Would you like to know what are the benefits of digitalizing your business and how to do it? We have prepared a list of 11 important questions about digital transformation and their answers to get you started.
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Do you want to have a successful online store but you are not sure which e-commerce solution is the right one for you?
WooCommerce and PrestaShop are two of the most popular platforms for online stores. We have asked one of our developers a few questions to help you make your decision.
(more…)Scrum Estimation is one of the hardest parts of managing a Scrum project. You never want to oversell the amount of work you can do, but you also don’t want to look lazy for the amount of work you plan for. It’s important to understand exactly how the estimation scale works and adjust accordingly. But overall, the most important thing to realize is estimating is just that, something that you have a gut feeling of. Getting frustrated is a mistake that can lead to team failure.. (more…)
Did you know that crowd funding on a site like Gofundme.com will take 5% of every donation that you receive? Don’t worry, there’s a new sheriff in town. Smart Contracts are the new way to crowd source for fundraising that makes sure you get the full amount donated, without the middle man. The Smart Contract uses embedded code to create a reliable place for money to be stored until all parameters are accomplished.
Good tools make web application development quicker and easier to maintain. Angular is a popular framework that helps maintain web infrastructures with ease & comfortability.
by Lukas Stracke, Backend Developer at Inovum Solutions, 09.02.18
Consider following situation: You want to develop a web application with a nice, beautiful UI and a database to store information. Obviously the way to go is to apply the MVC pattern and divide your app into database, frontend and backend. Maybe you design your frontend in AngularJS because it’s dynamic and comfortable to maintain and want to connect to the MongoDB where you store your data. The traditional way would be to design a big backend, e.g. using the Java web framework Spring. But what, if you don’t need all of the features that Spring offers you? Why using a complex framework that needs a lot of time to get used to and hours or even days to configure if you need the backend only for validation and authentication?
You have probably heard of blockchains. The technique, strongly connected to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, is currently among the biggest trends in the tech industry. But what is a blockchain and how can it be used?
A blockchain is basically a growing list of blocks of data, where each block is connected to the previous one, using hash values. Blockchains are mainly used in peer-to-peer networks as a distributed, shared write-once-read-many database. Each active participant in the network stores a copy of the blockchain for reasons of availability and security. (more…)
At Inovum IT Solutions we believe human resources are a mental energy, an intellectual capacity, a source of information, innovations and an effective factor that can contribute positively to the company’s success. Keeping your team members engaged and motivated may sometimes present a challenge. Smart leaders use technology to help boost engagement and create an attractive work environment.
Here are a few examples of what we do to motivate our workforce and with that, improve their productivity and strengthen the company’s performance. (more…)
Uber, an American tech company that enables customers to call, track, and pay for a car using the Uber app, exemplifies how the aforementioned adapt-or-die phenomenon is changing entire industries. Traditional taxis, which are called curbside are ordered via telephone, still require cash or card payment. Uber, on the other hand, is an easy-to-use online platform that connects drivers and riders. It’s digital business model not only offers cheaper rides, it also provides a very convenient user experience and has proven very easy to scale, which explains how Uber, created in 2009, has grown into a $6.2 billion company in just 8 years. Today the company serves in over half a thousand cities across the world. (more…)
Java, used by 9 million developers and installed on over 7 billion devices worldwide, has proven itself capable of adapting to the rapid technological overhaul of the 21st century. According to TIOBE, a programming popularity tracker, Java has ranked number one among programming languages, followed by C, C++, and Python. Java’s approval rating in July 2016 was 19.8%, up 2.08% from July 2015. Conversely, both C and C++ have seen a decrease in popularity during the same period. Java’s impressive open-source ecosystem has allowed the language to adjust to new platforms and remain the most popular programming language in the world today. (more…)