, DevSecOps represents an essential evolution in the security approach for development organizations. We term ‘DevSecOps’ as an evolution because it revolutionizes the way operations have changed. Previously, ‘security’ was ‘tacked on’ to the final product, tested by separate quality assurance (QA) and security team at the end of the development cycle. Now that we know what DevSecOps is let’s look at the different pillars of the process! Pillars of DevSecOps People The people or resources of any given organization catalyze the growth of DevSecOps. People help in breaking the traditional barriers of operations. Initiating operations with small teams helps boost confidence that can be taken forward to other teams. Further, collaboration with a like-minded team allows you to share common goals provides accountability, transparency, and ownership. Process Along with quality and speed, consistency is one of the significant elements that organizations should include in the processes. Adopting different practices like implementing threat modelling storyboards, developing a design for customers, and different static code scanning that is packed to eliminate security rework and breaches. Technology Another major pillar of DevSecOps is technology. Cybersecurity software allows keeping pace with different pipeline tools such as testing-as-code, security-as-code, and infrastructure-as-code. This way, DevSecOps allows to boost security and eradicate manual security activities. Governance Organizations structure a designed and scalable framework (at macro and micro level), simplifying collaborations and development. On the micro-level, the governance of tools and processes allows the users to boost efficiency. On the contrary, the macro-level showcases hierarchical structures. How is DevSecOps Essential? When integrated with security, the DevOps approach saves security-related concerns, which may arrive later in the process. In essence, DevSecOps allows the security team to perform security testing and identify the different bugs, besides other vulnerabilities in the process. Cons of using DevSecOps Similar to all the other frameworks and methodologies, DevSecOps also has its limitations, especially when dealing with the whole team or individual members. Let’s check them out: Limited to closed communication    For DevSecOps to work properly, collaboration and communication are the keys to software development and security. The methodology will fail to work as intended. Should be Accepted by Everyone Not all employees are keen on accepting non-traditional working arrangements. Some live by the mantra, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It can be difficult to ditch the old ways of doing things and choose new working methods. Employees with this mindset may be hard to convince about the importance of DevSecOps. Additionally, they need time and few success stories to accept the new workflow. May Not be The Management’s Main Priority Not all executives in a software development company consider security as their priority. The reason being that company executives may not consider accepting the changes proposed by a DevSecOps manager or consultant. The Bottomline: Will AI take over completely? If we look at it briefly, DevSecOps is a methodology that integrates security in the preliminary stages of software development, supported by different elements of AI and ML. However, when compared to the manual process of development, DevSecOps is still a distant dream. Lastly, considering that it cannot highlight the exact error in a source code, working with such a methodology can lead to crippling setbacks. Which, in contrast, is not a hurdle with the manual approach.

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