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Friday, 29 August 2014
7 Cross Selling tips that you must practice for effective selling
"Do you want fries with that ? " is perhaps the most effective cross selling line used by McDonald's employees. Cross selling is an art of selling your services and products to existing customers and below are the 7 tips and tricks that can help you with it.
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Podcast : Datawarehouse Governance
What are the issues you have tackled while handling Datawarehouse Governance? Please comment below and let us know !
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Android App Tutorial : Android App Development for Beginners
Android Development is a must investment, especially for small businesses which are looking for options to expand their mobile presence. Have you implemented Android apps in your company? Have any questions for our developers? please feel free to share it in the comments section.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Rethinking Work Life Balance for SME
All work and no play would make Jack a dull boy, all play and no work would make him aimless,jobless and perhaps poor. So we all agree that there needs to be some balance when it comes to work and life. For some, leaving work on time would be important but for others not compromising what they need to achieve in career vs how they can make time for family would be the objective of work life balance. I came across this interesting video that is quite different from the way work life balance is generally discussed.
So how do you start ? what are the measures you can do to promote the well being of yourself and those working for you ? You can get information on work life harmony information and starter kit from the Ministry of Manpower in Singapore. You may also subscribe to our newsletter at our home page to receive interesting and useful contents in future.
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Srivats
Monday, 25 August 2014
5 reasons to choose HTML5 for Mobile App Development
Here are the top 5 reasons why I think HTML5 will be the best choice for mobile apps development.
1. Robust Features
HTML5 is the perfect and reliable platform to launch something that could amend multiple functionalities at rapid timeframe, keeping the main objective intact. HTML5 helps developers to stick to single utility with multiple features.
2. Easy Deployment
In native methods, extensive scripts and numerous processes are used while deploying App in the respective app stores. In HTML5 the fractional parts to be installed are easily deployed using open source JavaScript tools, making the deployment smoother and easier.
3. Cross platform compatibility
The most praised feature of HTML5 is, its ability to be compatible with wide range of devices. Whether iOS, Android, Windows or Blackberry, HTML5 app would work just the same. Imagine the cost of creating apps for different platforms, rather than just doing one development in HTML5. Also from user’s perspective, the availability of the App on different devices would be a huge add on when they switch mobiles.
4. Hybrid Apps
Hybrid apps are generally developed using HTML, CSS and JavaScript and then wrapped into native container. This is a good trade off, by developing apps in HTML5 and also achieving the performance of the native apps. And unlike other frameworks, HTML5 doesn’t require approval in App Store for deployment.
5. Evolving Technology
In HTML5 the updates happen automatically and this helps the providers, supporters and the users immensely. HTML5 eco system is constantly evolving, enabling developers to access functionality on par with native apps.
To top it all, HTML5 is very popular and so finding the right developers for your company would be piece of cake! If you like to convert your native application into HTML5 mobile app and don’t know where to start, please contact us .
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Srivats
Friday, 22 August 2014
What Small and Medium enterprise companies can learn from Ice bucket Challenge?
Why Ice Bucket challenge is talk of the town and why small and medium enterprises should care about that ?
Do you know that one of the most successful NGO campaign in social media in the last decade is “Ice bucket challenge”? As I type this post ALS Association has declared, that so far the social media campaign has raised more than 31.5 million dollars as compared to 1.9 million dollars last year. You might have already seen the videos of celebrities like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah and many more people dumping ice water on their heads and joining the movement to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the lethal neurodegenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Here are the top 5 lessons Small and medium enterprises can learn from the success of Ice bucket challenge campaign.
1. You are never too small to make a big change.
SMB
companies have to get this clear, small is the new big. Every day we hear stories of SMBs making big
wave in the market and marking their unique presence. Great ideas start small,
believe in them!
2. Challenges are fantastic
Challenges
are simply problems redefined into positive term. Challenges will continue to
interest people to take actions and accomplishing a challenge is perhaps the
most fulfilling thing in the world. Challenges are the only way we can grow so
if you are going through a challenge, just keep going!
3. Never under estimate the power of Social Media
Social
media presence for an organization big or small is not just invaluable but also
inevitable. Social media will continue to redefine the way customers and
companies interact with each other. If you are a SMB, Social media is the place
to make your presence and the time is NOW!
4. Get the people involved – Network
Customers
are the best advertisers and therefore good place to start networking for your
company. Why not reach out to their peers to talk about your products and
services? Much of the ALS challenge’s success can be attributed to referral and
networking. People are business, and it’s important to socialize with your
customers and customers to be.
