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Respecting the process: the 3 pillars of a successful FDA 510K submission
The process of submitting a medical device product for FDA 510k approval—with required documentation—is itself its own kind of project. It involves proper processes and procedures, documenting decisions and steps throughout the development process, and completing...
Managing change during modernization w/ our client Travelers Insurance
Software modernization is fundamentally about change—which can be exciting to change leaders and IT advocates. But software doesn’t stand on its own: It’s created, maintained, and used by teams of people throughout your organization, and those people have real limits...
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Effective microservices communication and conversation patterns [DDD Dallas]
Orchestration or choreography? Sagas or process manager? REST, RPC, or events? Are we just making this all up as we go along? Microservices introduce major complexities the moment we move away from a single service and process to multiple ones. Immediately, the...
Four types of CIOs and the challenges they face today
When we talked about the unique challenges facing businesses today, we emphasized the important role technology leaders have to play. They hold the keys to what businesses need to weather changes in the market, technology, communities, and the economy. They are...
How Enterprise Agility presents both challenge and opportunity for IT leaders today
When we look at models for technology adoption, Moore’s Law comes to mind as seminal. Moore’s Law posits that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles every two years, while the cost of computers halves. This has been extrapolated to mean that,...
Distributed tracing made easy in .NET Core (NDC Sydney)
When something goes wrong in a single application, you normally get a nice stack trace. But when something goes strong in a distributed system, you get almost nothing! You could add some logging, but then you have to comb through those logs to understand what led to...
Successful Epic integrations for healthcare systems involve these 3 considerations
Electronic Health Record systems (EHR) are the digital version of a patient’s paper charts that get shared among care providers. They’ve become the standard in the healthcare industry for recording and managing a patient’s medical history, laboratory...
The 5 digital transformation pillars
Digital transformation has gone into hyperdrive—thanks in large part to the recent pandemic. As consumers, we’ve been pushed towards ordering food through apps, shopping online, and utilizing digital services. As businesses, we’re finding new ways to operate remotely...
Considerations for your cloud-native strategy: How hard should you buy in?
Are your current systems bogged down by vendor lock-in? Maybe your company is starting down a software modernization path with a goal of becoming cloud-native? As we move away from vendor-plagued solutions of the past, we may be surprised to discover a new kind of...
Building a team of leaders
Hi, I’m Ben. I’ve been in software since 2004, but only recently have I begun transforming software development teams. I want to tell you all about it—from objectives to implementation—but first, I’ll give you a brief history of my experience with sports teams, which...
Upgrading your cloud-native strategy with a Landing Zone
“Treat Yo Self!” – Parks & Recreation When was the last time you brought in a shiny new upgrade for your development teams (that wasn’t part of your annual Microsoft true-up)? When those budget talks come around, are you always stuck with repeatedly...
Developing an API strategy that unlocks potential
By 2027, the API management market is expected to reach 5 times its present value. Companies throughout the world are developing an API strategy as a chief component of their overall IT strategies. APIs may have started out as just another way to access data, but...
