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What Modernizing Healthcare Applications Really Entails – An Application Modernization Case Study
Modernization

What Modernizing Healthcare Applications Really Entails – An Application Modernization Case Study

Whether an application modernization project starts out as an emergency, or a well-planned effort, most projects go through three main phases: update, cloud migration, and new features. We’ll cover these three phases and provide an example of a Home Healthcare Group’s application modernization project.

Apr 5, 2021 3 min read
How to create Microsoft Teams folder shortcut in your windows file explorer
Cloud

How to create Microsoft Teams folder shortcut in your windows file explorer

How to create Microsoft Teams folder shortcut in your windows file explorer

Mar 26, 2021 1 min read
Top 8 Features Clinicians Want in Healthcare Applications
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Top 8 Features Clinicians Want in Healthcare Applications

In this article we’re listing what clinicians are asking for—particularly those working in care facilities outside hospitals or remote. Looking across the many projects we’ve done, here are the top features and requirements for applications that make the biggest positive impact on the clinicians who use them.

Mar 8, 2021 3 min read
Top 7 Features Patients Want in Healthcare Mobile Applications
Mobile

Top 7 Features Patients Want in Healthcare Mobile Applications

At SharpQuest, we’ve worked with many healthcare companies in recent years to develop web and mobile applications to advance patient care and meet patient requirements. Looking across the many projects we’ve done, here are the top features and requirements that patients are wanting and that have had the biggest impact when implemented.

Mar 1, 2021 4 min read
Hidden Costs of Building an App: A Startup Founder's Budget Guide
Startups

Hidden Costs of Building an App: A Startup Founder's Budget Guide

Building your first app? The costs founders miss beyond development: MVP scope, legal, app stores, cloud, AI usage, maintenance and the budget to launch.

Feb 15, 2021 15 min read
3 Examples of Process Automation Making a Big Impact for OEM Suppliers
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3 Examples of Process Automation Making a Big Impact for OEM Suppliers

Here are some examples of projects that OEM suppliers have been doing to automate manual processes—and the corresponding value they are experiencing.

Feb 8, 2021 3 min read
4 Things Manufacturers Need to Modernize to Enable Remote Work
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4 Things Manufacturers Need to Modernize to Enable Remote Work

At SharpQuest, we are a development partner to many manufacturing companies who recognize the need to adapt their systems and find new ways to make employees more productive, regardless of location. We’ve reviewed the manufacturing projects we’ve worked on over the past ten years and recognized four things that are key to making remote work possible for manufacturing.

Feb 1, 2021 3 min read
How to Interview a Software Developer: Practical Exercises That Show Real Skill
Development

How to Interview a Software Developer: Practical Exercises That Show Real Skill

A practical guide to interviewing developers: compile errors, debugging, bad-practice code, pull request reviews and design questions that show real skill.

Jan 31, 2021 9 min read
Hand-drawn website wireframe in a notebook
Startups

Software Development Terms Every Startup Founder Should Know: A Glossary

A plain-English glossary for non-technical founders: MVP, sprints, APIs, UAT, cloud, security and AI terms, and what to ask a software vendor about each one.

Jan 20, 2021 22 min read
How application modernization services automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier
Modernization

How application modernization services automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier

How application modernization services from SharpQuest automated legacy purchasing applications for an automotive supplier - TKS Industrial and created custom ERP to support Sales, Engineering and Budget workflows

Jan 17, 2021 3 min read
Does ‘Number of Years’ of experience matter in Software Development or IT?
Business

Does ‘Number of Years’ of experience matter in Software Development or IT?

A career advise for many of our fellow developers who assume that spending more number of years automatically qualifies them for promotion. What you gain in experience counts more than number of years.

Dec 25, 2020 5 min read
Daily Stand-Ups Are About Commitments, Not Status Reports
Development

Daily Stand-Ups Are About Commitments, Not Status Reports

What a daily stand-up is for, what to cover, the Scrum Master's checklist, warning signs it's become a status report, and why it matters to your project.

Dec 24, 2020 8 min read

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