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Investing In a Professional Code Review Firm

When developing your strategy for source code review and audit, the most fatal mistake you can make is to go it alone. At first thought, using in-house coders from your own development team might seem like a good way to cut cost, guarantee quality, leverage product familiarity, and speed the
  • Posted on 27 May 2022
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The Importance of a Mergers & Acquisitions Review

WHY YOU NEED A M&A REVIEW A well-executed Mergers & Acquisitions Review plays a vital role toward due diligence in today’s system of doing business. With a growing number of new companies - and expansion of currently established businesses - the favorability for Mergers & Acquisitions is at an all-time high.
  • Posted on 10 Mar 2020
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7 Ways Merger & Acquisition Code Reviews Are Different

No two code reviews are the same, but those done as part of company mergers or acquisitions are especially unique. Here’s why. M&A code reviews require learning code from scratch. When initiating a code review as part of a merger or acquisition, you’ve likely never seen the software assets in question before.
  • Posted on 25 Oct 2017
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What Makes Our Code Review Unique

You likely already know that code review is an essential step to take before your company releases its software to the public. (And if you don't, check out these six reasons why code review is so important.) But you may think that you can simply run a check with an automatic
  • Posted on 20 Aug 2017
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The Cloud and Data Centers: How to Choose the Right Strategy

"The cloud" has been a tech buzzword for a several years now, but many businesses aren't sure exactly how to choose and deploy the right cloud strategy for them—or whether they should still utilize physical data centers. That's where Prolifogy can help. Considering Cloud Computing Cloud computing—using the Internet, rather than
  • Posted on 4 Oct 2015
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4 Reasons Requirements Analysis Must Be Priority One

Builders don't construct homes without blueprints. Manufacturers can't make a product without knowing what it's supposed to be. And software designers can't create a piece of software without first determining what the application is expected to do, a process called requirements analysis or requirements gathering. This
  • Posted on 10 Apr 2015
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Prolifogy Joins World Wide Web Consortium

As of January 1, 2015, Prolifogy was honored to become a member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an important and influential standards body created by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.

W3C was founded with the goal of leading the Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web. As the Web has developed over time, W3C’s efforts have been integral to keeping web technology relevant and to addressing needs in the marketplace.

Two key design principles—Web for All and Web on Everything—guide W3C’s work. Web for All encompasses the social value of the Web, which enables human communication, commerce, and opportunities for shared knowledge…

  • Posted on 2 Feb 2015
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Why Your Company Needs a Code Review

When your business makes headlines, you don’t want it to be because of software glitches caused by subpar source code. Everything may look great on the surface, but cracks in the foundation—such as incorrect assumptions, untested scenarios, noncompliance with best practices, and other errors and omissions in the code—can quickly cause your company’s reputation to come tumbling down.

Here are six of the top reasons your company should consider a code review:

  • Posted on 27 Oct 2014
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5 Reasons Not to Use Expert Witness Referral Services

When attorneys seek an expert witness for a litigation matter, it seems reasonable to use an outside company for recruiting an expert.  This arrangement presumably allows the attorneys to focus more on the matter at hand and spend less time recruiting experts.

There are two types of firms an attorney may approach: consulting firms or expert witness referral services.  They are not the same.  Consulting firms are engaged in the business of specific subject matter and generally have a staff of experts who work routinely together and whose skills complement one other.  Referral services do just that: refer.  After matching up an expert to an attorney, they collect a fee and walk away.

Here are 5 good reasons not to do business with expert witness referral services:

  • Posted on 27 Aug 2014
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Updating Legacy Software Applications

Legacy business applications which were “bleeding edge” just 2 years ago now seem to have a funny way of sending your customers running in the opposite direction. You understand that these applications need to be upgraded, and quickly. But how and to what, exactly? Although upgrading enterprise software has never been a pleasant experience, today’s IT professionals face so many tough technical choices, it’s enough to make anyone’s head spin.

Among the decisions to be made: should you stay with native applications or migrate to the web? Should the solution be supported on mobile devices and tablets? Should the solution be hosted in the cloud? Should you attempt to reuse legacy software or tear everything down and start again? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What are the costs? How long will this solution last?

  • Posted on 13 May 2013
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