Dec 4
Web Development
By Technology Ally
WordPress is one of the most popular open-source content management systems. It allows users to easily set up their websites in a few hours, removing some of the complexities of building a site from scratch. Below are nine tips and tricks to make WordPress work for your site. SEO Search Engine Optimization helps your […]
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Nov 19
Web Development
By Technology Ally
It is a fact that businesses outsource their operations to back offices or third-party offshore teams as they entice these businesses with their sensational benefits, including cost savings and faster turnarounds. Everyone from startups to corporations makes offshore arrangements including hiring freelancers and partnering with digital agencies. Offshore development is a commonly used cost-saving strategy, […]
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Oct 18
Web Development
By Technology Ally
US retail e-commerce sales have surged up by 4.5 percent from the first quarter of 2016, wherein the total retail sales are $97.3 billion. So, it is going well. But is the industry harnessing its true potential? In an article published on Internet retailing by Stefany Zaroban, e-commerce accounted for only 10% of retail sales […]
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Sep 2
Web Development
By Technology Ally
The opening slide creates curiosity, and in the next three slides, audiences decide whether they would like watching the presentation until the end or take a back seat (prefer taking a quick nap or a good view of the surroundings). So how are they going to decide? Factors that influence decision-making are not many; instead, […]
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Aug 22
Web Development
By Technology Ally
The opening lines of some of the greatest novels in literature have referred to the time and season. The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell, begins with, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Another popular novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, starts with [...]
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Jul 25
Web Development
By Technology Ally
A presentation becomes a good presentation when it conveys its message effectively, and urge people to take action. There are several articles I have written on how to make captivating presentations using the latest online presentation tools and technologies, but I believe that to make an effective presentation, it is important to have the necessary […]
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Jul 1
Web Development
By Technology Ally
If you pay close attention to the appearance of an interviewee, you can easily guess the position he would have been applied for. No special HR Management degree is required for that. A marketing professional will turn up in a well-ironed, nicely-tailored shirt, trousers, and probably a tie. He stands tall, with the most pleasant […]
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Jun 17
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Once, while talking to a prospective client at that time, I found him somewhat hesitant toward outsourcing. His questions were focused upon our capabilities as a company, rather than the abilities as a team of talented professionals. How do you manage the cost? How can you guarantee that you will complete the project on time? […]
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May 21
Web Development
By Technology Ally
The outcome of your outsourcing largely depends upon the technology and location strategy. Where location can usually be well-predicted based on the stability factor for a region, technology is quite unpredictable. The recent developments and innovations have broadened the dynamics of the outsourcing market, thereby giving new scope to the customers of the industry. According […]
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May 3
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Hiring an expert for every role in the organization is costly. And setting up an infrastructure to perform the roles and responsibilities is even more costly. Outsourcing gives an opportunity to businesses to get the work done by experts at a lower cost. But often people simply ignore the specialization aspects, when it comes to […]
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Apr 16
Web Development
By Technology Ally
I usually correlate outsourcing with a popular engineering term, “Jugaad.” The most common definition for the term is an “innovative fix,” or simple work-around. Outsourcing as a process and methodology has much stronger ground than simply a fix, though. A possible extended version could be a solution that fixes the common problems which most of […]
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Mar 29
Web Development
By Technology Ally
In the morning, when you open an email that asks you to re-explain the same issue that you had clearly explained yesterday could be a day-spoiler. This can happen anywhere, even with the onshore colleagues. But these events become more frustrating with the overseas team. Is it bias? No, not because you are biased, but […]
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Mar 4
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Outsourcing provides a variety of benefits, but with rewards come risks. Strategic outsourcing, one where risk and rewards are carefully analyzed before acting, is not possible without discussing the importance of efficient vendor management. In the marketing campaigns by most of these outsourcing service providers, you will find one of two common phrases – “cost-effective” […]
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Feb 13
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Each time you Google search a product with different keywords, you will find several new websites on the first page. It is the same case when you open your social media accounts, specifically Facebook. Internet users are faced with new e-commerce sites each time in the form of Google ads. An interesting article, written by […]
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Jan 29
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Among many other factors, one thing that gave life to startups in Silicon Valley during the 1990s is venture capitalism. The result was a large number of small companies. Not every start-up survived the challenges of a rigorous, competitive market, but those that did became successful names in that domain or at least, rose above […]
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Jan 15
Web Development
By Technology Ally
Often, changes in the IT industry don’t come alone; they come with a new word. And, in some cases, industry keeps struggling for a long to fix a specific spelling for the buzzword. Consider the case of e-commerce. Or maybe ecommerce or Ecommerce. At this time, the word is “Lean.” No, not the spelling issue, […]
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