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Society and Technology: Partners in Changing Our Lives Ancient and modern human civilizations have both benefited from and been impeded by the...

Positive Effects Of Technology That Has Changed Our Lives Technology can be a scary thing, especially for businesses that have found success...

The Effects of Technology on Human Interaction, What are they? Technology is more than an abstract concept associated with advanced tools and...

Knowing the Signs to Answer the Question: Is Society too Dependent on Technology? Trying to imagine what life would be like without technology is...

What is a Microprocessor and What You Need to Know Almost everyone uses a computer these days, whether it's at home or at work. In fact, it's...

Best Cross-Platform Mobile Development Tools For Enterprises The ability to develop robust, secure, performance-heavy, cross-platform mobile...

The Relationship of Technology and Social Change If you look at the past century, you'll be hard-pressed to disagree when it comes to the massive...

The End Of Moore's Law And What Happens Next Computer Technology, Computational Electronics, and Information Technology (IT) have radically...

How Long Should My Custom Software Take to Be Built? Developing fully functional and secure custom software for your business enterprise can be a...

We Take a Snapshot View of 10 Open Source or Free Business Dashboard Tools Your business intelligence dashboard is a very useful way to get an...

What Is Loose Coupling? Loose coupling refers to the connection between components of a system or network, such as software applications or...

.Net Core is Improving Software Development and is Good for Business Current software development frameworks and stacks, which are used by...

Custom Week/Month Look Back Range Based on User-Selected Date This tutorial shows you how to create a custom date range “look-back” slicer that is...

The Definitive Beginners Guide To Understanding Web Portals Remaining competitive and scaling in the current globalized ecosystem requires...

Specialist Vs Generalist: Evaluating The Value Each Can Bring To Your Team Recruiting the right employees is critical to your company’s success....

This article has been updated to include new instructions for InfoPath 3013. Click here if you are looking for instructions for InfoPath 2010 or...

What is a Scope of Work Document? If you're hiring someone to do a project for your business (like creating an app or redesigning your website,...

How Much Does Software Development Cost? In this day and age, even smaller companies can benefit from investing in custom software solutions....

9 Benefits Of Extranets: Why Your Business Needs One Succeeding in the global landscape of small, medium and large enterprises requires that...

Onshore vs. Offshore Development: Compare And Contrast Updating legacy systems or developing new software applications, whether for internal use...

Platform Vs Framework: How Do They Differ? Within the world of development - whether it be mobile development, application development, web...

What is Disruptive Technology? Technology and Technological Systems not only affect end-users and consumers within different markets and...

Problem: You have set up a tabular model or multidimensional cube on an Analysis Services instance. You attempt to connect to this Analysis Services...

The 5 Most Important Best Practices To Keep In Mind When You Create Your Own Client Portal Client portal systems can radically change “business as...

Legacy System or Out of Date System: What is the Difference? As Information Technology has evolved over time and has become a core foundation for...

Developing Windows Forms collaboratively using machines with varying screen resolutions can lead to inadvertent (and automatic) changes to form...

What the Future of Technology Holds Every generation is shaped by the technology that was introduced during their time. For example, Baby Boomers...

Mobile Application Security - Best Practices You Must Know Developing an app for your business is an excellent way to improve your customer...

Figuring Out if Your Company’s Software is HIPAA Compliant The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a U.S....

How To Tell If Offshore Development Is The Right Option For You If companies want to remain competitive globally, they must minimize overhead, use...

So, you have stumbled upon the Google PageSpeed Insights tool and are mortified by the score your website has received. You are not alone, and...

Mobile Development: Best Practices You Should Know It wasn't long ago that people primarily used desktops and laptops to surf the web; however,...

What Is An Extranet: Your Client Portal Solution For Collaborations If businesses are to succeed in the current age of global enterprises, they...

Choosing The Right Mobile Development Framework Staying ahead of the curve these days means a business must use every tool at its disposal to...

The relationship you forge with your custom software development firm is ultimately vital to ensure the success of your project. With so many...

One of my favorite things about Python is its amazing sub process module. As great as it may be though, I still don't want to have to write the...

How to Get Into Quantum Computing: Impacts on Your Business Like many new technologies often do, quantum computing sounds like science fiction....

