You know what you want to create, and you know the people that are crying out for your app idea. Before you start down the path of building the next killer app, first let’s look at 3 tech concepts that you really need to understand. The Cloud. Your app idea may or may not need … Read More

The iOS operating system for Apple devices, and the Android operating system for Samsung and many other brands of mobile devices, are constantly being updated to provide tools to allow developers to implement new features supported by new hardware, and to improve the performance and security of apps on iTunes and the Google Play store. … Read More

There’s no getting around it – businesses are increasingly using many different apps to handle specific tasks. Accounting, marketing, order fulfillment, sales, project management, the list goes on. Each application chosen by a business performs important tasks very well, but adds to the complexity of the business operations, particularly when information needs to be shared … Read More

In this article I will describe how serverless cloud architecture for a modern digital application provides Contactpoint clients with the opportunity for quicker time to market, less dependence of a particular technology and lower hosting costs. When we say that a software application is running in the cloud, we mean that all the resources and … Read More

When Contactpoint started back in 2006, there were no internet-based technologies for meeting a core need of our organisation; that of managing the ad hoc requests from our clients for modifications to their websites, as well as project management of new websites and software development. Consequently we built our own solution, which we named the … Read More

People frequently use the term “cloud” or “in the cloud” to simply mean located on the internet or their private intranet. I’ve done it myself, for the sake of expedience. However, they aren’t the same thing, and it’s important to understand why so that you can wisely choose the internet services you are accessing for … Read More