The estimating process is iterative, meaning your first estimate is a guesstimate unless you have hard data from prior work efforts that mirror what you are trying to accomplish.  Most projects sit somewhere between “It has never been before now” and “We have highly accurate... Continue reading…

For organizations looking at their cloud adoption strategy, testing or QA environments can be the logical place to start. A recent whitepaper from Infosys discusses the use case and benefits to starting with QA environments.  Benefits include dynamic and scalable provisioning, ... Continue reading…

The edge for small and mid-size businesses in 2012 is the seamless utilization of the mobile space. In a recent article posted in Crain's Chicago Business, Robert Wile (12/12) highlights a key message: "Having an effective website is no longer good enough. Customers expect to be able to u... Continue reading…

A great post in CIO.com from Bernard Golden about Cloud provider SLAs.   Reading his post reinforces the importance of Cloud architecture in your implementation and also the structure of your SLA with your Cloud services provider. "SLAs don't provide much protection ... Continue reading…