Professional Networking For Business Leaders: Ways To Cultivate & Leverage There’s an adage that almost everyone is aware of no matter what...

Relational Database: Your Ultimate Guide to Representing Data Today, small, medium and large businesses face wide-ranging challenges in their...

Say Goodbye to Post It Notes, Scrap Paper, and Even Your Word Doc Files, The Digital Age is Here Creating a to-do list has always been an...

What is Automated Testing? Automated testing is a field within system testing that uses a suite of tools to automate test cases that can output...

How to Calculate the Opportunity Cost Associated with Keeping Your Existing Systems Opportunity costs are ubiquitous within Small and...

Simultaneously Launch iOS and Android or Start With Just One? How to Decide When deciding to launch mobile or tablet applications for business or...

Keeping Your Client Portal Secure Is Life Or Death For Your Business Client Portals are digital bridges that allow clients to utilize a...

What Exactly is ASP.NET and Why Should You Use it For Your Business Software? Creating dynamic websites and customized applications is an ability...

Has the Rise of the Agile SDLC Completely Replaced Waterfall Development? Has traditional IT code development seen its last day with the...

What is the Life Cycle of a Product’s Development? When a company wants to successfully release a new product or service, there are a myriad of...

When it comes to product development, there is no recipe or framework to ensure success asthe qualifications for success will vary from project to...

Visual Business Intelligence Dashboards or Reports: Which is Best for Your Business? Reporting is the lifeblood of management in most businesses,...

Deciding Between Freelancers or Software Development Companies: What are The Pros and Cons of Each? After coming up with a great product idea,...

Collaborate Better in Microsoft SharePoint With These Tips Over the last decade, a large number of novel enterprise software applications,...

What You Need to Know About Comparing PHP and ASP.NET Small, medium and large enterprises in today’s globalized, digital market have a myriad of...

How to use a Business Intelligence Dashboard to Measure Your Team's Productivity Operating a successful business requires that your team...

The Scope of a Project If you're planning a new project, such as a new app or a new website, it's a good idea to define the scope of your...

Custom Website or a No Code Self-Built Website: What Are The Main Differences? Modern software applications that enable non-technical end-users...

Two things business managers want to improve in their employees are productivity and effectiveness.Unfortunately, these are two of the most...

Developing new software is a complicated and time-consuming process. You will need to set realistic development expectations for your software...

Levels of Automated Testing You Should Expect from Your Custom Software Developer Like most businesses, it is likely your operations depend...

Making the decision to outsource your business IT systems to custom software development companies requires thought and planning. But first, why...

Productive or Needlessly Busy? 9 Signs That May Indicate Your Technology Is Making You Less Productive. Advancements in technology are often made...

Change the Way You Do Business with Microsoft Azure Data Factory In order for SMEs - and larger enterprises - to both compete and succeed in the...

The Future of Quantum Computing: How we are Gearing To It Computing technology has been advancing at a rapid pace ever since the very first...

Productivity Software in a World of SaaS Based Solutions At its very core, productivity is the effectiveness at which your employees do their job....

What is CCPA: How Businesses Can Be Held Accountable California has a range of new legislation that is going into effect in 2020 that can...

Costs Of Converting an iOS App to the Android Platform Developing an application for one’s personal or business needs comes with many major...

When software developers make plans to develop software, they need to estimate the amount of time it will take to complete the development...

Cost estimation is a critical aspect of the planning process when embarking on a custom software development venture. However, due to the dynamic...

An End of An Era as Adobe Flash No Longer Supported by 2020 The World Wide Web/Internet has seen a variety of advanced modifications,...

In today's fast-track world, efficiency is essential in any business. In order to get ahead of the competition, and stay there, you need to employ...

Interviews are challenging for everyone with candidates obligated to summarize a career’s worth of experience within a cohesive narrative while...

In a recent interview by CTCI, DJ Wardynski, President of Brainspire Solutions, discusses 3 technology investment areas that have high ROI.

Microsoft Power BI Can Benefit and Improve Your Organization In this digital age, data is one of the most important and critical assets a...

5 Disruptive Technologies That Will Change the Face of Business as We Know It The modern ecosystem of global enterprises is changing due to...

