Besides application security testing — which I’ll be taking a closer look at next time — I want to focus now on three capabilities that can make all the difference when it comes to getting the most from an application support services provider:
Database performance and stability monitoring
Beta and test environment architecture, and
Documentation solutions
Given all the costs associated with custom application development , it’s too easy to overlook application support and maintenance expenses — but if you do, you’ll blow your ROI.
That’s why it makes sense to engage an application development services provider with app support capabilities that are both comprehensive and flexible. These capabilities — from database and application maintenance through the entire life-cycle of updates and enhancements — need to be customizable.
When it comes to developing applications , finding an application development service provider who has mastered the development lifecycle is, of course, critical. But it’s not the whole story.
You also need a provider who has these four capabilities:
Application development projects can be difficult to manage while ensuring milestones and retaining hard-won ROI .
But it doesn’t have to be that way. An experienced, competent application development service provider can handle the details with a flexible development strategy that begins with discovery, carries you through concept/design, development and testing/quality assurance, and completes the effort with production/launch and maintenance/support.
The odds are overwhelming that your business will end up engaged in Cloud Computing (if it hasn’t already). Whether you’re stepping toward Cloud services for the first time, expanding your use, or revisiting what you want to achieve with Cloud services, the very first thing you should do is to develop a Cloud strategy.
The right Cloud service-level agreement (SLA) will enable you to bundle all your Cloud services into a single monthly OpEx payment that will …
Shift significant amounts of your IT costs from your capital budget into your operating budget,
Relieve you of constant IT asset upgrade and maintenance costs, and
Make it easier to manage your services and ensure that you’ve established — and continue to achieve — appropriate service levels
