{"id":9463,"date":"2015-08-21T11:29:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T16:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:03:34","slug":"weekly-recap-how-to-cut-development-costs-the-big-data-problem-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/weekly-recap-how-to-cut-development-costs-the-big-data-problem-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: How to cut development costs, the big data problem, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why modernization is especially important these days, how to choose a cross platform development tool, and more. <br \/><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20150818\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150821_WaysToCutDevCosts_Modernization']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adrianbridgwater\/2015\/08\/10\/is-it-time-to-worry-about-application-modernization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Is it time to worry about modernization?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAs technology evolves and the business world moves faster than ever, many businesses will struggle to keep up. Why? They\u2019re stuck with legacy applications. More and more, these applications will not only hold businesses back, they can threaten their very existence.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150821_WaysToCutDevCosts_CrossPlatform']); \" href=\"http:\/\/searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com\/feature\/How-to-choose-cross-platform-app-development-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How to choose cross-platform app development tools<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThese days, you need to develop applications that work across all platforms&#8211;PC, tablets, and smartphones. But, with a growing number of available tools, how do you know which one to pick? What should you <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'app dev']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/7-things-to-look-for-in-a-web-application-development-tool-or-ide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">look for in an enterprise application development tool<\/span><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">4 ways to cut application development and maintenance costs<\/span><br \/>\nOutsourcing isn\u2019t the only way to cut development costs (and some will argue its effectiveness). Learn why many organizations are turning to options like staff augmentation, and <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'app dev']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/5-problems-solved-by-web-development-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">application development platforms<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150821_WaysToCutDevCosts_BigData']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/larrymyler\/2015\/07\/29\/big-data-is-a-big-problem-thats-getting-bigger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Big data is a big problem that\u2019s getting bigger<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWe\u2019re creating more data than ever before, and it\u2019s only growing. But this data is meaningless unless (1) it is stored in a reliable and accessible way, and (2) it can be searched and used in practical ways. How can you accomplish this, and capitalize on big data? Here\u2019s a recent <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'splice webinar']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/webinar-splice-register.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">webinar replay<\/span><\/a> that explains how to address both points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why modernization is especially important these days, how to choose a cross platform development tool, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: How to cut development costs, the big data problem, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn why modernization is especially important these days, how to choose a cross platform development tool, and mor"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9463"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14135,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9463\/revisions\/14135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}