Challenges of Data Migration
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista In my last blog, I talked about how we estimate new projects, and I included the offhand comment that Data Migration is always harder than you think it will be. The purpose of this blog is to provide a few examples of why I find this to be […]
Estimating Software Projects in an Agile World
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista Calavista boasts an impressive 90+% on-time, in-budget track record. As I pointed out in an earlier blog, I consider this SEVEN times better than the industry average of 30%. And yet, Calavista is very firmly an agile shop — we know the folly of waterfall methodology, especially for greenfield […]
It Was All Over After Punch Cards
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder of Calavista Software I don’t feel old, but when I look around at other people in the IT industry, I realize I’m a dinosaur. How old a dinosaur? My first programming job (the summer after my sophomore year at MIT) was writing COBOL code to cull trends from Polaroid’s customer […]
How to Find The Right Oil and Gas Software Development Partner
Software reaches all realms of business, including the oil and gas industry, so it is important to find a strong oil and gas software development partner. However, searching for a software development partner can take months. Even then, you may not be satisfied with your candidates after weeks of searching. Considering how important reliable software […]
Web App Jump Start Comparison: Generated UI
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista This is the third in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Applications: JHipster Cuba Framework Both of these platforms create for you an application with a ton of functionality. There is a tremendous value just to starting with […]
Web App Jump Start Comparison: Setup and Start
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista This is the second in the author’s blog series comparing two “jump start” tools for making Java-based Web Apps: Jhipster Cuba Framework To the amusement of my colleagues at Calavista, I am constantly saying how much I hate computers. I don’t, of course, but what […]
Using Alba to Test ASP.NET Services
Written By: Jeremy Miller One of our projects at Calavista right now is helping a client modernize and optimize a large .Net application, with the end goal of being everything running on .Net 5 and an order of magnitude improvement in system throughput. As part of the effort to upgrade the web services, I […]
Hire The Professional
Written By: Lawrence Waugh, Founder at Calavista “If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional……wait until you hire an amateur.”– Red Adair * I recently changed the radiator in my Jeep. I did it myself, in part to save money, in part because it was a project my son and I could do […]
How Healthcare Software Development Differs From Other Industries
The healthcare industry is itself incredibly different from any other market, so it stands to reason that software development within the healthcare industry is unique. Some of the main differences between software development in healthcare and other industries is that healthcare is highly regulated, a complex B2C market, and communal. The same principles that are […]
Web App Jump Start Comparison
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista One thing Calavista does very well as a company is building Web Applications from scratch. If you have a great idea for an application and you plan to bet your life savings on building a company around it, a smart move would be to find a […]
