Augmented Reality (AR) is the process of projecting real-world elements along with the computer generated scenes for a user to enhance their sensory perception of virtual world. With improving portable computing for tablets, smartphones and other consoles the number consumer-oriented application of AR is increasing. Different businesses and their different areas of operation are making use of Augmented Reality for realizing improvements in their revenue, brand awareness and other aspects. Some of them are listed below:

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Software testing is an essential part of the whole software development life-cycle. As clearly understood from the name, software testing is the process of verifying and validating the functional, performance as well as other desired parameters of an actual piece of code with the requirements or expectations of the end user. Different types of software testing exist in the software development industry, like:

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Despite of the nature of any software application, the underlying logic of its execution is by breaking up the application in small parts and processing them in chunks. This is the most optimized way of data processing for any processor and so is deployed in any computer architecture most of us use today. For small or medium sized applications, conventional computer architecture works efficiently and processes the data in minimum time. However, when it comes to processing large sized applications for multi-tasking purposes, even high-end hardware units fail to perform efficiently. To overcome performance issues, the same rule of dividing and processing is followed by distributing the parts of application over a distributed network.
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COBOL expanded as COmmon Business Oriented Language was designed and developed specifically for developing business applications. Its easy-to-understand syntax for writing code is easily adhered to by non-technical persons, as it follows the rules of natural language used in English.
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Organizations are working and investing heavily for increasing their infrastructural hierarchy by involving number of departments, to efficiently undertake big projects. In other words, various small firms or startups collaborate to form a joint venture in order to accomplish various tasks involved in a project or product development. In each way, there has to be a uniform distribution of information between various entities of an organization.

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The success of a business is not defined by its ability to deliver the product on time or with minimum cost but with its ability to deliver highest customer satisfaction. High customer satisfaction eventually improves the customer retention rate in an organization, which is beneficial in a long run.

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Computer industry has experienced a drastic shift in computer programming practices in recent years with the introduction of new technologies and concepts. Instead of concentrating a computer program for one machine, now is the time of distributed environment with multiple platform and devices.

Computer programming has improved the task handling capability of individuals and systems with continuous improvements. Some of the most complex and accurate data processing modules, data models and user interfaces have been developed for performing more complex operations. Computer programming is continuously contributing in improving the efforts to develop a quality computer application. Read the rest of this entry »

Security is the key parameter of concern while deploying a mobile application for business purposes. Some of the widely emphasized features of an enterprise mobile application are discussed in this post.

Mobile technology, along with its areas of application, is improving day by day. Gone are the days when businesses relied on desktop applications for their computing requirements. With dynamic market conditions, it became a necessity to include mobile devices in business operations due to the ease of handling and on-the-spot data processing features a mobile device provides. It gave rise to the concept of developing mobile applications oriented specifically for enterprises and businesses called Enterprise Mobile Application. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Mobility has enhanced the productivity and efficiency of an organization’s workforce with its feature to access real-time information from any location. To effectively manage the access policies and to secure the corporate data, Enterprise Mobility Management is necessary.
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Mobile Business Intelligence has become top priority for different businesses in order to keep its off-site workforce updated with the latest trends and activities of operations and processes inside the organization. This improves the productivity and decision-making capability of workforce and ultimately, is beneficial for the business itself.
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In the field of information technology, a term which has gained popularity in recent years is “Big Data”. This term has caught the interest of many in the past few years because of the massive potential of the technology. Big data is a massive collection of large and complex data sets which are difficult to process using hands-on database management tools or traditional data processing applications.
In the yesteryears, this term was mostly limited to the big companies with all the business investment functions and massive investments. But in the present era, the small businesses have started taking advantage of big data to operate their data more effectively. Read the rest of this entry »

With mobile payment systems getting more and more popular among the consumers, various brands are attracting their prospects with key feature of their own systems. This introduced another m-payment system, Isis, which is an NFC enabled payment system for making secure payment and can be used as a mobile wallet.
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The changing trends in website design have led website designers to starve more in their field. The launching of new devices, such as smart phones, netbooks and tablets has given a challenge to designers to design websites and applications according to different device requirements. There are some important rules in website design that are generally followed to make an attractive website. A new entrant into this list is Responsive Web Design
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Google’s initiative on developing a customizable mobile OS, Android, has changed the application development practices for the mobile industry. Along with the functionality, non-functional elements like performance, security, usability, stability etc. also define the efficiency of an Android application.
Android has become a reputed member of smartphone’s family in recent years. With its deep customization support, which no other mobile OS has possesses, Android has experienced a boost in its level of innovation. With wide variety of applications and support for third-party application development, Android is famous in the world of application developer’s as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Maintenance testing has now become an integral part of the software development model because of the continuously evolving technological requirements. In order to maintain the quality of the software development with future technological changes, maintenance testing is conducted.
Software development life-cycle is a crucial aspect of developing an application. It streamlines the various processes and procedures in order to successfully accomplish any project. One important element in SDLC is the testing phase, which quantifies a software for its utility according to the standards and requirements. Even if the product so developed is well established according to the current requirements, changing technological conditions require the synchronization of the application with future conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Fine tuning a web application is the next milestone for a web developer after the development process is complete. Response time, load time, processing time and security have become the prime factors of performance of any web service and hence, require further optimization to build a qualitative web application.
The increase in the popularity of software applications and its growing influence in everyday life can be experienced in different domains. Business operations make use of software to smoothen their processes and practices, mobile devices make use of software applications to make the device more interactive.
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Shared Economy or Shareconomy is the main theme for the upcoming CeBIT Germany which will highlight the shifting trend of owning assets to sharing them among enterprises. Assets in terms of experience, resources and knowledge assist organizations to grow and develop their business.
Cloud-based applications are the latest trend for various businesses and enterprises to execute their operations in a more efficient and productive manner. Cloud applications involve sharing of resources for easy management and this sharing process seems to be the center of interest for CeBIT Germany which is going to be held from 05th – 09th March 2013.
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Even after deploying a virtualized infrastructure, the success which can be drawn out of the concept is not guaranteed unless it saves precious time and cost for IT resources and for business respectively. Data center automation helps in reducing the efforts of an IT department to assist the virtualized infrastructure for gaining benefits.

Communication, connection and information (in form of Data) are some of the crucial parameters on which a business relies in order to improve its work processes and business development strategy. Network technology, databases, data centers and warehouses are the actual implementation of these parameters which assist a business. Virtualization, in all these concepts further fine tunes the maintenance and installation activities for a business. However, there is no use of deploying such technology if it still consumes a large amount of time of a business during its operations. Moreover, if it only increases the cost of deployment, it makes no sense from a business perspective. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of the network resources operating in businesses are consuming more energy than they are actually meant to. This not only hinders them from following the trend of green technology, but also increases the cost of their operations and eventually affects their profits.
Modernization in various business process and operations has been achieved with evolving technologies. These technologies improve the overall business productivity and efficiency by using new and smart approaches to accomplish the operations. With virtually unlimited access to resources, organizations are successfully practicing their business and earning great profits through the use of modern technologies. Read the rest of this entry »

The most common approach in testing a mobile app is done by testing the three-tier of a mobile solution i.e. front-end residing on the device itself, the back-end or the data center and the middle-ware which process the results obtained from the data center for a mobile device.

Mobile applications are gaining a momentum in their usage in all levels of hierarchy of their user-base. From simple gaming apps to complex enterprise-level applications, mobile device covers a large chunk of users as compared to desktop or laptop devices. Advancing smart-phone technology is the reason for such a change as it allows users to perform complex computing tasks right on to their hand held device and alleviates the dependence on laptop or desktop devices. Read the rest of this entry »