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AI

AI Document Processing vs OCR: Which Do You Need?

OCR turns a scan into text. AI document processing returns the fields your system needs. Here's how they differ, and when plain OCR is still the right choice.

Oct 13, 2026 5 min read
How to implement audit trail using triggers in SQL
Database & SQL

How to implement audit trail using triggers in SQL

A custom approach to store audit trail using Triggers and JSON format in SQL Server database.

Feb 12, 2025 4 min read
SharpQuest, Inc. Expands Business into Canada with New Windsor Branch Office
Business

SharpQuest, Inc. Expands Business into Canada with New Windsor Branch Office

SharpQuest, Inc. Expands Business into Canada with New Windsor Branch Office

Mar 26, 2024 3 min read
T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Stored Procedure or Function from one database to multiple target databases
Database & SQL

T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Stored Procedure or Function from one database to multiple target databases

A script to copy stored procedure or function from one DB to another DB or to multiple target databases

Mar 4, 2024 2 min read
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Mobile

How to Migrate Mobile Apps from Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI

A step-by-step guide to migrating Xamarin.Forms apps to .NET MAUI 10: prerequisites, tool-assisted and manual options, layouts, renderers and packages.

Mar 1, 2024 10 min read
T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Efficiently Querying Audit Entries created by Entity Framework in MS SQL
Database & SQL

T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Efficiently Querying Audit Entries created by Entity Framework in MS SQL

An easy way to query audit entries created by Entity Framework. This can be used by Microsoft .Net Developers in reports and UI to display history of changes to certain tables by users.

Feb 27, 2024 2 min read
T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Views from one database to multiple target databases
Database & SQL

T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Copying Views from one database to multiple target databases

A script to copy T-SQL view from one MS SQL database to another or multiple target databases

Feb 26, 2024 2 min read
T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Executing a Query in multiple databases
Database & SQL

T-SQL Tips and Tricks: Executing a Query in multiple databases

A script to Execute T-SQL Queries in multiple databases

Feb 22, 2024 1 min read
How to decide about using outsourcing for software development and application maintenance projects
Outsourcing

How to decide about using outsourcing for software development and application maintenance projects

When to outsource software development, what to keep in-house and how to choose a vendor: lessons from working with US companies since 2009.

Jan 2, 2024 12 min read
Angular Best Practices and Core Concepts: Modules, RxJS and Performance
Development

Angular Best Practices and Core Concepts: Modules, RxJS and Performance

Our Angular team's practices for enterprise apps: naming, folder structure, modules, lazy loading, trackBy, RxJS and unsubscribing, with notes on what changed.

Sep 1, 2022 15 min read
How a Tier One Supplier Saved Money by Automating Manual Approval Processes
Blog

How a Tier One Supplier Saved Money by Automating Manual Approval Processes

Learn how SharpQuest helped a Tier One Supplier Saved Money by Automating Manual Approval Processes for engineering drawing approval work flow. Ability to share drawings with supplier online without risking data security is a step in right direction for a fast-paced organization.

Apr 19, 2021 3 min read
How to tread the path of Digital Transformation through Application Modernization – A Manufacturing Company Case Study
Modernization

How to tread the path of Digital Transformation through Application Modernization – A Manufacturing Company Case Study

How to tread the path of Digital Transformation through Application Modernization – A Manufacturing Company Case Study

Apr 12, 2021 5 min read

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