Showing posts with label RAD Platform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAD Platform. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

The Choice Of Technology Framework And Mobile App Development

Here is a list of factors to take into account when embarking on a large scale mobile development project:

Functionality
The core functionality is essential to understand because it speaks to many different foundational issues in the development process. You must assess whether your product is intended to fulfill simple informational needs or something more complex and interactive. This will inform the next step, which is to establish what sort of platform should support your product.

Platform
The question of which type of platform to develop on, as well as whether multiple platforms are needed, is essential to this process. Much of this is based on the user profile that should be generated early in the user research process. Relevant user behavior to observe in this case includes how many devices they might employ when using your app, and what kinds of devices they are. Other issues to evaluate include maintenance and security.

Bandwidth
Information technology will play a key role in user experience and application performance, among many other important elements and features. Network access must be optimized so that nothing is wasted in the process of providing users the best experience possible. And in the event of disconnected service, offline functionality should be incorporated wherever it is useful and/or relevant.

Software
The programming phase must be planned such that whatever framework is used, the application can be effectively upgraded as seamlessly as possible further down the road. Deployment time should also be factored in, and you should remember that mobile-web based models tend to deploy the fastest.

User Research
Great user experience requires proper user-centric research. Fortunately, there is a lot of tools to choose from in order to conduct this research, but unfortunately, that also makes the process very competitive and at times quite complicated. User research should be planned early on, and the process should really continue throughout the product life cycle (don’t think of it as simply part of the early phase). Great experience design meets their needs and expectations, and should build relationships with users that last and establish brand loyalty. Aloha Technology considers the Factors include information architecture, clear and concise copy, useful and elegant design elements, and trust and security.

Cost
Once all of the above has been evaluated, you should then be able to project a reasonably accurate budget for the project. Generally speaking, mobile-web is typically the most affordable solution, while native applications are normally the most expensive to build and maintain. Aloha Technology analyzes costs and look at market trends in order to attempt an accurate prediction of investment returns.

Mobile application development is far from a simple process. But with the right amount of planning, it can be a huge step in helping your business connect with customers in very meaningful ways. Companies like Aloha Technology are there to help you along this path

Friday, April 24, 2020

Aloha Technology Helps Migration from Legacy Systems TO Modern Systems With Ease

Digitization has increased the need for evolving the business models as legacy systems can be stumbling blocks in an organization’s drive toward modernity. A legacy systems modernization solutions make all systems up-to-date with modern technology. Aloha technology has helped many organizations achieve this legacy digital transformation effectively over the last decade.

Modernization is the inevitable long-term solutions. The enterprise can choose to either - migrate the legacy systems to modern applications and host them on a modern platform, or, build a new set of systems from the scratch and abandon the older ones. Either option comes with its own challenges. Aloha Technology is quite confident to handle these challenges

Cost: The single-largest reason to delay or defer the legacy modernization exercise in most organizations is the cost, or perceptions around the same.

Time and Disruption: Given the duration of the exercise, there could be disruption to the service. This requires informing users/customers about the same and preparing for disaster recovery.

Loss of Data: If the migration exercise is not properly executed, large chunks of data can be lost from one or more systems, applications and modules. And if all these data had no backups, this can cause serious disruption, or conflicts within the organization.

Co-existence and Integration challenges : Even as the exercise is happening, some of the older systems must co-exist with the migrated ones. However, integration between them must be smooth. Integration with later-day systems must also be full-fledged.

Training/re-training staff: IT departments as well as internal users must be familiarized with the new systems through extensive training programs, which again imply time, cost and disruption.

Ensuring user experience: Merely ensuring all the functionality is available in the new system is not enough! User experience is equally desirable.

Stakeholder’s commitment: Given the above challenges, stakeholders of the migration exercise may try to abort it midway, so sustaining their commitment is a challenge too.

At Aloha Technology, we have a new and effective approach to legacy migration that makes it hassle-free and ensures better returns on IT investments.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Managing the Transition From Legacy to Modern: Challenges and Solutions

Legacy IT Systems, or software and hardware that were commissioned in the 80s, 90s or early 2000s, are a significant stumbling block in an organization’s drive towards modernity. While age of these systems per se is not an issue, continued product support is a challenge in most cases leading to reduced functionality with time.Aloha Technology offers legacy systems modernization solutions to make all systems up-to-date with modern technology
There are several reasons for this.
  • Legacy systems were built to accomplish a particular function and were more abstract in their design and output. However, users today demand more specialization and superior user experience.
  • Many of the legacy systems also have closed, inflexible architectures as a result, they interact with a limited set of technology systems and are more verticalized in functionality.
  • Digitalization or the increased need to incorporate cloud-based systems, mobility, analytics and social media has changed the way IT Systems are used.
  • Business models have evolved over the years, so legacy systems with limited interoperability can slow down operations or rob the company of its competitive advantage.
Short-term fixes: affordable but ineffective
The cost of running and maintaining legacy systems prompts organizations to modernize these systems for sustained profitability. It raises the usual questions such as — can a lightweight solution do? Or is a full-scale rip and replace approach required? Some organizations seek short-term fixes such as screen scraping.
Here, the functions and tasks undertaken by the operators are simulated through a software while the data flows out of a modern UI. This way, Aloha Technology takes legacy-specific data and converts it into a format that can be understood by other, modern applications. However, if this UI must be updated from time to time in order to handle newer requirement, the back-end simulation must also be redesigned, which can be a costly exercise with traditional platforms.
Modernization: effective and inevitable
Modernization is the inevitable long-term solutions. The enterprise can choose to either — migrate the legacy systems to modern applications and host them on a modern platform, or, build a new set of systems from the scratch and abandon the older ones. Either option comes with its own challenges.
  • Cost:The single-largest reason to delay or defer the legacy modernization exercise in most organizations is the cost, or perceptions around the same.
  • Time and Disruption:Given the duration of the exercise, there could be disruption to the service. This requires informing users/customers about the same and preparing for disaster recovery.
  • Loss of Data:If the migration exercise is not properly executed, large chunks of data can be lost from one or more systems, applications and modules. And if all these data had no backups, this can cause serious disruption, or conflicts within the organization.
  • Co-existence and Integration challenges:Even as the exercise is happening, some of the older systems must co-exist with the migrated ones. However, integration between them must be smooth. Integration with later-day systems must also be full-fledged.
  • Training/re-training staff:IT departments as well as internal users must be familiarized with the new systems through extensive training programs, which again imply time, cost and disruption.
  • Ensuring user experience:Merely ensuring all the functionality is available in the new system is not enough! User experience is equally desirable.
  • Stakeholder’s commitment:Given the above challenges, stakeholders of the migration exercise may try to abort it midway, so sustaining their commitment is a challenge too.
At Aloha Technology, we have a new and effective approach to legacy migration that makes it hassle-free and ensures better returns on IT investments.