Using Data for Quantitative Forecasting Forecasting is the idea of making good estimates for future performance and potential results....

Companies across the globe depend on legacy software systems to support many of their core business functions. In fact, almost a full 70% of...

Building new software can be a time-consuming project. Their complexity often makes them prone to delays. In fact, it's not uncommon for a...

Growing businesses increase the need to store more data but the problem that often arises, for many different reasons, is that businesses will...

How to Protect Yourself From CryptoLocker Extortion In an age of increasing cybersecurity threats, it is of the utmost importance for SMEs - as...

11 Ideas About to Happen that Will Change how we see the  the Technology of the Future For a long time, science fiction is what gave us a view of...

7 Ways To Achieve A Shorter Database Design Process A database is a structured collection of data, which typically maintains records on people or...

What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence (AI) has been portrayed in movies for years as runaway computers in big buildings with...

CCPA Compliance Checklist: Your Roadmap to Success The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) passed in 2018 following a petition by California...

Top Mobile Development Trends For 2020 Mobile development is one of the most critical aspects of software and hardware development in today’s...

Businesses have heard a lot of promises from the technology world over the years, ultimately underwhelming users. Unlike magic tools offered by...

.NET Core is Microsoft’s next major version of .NET. There are many new things to be excited about.  It's modular, it has flexible deployment,...

What Exactly is SSO and Why Does Your Business Need It? Today’s world of complex daily workflows and Information Technology (IT) infrastructure...

Client Portals: Everything You Need To Know Before You Start A Client Portal Project The development and implementation of a Client Portal will...

Choosing Project Management Tools: 5 Must Have Capabilities Keeping a project organized can be a challenging task, especially when there are...

Top Software Solutions for Your Business In today's technology-driven world, different software solutions can help to drive your business...

The Business Issue - What Are Soft Skills? The modern corporate ecosystem is typically comprised of executives, senior managers and mid & entry...

In today's world of increasing globalization, innovative technologies, and growing transparency, businesses now must master a new ability in order...

The Symbiosis of Technology and Privacy The recent century has seen an explosion in the magnitude and quality of advanced technologies that have...

What is Blockchain Technology and How Does it Relate to My Business? Blockchain technology is a modern, currently-evolving, revolutionary...

How Will Big Data Affect Your Small or Medium Sized Business? Every day businesses, large and small, are already contributing to and benefiting...

How Can You Apply Lean Product Development Approaches To Your Business? Lean product development is a strategy that follows a group of...

So How Does Machine Learning Work? Machine learning still gives 'the uninitiated' the impression of computers taking over the world, which was...

What Business Metrics Should Be On Your Dashboard Right Now? From a business management perspective, a dashboard system or view is essentially a...

A List of 15 Simple Tasks Easily Automated Right Now Automation can be incredibly beneficial for tasks that are time-consuming and that don't...

What is Machine Learning? Despite common rumor that there is some robot that looks like a human and it is reading books at lightning speed to...

A manager called IT and said the program they created was not doing what it was supposed to. The programmer told him to tell his employees they...

Software technologies to meet business needs abound. If you’re looking for one that can effectively accomplish what your business needs it to, or...

Software Development Projects Come With High Visibility The decision to make an investment in any software development project within an...

In today's business environments there are a great deal of tasks that often require little thought, and are completed by employees manually, many...

What is Business Intelligence (BI)? According to Wikipedia, Business Intelligence “…comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises...

Taming the Custom Software Project Beast Taking on a custom development project is a huge task and one that oftentimes represents a career...

A Straightforward CCPA Vs GDPR Comparison Guide Today it's not uncommon for a company to rely on personal data to create better user experiences...

Technology Ethics and Business Most businesses are well aware of business ethics. Unfortunately, some companies have a habit of foregoing...

What CCPA California Will Mean For Businesses Data privacy has become a hot topic in recent years, especially with major controversies...

What is the Internet of Things and How Does it Relate To Small to Medium Sized Business? The Internet of Things (IoT) is a modern, conceptual...

Software Applications for your Business Needs Modern organizations and businesses alike have come to largely rely on different software systems...

Custom software solutions offer your company the opportunity to increase efficiency by accommodating the unique requirements of your business....

