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The GearStream Model: Restoring health to software outsourcing

To help companies transition to an on-demand cloud factory, GearStream has introduced a cloud factory model that establishes a pattern for software development characterized by high velocity, high reliability, high dependability, and high predictability-from start to finish. The model is made up of eight key stages and strategies, which I’ll address over the next several Continue

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The Need for On-Demand Cloud Software Factories

Consumer software that’s now running millions of iPhones and iPads has combined with friendly, frustration-free software powering thousands of consumer-friendly websites to create a new standard by which enterprise software is perceived. Thanks to Apple and others, users expect to fall in love with new applications, which don’t just meet expectations; they blow them out Continue

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IT vs. The Business: Why do we butt heads

It’s no secret that many business executives have a low opinion of IT, but more surprising is how many within the IT/engineering ranks are also frustrated with how collaboration with the business has nearly always set them, and the business, up for disappointment. In working with our Fortune 1000 clients over the years, I’ve compiled Continue

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For the Non-IT Executive: How Agile leads to sustainable improvements

In the interest of fostering better relationships between business leaders and IT, I’m offering an explanation of Agile and Lean IT for the non-IT executive. Agile is something software and engineering teams are eager to adopt, yet doing so requires support and active collaboration from the business. Agile is not just an IT thing. At Continue

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