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What is the future of the Internet of Things?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

In the near future, the Internet and wireless technologies will connect different sources of information such as sensors, mobile phones, and cars in an ever tighter manner. The number of devices which connect to the Internet is – seemingly exponentially – increasing. These billions of components produce consume and process information in different environments such as logistic applications, factories, and airports as well as in the work and everyday lives...

Why is the agile methodology better?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Agile Methodology is not necessarily “better” in all situations. Saying “Agile is better than Waterfall” is like saying “A car is better than a boat”. It depends on the environment that you are in. Agile is generally better for projects that have a higher level of uncertainty that require a more adaptive approach and also where creativity and innovation are important. Many software projects fall into that category. A traditional...

What is the future of ERP software?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

At its core, ERP provides transaction automation for business operations. Whether it was called ‘ERP Scft3qreQ’ or not, it has been around for as long as businesses have made the effort to automate for greater productivity. Consider history for context, then we project the ERP future. Consider over a century back - cash registers were the earliest Order Entry / Payment Collection systems, and NCR Systems (National Cash Register) was...

Why do people not like working at a startup?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Startup jobs tend to be low paying, but with higher responsibility, higher maintenance, and higher risk. Most people have no idea about working at a startup. They don’t teach this at school, but they don’t teach this at jobs either. Most jobs are designed to be easy. A company does not want to give their workers a hard time. Why would they? The easier the better. Work will get done faster...

Why does a startup fail?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Startups are booming in the current scenario of technical advancement and in recent years we have seen a new startup arising from the dust. We have seen a new startup evolving every day and most entrepreneurs think they’re building the next big thing. But in reality, over 90% of them fail. Most startups follow this lifecycle, where the founder gets an idea, a revolutionary solution that is unique and can...

How to start a Startup! – Is it really a bubble?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Everyone wants to be the exception, but building a multimillion-dollar company in 12 months simply isn't the case for the majority of businesses. Even those companies that seem like overnight success stories flew under the radar for several years before finding their big break. The startup culture is full of people who want to and try to, but just can’t get their business off the ground. Why is this the...

Importance of artificial intelligence. How has it changed through time?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Artificial Intelligence or AI, in general, refers to the science of computers developing intelligence like humans. Basically, it is technology that’ll allow computers to do some simple stuff that humans can do. As technology improves , we as a race are becoming increasingly impatient. While typing emails , we are used to getting name suggestions before typing the whole name. When using our smartphones, we prefer talking instead of typing and...

5 megatrends shaping the future of testing automation

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development

Testing Automation is preferred in the current generation of product development and it came into practice to minimize manual testing efforts required during the execution. As these automation solutions are evolving from a traditional record-and-play type to an end-to-end hybrid framework solution integrated with CI/CD. To make such solutions smarter and agile, the next generation of automation solutions requires integrating with AI (Artificial Intelligence) from its roots. We at Asterro have...

What is actually needed for a startup?

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Here's the recipe: From a bag full of ideas, select a fresh & ripe one, add to it a tablespoon of zeal, a jug full of patience, a teaspoon of money, a cup of grated team members, a pinch of effort & hard work for each of the team members you added. Mix all the ingredients well. Before serving, for garnish sprinkle some knowledge, confidence, and dedication on top. Bake...

Top 10 factors to build high-performing agile teams

by Akhil Taneja|Application Development, Cloud Solutions, Digital Marketing, Product Innovation Strategy

Every transformational leader would prefer a team that is engaged, motivated, and contribute directly towards achieving the organizational goals. Here are the 10 key factors which really worked for me in building high performing agile teams. 1. Communicate the big picture A team works better when it knows how the assigned task is aligned with the organizational strategy and when it contributes towards the external business goals. Picking up user...

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