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Who would you rather have re-piping your home:

A ROIal Pain: Securing Software Project Funding

You probably don’t pay attention to every advertisement you see or hear. (There is so much advertising in modern, First-World life that if you did, you would never have time to do anything else.) But take a moment and consider some of the advertisements you come across.

In the beginning, enterprise data lived on database storage servers and file servers in a company’s onsite data center. Although this arrangement gave company leadership peace of mind that their data resided safely within their metaphorical “four walls,” it was also a source of IT challenges:

The past few years have seen an expansion in top-line business growth along with expectations of bottom-line improvements. Given these pressures, many companies have lost their focus on employee training and development as a strategic component to their corporate success.

There’s quite a bit of discussion amongst software developers (and AndPlus is no exception) regarding the importance of user-centered software design, usability, and user experience. To hear such talk, you’d think that the only kind of software that exists is the kind that people interact with directly by use of keyboards, mouse devices, game controllers, and touch screens.

Think about the products or services you use most. You tend to go to the same hairstylists, restaurants, clothing stores, construction contractors, cleaning services, and automobile dealerships over and over again.

Why do you return to them? Sometimes it’s simply a matter of habit. Sometimes it’s good customer service.