Posted by Software Outsourcing on March 16th, 2009 | Comments
Over the past several years, offshore outsoucing has really seen an upsurge. Leading companies have felt that appointing an offshore service provider who has an experienced team of web developers, was an excellent way to get their projects completed without commitment to the salary, benefits, and obligations that go along with hiring an in-house employee. Moreover, while the company can focus towards its core competencies of brand marketing and business development, the ODC (offshore development centre) takes care of their non-core activities.
Offshore dedicated teams understand the nuances of offshore outsourcing; be it offloading application development and maintenance, software development, product development, help desk operations or numerous other projects, clients are assured of the best services by these offshore experts teams specialized in varied verticals. As strategic partners to their clients, they assist them in making most effective use of their services:
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Posted by Software Outsourcing on March 13th, 2009 | Comments
Despite my best efforts, this past week I lost both my primary and secondary computer systems. After losing my primary desktop several years ago, I vowed I would never let myself be caught without an operating PC. As they say, “the road to h*ll is paved with good intentions,” and I once again was caught with my proverbial pants down without an operating computer when my desktop, which had been exhibiting some problem signs in the last month, died suddenly and would not turn on.
I then went to my laptop, which I had admittedly been lazy about keeping updated, and turned it on. Immediately the Windows update process started, and asked me install Service Pack 3 for Windows XP. Having done that successfully on my desktop, I wasn’t too worried about any installation problems on the laptop. However, upon completing the installation, the blue screen of death appeared, which is NEVER a good sign with a Windows-based system.
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Posted by Software Outsourcing on March 10th, 2009 | Comments
Many companies make the mistake of spending money in areas where it’s not necessary. Take, for example, companies pumping marketing dollars into increasing traffic on the website. It’s great to get more traffic, but that is just the first step. Now you need that traffic to do something.
Website Conversion Defined
The percentage of total visitors who come to the website, follow through after clicking on the company’s desired point of action (POA) and submit information, download a demo, make a purchase, etc. is the definition of website conversion. In an e-commerce application, multiple visitors will add items to their shopping carts, but a smaller percentage will actually make the purchase. The percentage of visitors that completes the transaction signifies the conversion rate for the website. In a lead-generating application, multiple visitors will follow a path that you desire for them to follow (at first), but will not complete the form, download, etc. The percentage that does signifies the conversion rate.
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Posted by Software Outsourcing on March 3rd, 2009 | Comments
The Direct Revenue Case
In the case of People v. Direct Revenue, the New York Attorney General in 2008 attempted to nail Direct Revenue for its distribution of software that served pop-up advertising software on consumers’ computers.
Direct Revenue is in the advertising business. It’s software client serves pop-up advertisements to consumer’s computer screens through the Internet. Direct Revenue does not charge fees to consumers. Instead, it charges fees to the companies whose products it advertises.
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Posted by Software Outsourcing on February 27th, 2009 | Comments
Have you ever registered or attempted to register for an event and spent half an hour trying to figure out what you needed to do? Or have you used an online registration form that lost your data or was so complicated that it seemed like more work than faxing the form?
When used properly, online registration is an extremely powerful tool that makes registration easy for event participants. If used improperly, event participants can be left extremely frustrated and in some cases reluctant to attend the event.
We have put together a list of ten design tips to help you create user friendly registration forms and give your event participants a positive registration experience.
1. Make the registration form easy to access
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Posted by Software Outsourcing on February 24th, 2009 | Comments
The use of automated software testing tools is not a new idea being adopted by software companies all over the world. In fact, this remedy has been around for quite some time already due to the complexity and time-consuming nature of software development and testing.
As stated, the business of producing and developing software products is something that takes a lot of time, resources, and effort. Not to mention a lot of personnel, the entire production and development phase of the product may well take several months to finish. The general public does not exactly know that despite the complexity of the production and development process, the testing phase is what software producers and developers dread.
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