“Alright stop what you’re doing, ‘cuz I’m about to ruin the image and style that you’re used to.”
-- Digital Underground, The Humpty Dance
It’s safe to say that this is the first time I’ve ever used the lyrics of an early ‘90s hip-hop song to kick off a blog-post. But in this case, the words are so perfect for the theme of this blog that I just had to do it.
You know that software developer you’re about to hire to lead your Implementation Team?
Stop what you’re doing!
Topics: Services, Talent, implementations, saas
When I was a kid, one of the two hinges broke off of my toilet seat.
As any inquisitive person would, I checked to see if I could fix it. Though I used all my knowledge of Legos and basic hardware, I quickly realized I was incapable of turning my now multi-directional toilet seat back to its original design.
So, I asked my dad for help. I knew what was wrong, had an educated guess on how to fix it, but needed some outside help to get the job done. Together, we put our best effort into the job. Let's just say the results were dicey and included dusct tape.
Eventually, the real expert in our family (my mother) intervened and called the plumber. I’ll never forget the joy I felt coming home from school one day to a non-duct taped, fully functioning toilet seat!
Fast forward to today. Sadly, I’ve seen companies try to make all three of the above work.
I know what you’re thinking and no, I’m not talking about fixing the office toilet.
When faced with an opportunity to grow and improve your business, do you handle projects in-house, augment your internal team with additional resources, or outsource the work entirely to a specialist?
There are pros and cons to all three, especially when you are looking to tackle an integration or implementation project at your company. Let’s dive in and review your options.
Topics: Development, Services, staff augmentation, project based
You’re sitting at home and decide to watch a movie. You pull up Netflix and scroll through what feels like an endless array of movies before stumbling upon a title you remember someone in your circle of friends talking about in glowing terms. But you’re not quite sold — yet.
You review the cast and start to feel better. It’s loaded with actors and actresses you really respect. It’s even starring that one person with the dreamy eyes who makes you go weak in the knees. You check the reviews and it’s earned high marks from both critics and fans. It even won a few big-name awards. By all accounts, you should enjoy every minute of this movie. So you sit back, relax, and start the show.
Two hours later, you’re hugely disappointed. This movie, with its remarkable cast, great reviews, critical respect, and a few major awards, failed to meet your expectations. It’s not that the movie was bad, it just wasn’t right. At least not for you.
Hiring an implementation specialist is no different.
Topics: Services, hiring, implementations, saas
For SaaS (software as a service) companies, implementing new clients to the platform is critical for success. Onboarding (including data migration, new client setup, customization and configuration) is a pillar of the overall customer experience and can present significant obstacles to growth without a streamlined process.
Topics: hereshore, Services, implementations, saas
Can you imagine life if the lights and appliances in your house weren't connected to the power grid? What if each morning when you woke up, you had to find a power source for each light, connect it, and then turn it on? In a sense, that's what happens every day with critical functions in the financial technology industry. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Topics: fintech, APIs, banking, integrations, Services, Loan, data integrations
It is imperative that the firm you outsource your software development work to is able to articulate their methodology.
Key questions they should be able to answer are:
Topics: Core10 Way, #featured, fintech, featured, Services, outsource
Article written by Elizabeth Sanger, a software developer at Core10.
Angular Versus AngularJS
Although arguably the most popular and widely understood modern web framework, Angular can still challenge anyone attempting to keep up with its nomenclature, much less make informed business decisions around its various iterations. Even seasoned development teams can stall when determining which version to use or when to update.
Topics: Angular, AngularJS, Development, featured, Services, Talent
Article written by Vinicius Morais.
APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, are a way to integrate systems, enable benefits such as data security, ease exchange of information between different programming languages, and monetize access to valuable data.
APIs provide the integration between distinct systems in an agile and secure way. The possibilities provided by the use of APIs allows the connection of heterogeneous technologies, such as different databases, programming languages or operating systems. Also, one can make application-specific features and tools available to others with ease.
Topics: fintech, APIs, Development, featured, Open Banking, Services
Article written by Elizabeth Sanger, a software developer at Core10.
To the extent that consumer banking solutions are digitizing, one area remains particularly ripe for development: loan origination, specifically mortgage lending.
Topics: Encompass, Development, Ellie Mae, featured, ProSelect, Services, Loan
Fiserv is spending $22 billion to acquire First Data in a deal to build Fintech scale. What does this mean for Fiserv’s core banking clients? While they’re likely to benefit from the combination of financial technology and payment processing giants in the long run, in the short term many banks and credit unions are worried that disruption is likely to result from the massive integration and cost-cutting effort the two firms will be embarking on.
Topics: core banking, fintech, banking, Development, featured, integrations, Services