Google recognized the need to unify, simplify and standardize the design of its UI across desktop, web and mobile devices to provide a modern, intuitive experience for its users. The company set out to proactively address the lack of a single design pattern for all...
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David Brault Named a 2019 IBM Champion
We like to celebrate accomplishments here at LANSA, especially when it involves one of our own receiving a highly regarded award. David Brault, LANSA Product Marketing Manager, has been named a 2019 IBM Champion for his contributions to the IBM community. The IBM...
Certify Your Developers Become Full-Stack Developers
With nearly half of all mid and large-sized companies with open technology job postings, most are languishing on job boards for months and a significant worldwide shortage of talent supply, you have little to lose in plotting a concurrent strategy to cross-train your...
What to Expect When Hiring Full-Stack Developers
Tech recruiters everywhere are posting hordes of jobs for full-stack developers (FSDs). A quick scan for FSD (spelled out, of course) on a dozen popular global job boards finds over 180,000 active jobs posted. Unfortunately, there is no good way to cross-check the...
The Rise of Full-Stack Developers
How many full-stack developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one, if you can find one. Perhaps you should look for a unicorn instead. There is a remarkable trend in software development that has been growing along-side the divergence of specialized...
On the Road in Europe
I’m just back from a week traveling across Europe with my colleagues, delivering an update to our customers on the latest release of Visual LANSA (version 14 SP2). As a new member of the team, it was a valuable opportunity for me to meet so many customers in London,...
Frank Sarnelli named IBM Systems Magazine “Fresh Face”
It’s not surprising Frank Sarnelli joins the list of young professionals who have been named by IBM Power Systems Magazine as a “Fresh Face” to the IBM computing community. Frank has a burning desire to push the boundaries of technology to solve enterprise business...
GDPR – The journey has only just begun
As a marketing professional, this week has been quite unlike any other. The implementation date for GDPR has really focussed minds and although some say, "it’s not a deadline", the reality is that it has been treated that way by many. As has been the case for many of...
Evaluating Customer Service Before You’re a Customer
Who hasn't been stuck in auto-phone-system purgatory for hours or been routed to a first-line customer support rep who knew less about the product you were using than you did? In other cases, your only option for customer support might have been to post a message on...
Quick! It’s High Time to Get GDPR Compliant
So, you’ve been swamped with massive application backlogs and haven’t been able to dig into understanding the requirements of GDPR. After all, the legislation won’t go into effect until mid-2018, and you’ve been running against so many other mission-critical business...