The leading analog semiconductor company Avago Technologies is all set to buy its competitor Broadcom for $37 billion in cash and stock, merging two leaders in wireless and wired communication semiconductors.
This news has rocked the technology world as it is seen as the biggest chip deal in the history according to the data compiled by Bloomberg.
A few days back I visited my Bank’s ATM (Automated Teller Machine), which is around 8 miles from my office. I decided not to let go of my favorite parking space (under the shade of the tree, where my car would not get too hot in the summer) and instead to take an Uber to the ATM.
As I was waiting for my Uber, a thought struck me, what if there is an Uber business model for the banks? Do I really need to go to the bank or the ATM? Can we take the financial services beyond the banks? Yes, with e-banking and mobile banking, most of our banking needs are satisfied at home, yet we still do need to go to the banks and the ATMs for other services.
This is a post contributed by one of our new employees regarding the importance of employee engagement.
Empowered employees are more productive and create a positive environment in the company! I wonder how many companies consider and execute employee engagement as a strategic activity. I have been working in the IT industry for over four years and was on a lookout for new opportunity, and I was fortunate enough to get some reasonable offers. In all honesty, money wasn’t always the priority or the concern of moving on to a next job.
At Antra, we get excited about technologies that drive innovation in making electric cars and we strive to enable the enterprises with tools and resources to support the innovation and shape further newer ideas. We always love to talk about the changes that these innovative companies bring in and get a flash of inspiration.
One of our clients who happen to work with an electric automaker recently initiated a conversation about a popular topic these days, how the automobile industry is being disrupted and how the electric and hybrid cars such as Tesla, Nissan Leaf, Chevy, and Ford are changing the consumer world.
This conversation has inspired a transformation thought – “World with only electric cars” – triggering in detail on some obvious changes, pros, and cons of electric vehicles.
In this article, we are presenting some fundamental information gathered to discuss what changes we ought to see today and expect to see tomorrow. Read on.
Several enterprises have moved towards agile and DevOps model but have challenges in taking the advantages of these models. Most of these enterprises have legacy methodologies and technologies in software releasing that causing challenges in transitioning to modern efficient models.
Our client is a global software company that serves financial services customers. Our client had several inefficiencies in their software release management that were causing delays in software releases and customer disappointment.
The client had challenges in software releasing on time as planned. First, there was no standardization in the release management process. The current release management process was partly automated with weaker accountability.
The pass/fail criteria for a release every sprint in the SCRUM process were weakly defined and the overall team lacked transparency to make quick decisions on the issues. Second, there were several independent legacy technologies being used to build and software releasing to the N+1 environment.
The manual handshake was not coordinated well and there was a clear need for automation of not just the handshakes but automating the critical test cases and regression test cases. There was no tool that orchestrated the release process end-to-end that gave transparency not just to developers but also to the product/business team.
Finally, there were gaps in understanding between business and development/release teams on how and when the finished releases would be launched to the customers.
Antra captured and analyzed the current development, build, and release process to identify the key inefficiencies that were hindering high-quality software releases to their customers.
We participated in client sprint cycles and interviewed the team to understand and identify the process flows, tools used, and the key issues currently faced.
Antra’s solution composed of
The solution offered:
Antra solution also consisted a clear road map with an analytical and ROI model that demonstrates desired software release model with the solution. Antra proposed and implemented a test pilot software release with the proposed solution to demonstrate the benefits of the ROI model presented.
THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF OUR PREVIOUS POST – A WORLD OF ONLY ELECTRICALLY CHARGED CARS, IS IT GOING TO BE A REAL GAME-CHANGER? WELL, IN PART 1 OF THE POST, WE HAVE PRESENTED SOME OBVIOUS CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY IF ALL THE CARS IN THE US WERE ELECTRIC. IN THIS POST 2, WE BRING THE TOPIC TO A CLOSE BY ANALYZING THOSE CHANGES AND BY UNDERSTANDING THE ADAPTATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A BIGGER PICTURE.
The Internet has changed we live in our homes. Yes, we are talking about smart home automation and IoT (Internet of things). Kicked off with the Bluetooth connectivity, smart home automation has garnered a significant attention for its wide range of innovative approaches and smart home solutions that make a person’s life much easier. And here we will see among Amazon or Google who’s winning in Smart Home Automation Technology?
There have been continuous improvements made to home automation category in the meanwhile, which radically changed the way users live in today’s world.
Employers have evolved over a period of time in big data recruitment, all employees are purely based on their hard skill sets in recruiting with a proper understanding whether a candidate would fit into the very fabric of the company or not.
Human resource specialists have employed many strategies in big data recruitment such as having strategic gatekeepers and focusing on behavioral aspects of the candidate.
The most popular example being the Southwest Airlines asking their own employees to be gatekeepers and giving them autonomy to choose their future co-workers.
This ensures Southwest to employ like-minded dynamic individuals with a great sense of humor which is the very fundamental culture of the company.