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Focus on Culture When Building an Engineering Culture

Sujith Nair explores why the clichéd “Engineering Culture” and related jargon need serious action beyond just boardroom discussion. Building an awesome Engineering Culture today needs more focus than ever. While there are no ready-made frameworks for building great engineering culture, there is a lot to be learnt from successful organizations.

Sujith Nair
on Jul 20, 2017
Mobile

Affordable React Native Mobile App Development

This article reviews the main benefits of developing a React Native mobile app and discusses a number of scenarios to make it more affordable, including local development, offshoring, and outsourcing.

Kateryna Boiko
on Jul 19, 2017
Java

Painlessly Migrating to Java Jigsaw Modules - a Case Study

This article is a case study of changes required in an application to make use of the new Java Platform Module System. An understanding of the module system will become an important skill for Java developers, using Java 9 and beyond.

Trisha Gee
on Jul 17, 2017
Cloud

Five Steps to Migrate Unisys Mainframes to AWS

If you have a Unisys mainframe, you may be thinking that cloud computing isn’t an option. But cloud computing has quickly matured, as have the offerings of service providers like AWS, and it’s now proving itself to be a viable option for running mainframe application workloads.

Craig Marble
on Jul 16, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book The Team Engagement Strategy

The book The Team Engagement Strategy provides an operational model with guiding principles that teams can use to solve their problems by focusing on outcomes. It empowers teams to take action based on their shared insight and assumptions, and helps them to learn and improve continuously.

Ben Linders
on Jul 13, 2017
.NET

Unleashing the Power of .NET Big Memory and Memory Mapped Files

In continuation of the Big Memory topic on the .NET platform, this article describes the benefits of utilization of large data sets in-process on the managed CLR server environments using Agincore’s Big Memory Pile.

Dmitriy Khmaladze
on Jul 12, 2017
Culture & Methods

A View from the Trenches: the C-Suite’s Role in Organizational Transformation

The attributes of an Agile approach – flexibility, predictability, quality, and speed to market are priorities for all successful businesses. Why then, are organizational transformations a challenge for most? The answer often lies with company leadership and an inability to lead the massive cultural shift necessary for a successful company-wide transformation.

Peter Karlson
on Jul 12, 2017
Mobile

Mobile DNUN: Danger Notification and User Navigation

This article introduces the authors’ Danger Notification and User Navigation (DNUN) application, which works in conjunction with a geolocation system to save the location of users or objects for emergency rescue or later navigation. The DNUN mobile application can help rescue a user by sending an email with a danger notification to intended contacts.

Hosam El-Ocla Karthik Reddy Nalla
on Jul 11, 2017
Culture & Methods

Rethinking Lean Startup at a Big Corporate

To achieve digital transformation, a company can build a "lab" or do it with its capabilities. Michael Nir explains how he coaches such a transformation for a Fortune 100 Insurance Provider Company, the steps and requirements to start, the first achievements, the role of managers and the pitfalls they fell into.

Michael Nir Stéphane Wojewoda
on Jul 07, 2017
.NET

Virtual Panel: High Performance Application in .NET

The panelists discuss high performance computing in .NET. The topics range from the main challenges they faced, to .NET Native and high performance in unconventional platforms. Memory allocation and thus garbage collection are at the center of the conversation, from both users' and implementers' point of view.

Pierre-Luc Maheu
on Jul 06, 2017
Mobile

Model-Based Software Engineering to Tame the IoT Jungle

The ThingML approach, which was inspired by UML, addresses the challenges of distribution and heterogeneity in the Internet of Things. This model-driven, generative approach has been continuously evolved and applied to cases in different domains, including a commercial e-health solution

Brice Morin Franck Fleurey Nicolas Harrand
on Jul 05, 2017
Culture & Methods

Robot Says "Culture" - Moving towards Teal

Culture is something to be cultivated, something which will grow and evolve and must be cared for and nurtured. Most organizations today are stuck in an orange state of consciousness and culture. Let's explore the teal breakthroughs in self-management, evolutionary purpose and wholeness, and see how implementing teal-type working can lead to significant productivity and profitability gains.

Ash Sheikh
on Jul 03, 2017