Simply having a product or service isn't enough to get people interested. No matter how good it is, people won't buy what they don't know exists....

The 3rd annual SIMTank event at the new Galvanize was a huge success last evening. SIMTank drew its largest audience yet, and SIM Colorado raised...

Key #5 - Testing is Critical

Brainspire Solutions, a custom software development consulting firm, is pleased to announce the opening of their Denver, Colorado office.

Predictions and Trends on the Future of Cloud Computing There have been many advances in computer technology over the past decade or so, but one...

"If You Can’t Understand It, You’re Reading it Wrong" A few years back, a manufacturing CFO and I were discussing how his company shared data...

Brainspire Solutions, a Denver based custom software development consulting firm, develops and donates mobile application to raise money for ...

Is MVP For Software Development Only Limited To New Startups? Releasing an MVP (Minimal Viable Product) is something that many businesses are...

Our goal to become Denver’s most trusted custom software development consulting firm. Because Colorado is an important part of our identity, we...

What Sets Angular, React, Node, and Vue.JS Apart and Which One is Right for You? The software and web development landscape has been radically...

What Is DevOps and Why Is It Suddenly So Popular? DevOps implies the combination of software development methodologies and cultural practices to...

Embarking on a custom software development project can be a risky process. On average, 66% of software projects with budgets over $15 million...

Your business is growing and you have full-time staff available to keep things running smoothly. As you consider ways to further the growth of...

Great Clients Get Great Service! DJ Wardynski, President - Brainspire Solutions In Collaboration with Chief Technology Consultants, Inc. (CTCi)  

A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a center that collects information about the security of an organization or system. The SOC team analyzes...

Is Your Website Prepared For The California Consumer Protection Law? It's rare these days to find a company of any size that doesn't have a...

Ensure CCPA Compliance With These 3 Factors In 2018, California passed Ab-375, also known as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The...

5 Reasons to Take a Look at Your IT Budget and The Future Information Technology (IT) has become a critical infrastructure that is utilized in...

Just How Safe is The Cloud for Your Company to Use? The modern digital landscape of IT infrastructures utilized by small, medium and large...

Taking the Steps for Your Business to Harness and Use Big Data With the arrival of more powerful computing systems (such as cloud computing...

For many young businesses, custom software can seem like overkill. With a high initial barrier for development to overcome, custom-built software...

Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study to find cultural and technical processes and...

Software development is a complex process that requires communication and organization, not to mention the right development team. Without the...

Many companies avoid hiring someone to create custom software because they think it will cost more than they can possibly afford. Some feel custom...

Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study to find cultural and technical processes and...

Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study to find cultural and technical processes and...

Key #6 - Developers Should Interact with Customers Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study...

What does MVP Development mean for Existing Companies? In a market that's crowded with companies regularly releasing new products on a yearly...

When you first opened your business, your mission was clear to everyone and certainly top of mind. With few employees, everyone had the same goal,...

Your business is unique. Even among others who sell the same types of products or services, your business has its own needs and works in its own...

Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study to find cultural and technical processes and...

Through interviews with dozens of technology executives, Brainspire conducted a research study to find cultural and technical processes and...

When it comes to software development, there are a few different processes that you can use. Choosing the right development process is integral to...

Security operations centers often go by different names, such as SOC or CIRT. Regardless of what they are called, building a SOC is essential for...

After determining that your company needs a custom software solution to be developed, the next step is to find the partner that will fit in with...

Today's businesses are becoming more and more competitive. With advances in technology, IT services are becoming less of an outside field and more...

On April 29, 2016 the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce hosted their 2016 Business Awards Luncheon and highlighted 3 finalists in 6 categories -...

On Tuesday, February 23, 2016, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce selected Brainspire Solutions as one of three finalists for “Start-Up Business...

Mobile App Development Timeline A mobile app development timeline can vary depending on the type of app being developed. For example, a mobile...

There are many types of software applications out there that can meet your business requirements. If you find yourself in need of an app that...

Familiarize Yourself With The Different Types Of Software Licenses If you are planning to develop your own software, odds are you will be reusing...

How To Deal With Unrealistic Deadlines For Project Completion The inability to meet the established deadline for a software development project...