The Challenge of Managing Public Cloud Platforms Migration to a cloud-native framework has been at the center of digital transformation for many organizations over the past couple of years, and this trend is on the rise. In particular, Public Cloud offerings are extensively getting adopted since they make applications highly scalable, easily accessible with an […]
Website Performance Testing Like any software product, your website or web application requires thorough testing before it goes live to ensure a quality user experience. Web users are accustomed to a high level of functionality, responsiveness and usability. Increasingly, they lack patience for web sites that do not provide a fulfilling experience. Thus, testing the […]
Introduction: Moving to the Right Cloud, the Right Way An Enterprise Cloud Story A large Canadian financial services organization decided to migrate one of its commercial banking applications to the cloud. Moving would save them over one hundred thousand dollars a month in licensing and management fees, while enabling them to introduce new service features […]
Imagine you return to the office on Monday morning and discover a mysterious spike in your Azure consumption. You are now significantly over your monthly budget. As you feel a headache forming, you ask yourself: “Wasn’t moving to the cloud supposed to reduce spending?” Here are 4 easy and basic actions you can take to […]
Microsoft Cloud Services has been a core contributor to the growth and development of numerous Canadian organizations and is steadily making more investments in Canadian Cloud. Recently announcing their first Canadian Azure Availability Zone in the Azure Canada Central region and an Azure ExpressRoute in Vancouver, this expansion will provide Canadian businesses greater access to […]
By Goran Kimovski, SVP Global Customer Solutions (Onica) For many decades, technology businesses were considered a separate industry sector. These were typically companies whose revenue was dependant on developing technology-based products and selling those products to other businesses. The majority of other businesses were relegated to the role of technology consumers. Wanting to reduce their […]
If you are looking for automated testing for any of your applications and would like to integrate it with your Azure DevOps infrastructure, Optimus Information has a “ready to deploy” Test Automation solution for you. Our Azure DevOps based test automation solution uses the latest Azure CI/CD features and offers the following functionalities: 1. Configure […]
In October, 2016, the use of mobile devices to access the internet surpassedi that of desktop computers. Today, more than half of internet access is done with phones and tablets. What, Me Worry? Given this, you might assume that mobile apps would be designed with high levels of security or that security itself would be […]
Canadian Business unveils 30th annual list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies Vancouver, BC (September 13, 2018) – For the second year in a row, Canadian Business and Maclean’s has ranked Optimus Information on the 30th annual Growth 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. Produced by Canada’s premier business and current affairs media brands, the […]
The past decade has seen some tectonic shifts in how application software is developed and deployed. Traditional waterfall methods, which siloed teams and produced apps that mostly worked well (until they didn’t), gave birth to Agile, a fresh new way of including the various design, development and production teams in a holistic way while creating […]