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At Crosslake, we often get asked by people who do not have a deep technical background, “How do I measure the effectiveness of our software development team without understanding the technical details?” Investors acquiring software companies (e.g., private equity firms) and other less-technical leaders in a software organization often don’t know where to start. In […]

In Part 1 of this post, “scalability” was defined and scalability issues with the software itself were described. In Part 2, we look at evaluating infrastructure for scalability (i.e., anti-patterns that commonly affect scale). The scale is primarily accomplished vertically Because of anti-patterns previously discussed, adding new application or database servers may be difficult. If […]

Having helped many clients on their journey to next-generation technology, we often tackle the issue of modernization strategies for legacy code and platforms within software development.  What is legacy code? The term “legacy code” can describe a variety of code conditions. The exact meaning of the term greatly depends on the developer’s perspective and the […]

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