5. Fight for a cause
I
should have probably put this in the first place. Having a clear mission for
your brand is the most important aspect of your brand. Because, people can
easily identify what is honest and what is not. So find your brand’s true
voice, believe in it and spread the message!
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Wednesday, 20 August 2014
AnglurJS is what you should be using in your next development project
Whether you are diehard fan of knockoutJS or evangelist of
Ember / backbone or any other framework that you are using now, you wouldn’t
want to miss out on AngularJS. I will list out the 5 reasons that will explain
why AngularJS is gaining so much momentum recently and why you should take it
seriously.
1: MVC Components:
Many of MVC frameworks would split the MVC components thus
giving you lots of work to string them together. AngularJS simply asks you to
split your app into MVC components, then takes care of the rest.
2. Two way Data- Binding
Probably the coolest and most useful feature of AngularJS. Most
of the web application code is dedicated to traversing, manipulating, and
listening to the DOM. AngularJS saves you from all the trouble and handles synchronization
between the DOM and model and vice versa. You can bind your data value using a
code similar to the one below
<!doctype html>
<html
yourapp>
<head>
<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/angular-1.0.0rc10.min.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<label>Field
Name:</label>
<input type="text" your-model="Firstname" placeholder="Enter
your first name here">
<hr>
<h1>Hello,
{{FirstName}}</h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
3. Declarative user
Interface
HTML is a declarative language which is more intuitive and
guess what? AnuglarJS uses HTML to define the interface of your app. Since HTML
is also used to determine the execution of the app, it simplifies the apps
development in significant way.
4. Dependency
AngularJS built-in dependency injection system makes it
easier to develop and test the applications. Dependency Injection (DI) lets
developers ask for dependency instead of searching through them. Simply define
what you want and AngularJS will take care of dependencies.
5. Directives
This feature tops my list of favorite things about
AngularJS. Wonder what it will be like
if your HTML has so many rich elements that will do the tricks for you (like <accordion></accordion>
or <lightbox></lightbox> ) and you don’t have to manipulate DOM to
stimulate them. You may also invent your own HTML tags that serves as new,
custom widgets.
myModule.directive('myComponent',
function(mySharedService) {
return {
restrict:
'E',
controller:
function($scope, $attrs, mySharedService) {
$scope.$on('handleBroadcast',
function() {
$scope.message
= 'Directive: ' + mySharedService.message;
});
},
replace:
true,
template:
'<input>'
};
});
Your custom widget:
<my-component ng-model="message"></my-component>
Take away:
We covered only 5 essential features out of many advantages
of using AnglurJS and why we strongly recommend using it. The take away here is
that AnglurJS is a great JavaScript framework that has fantastic and easy
features for both designers and developers. So what’s stopping you from using AnglurJS?
What are the challenges you faced while using it? Whether you love it or hate
it, Share your views in the comments section.
Best
Monday, 18 August 2014
Basics of Business Intelligence
All you need to know about Business Intelligence and why its popular in the market.
If you are looking for customised application with business Intelligence solutions please visit our page for more details
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Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Are you a Singapore SME looking to boost productivity using PIC Bonus ?
A must read for Singapore SME on how they can boost productivity using IRAS PIC Bonus
“The Productivity and Innovation
Credit (PIC) scheme is due to expire in Year of Assessment (YA) 2015. There
have been many calls for its extension. I have decided to extend the PIC scheme
for another three years until YA2018. This extension will cost the Government a
total of $3.6 billion. “- 2014 Budget speech, Finance Minister Tharman
Shanmugaratnam
A big round of applause to Singapore government for
announcing such inviting and encouraging schemes to help businesses,
particularly small medium enterprises (SME) companies in Singapore to maximize
saving and improve productivity.
“Singapore Business can enjoy 400%
tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout for investment in innovation
and productivity improvements under the Productivity and Innovation Credit
(PIC) scheme. The tax benefits under PIC
are available from Years of Assessment (YAs) 2011 to 2018, for investment in
any of the six qualifying activities. From YAs 2013 to 2015, your business can
also enjoy a PIC Bonus, a dollar-for-dollar matching cash bonus given on top of
the existing 400% tax deductions/ allowances and/or 60% cash payout.”
While many companies are already using this scheme to
acquire office equipments like printer or scanner, it’s imperative to understand the objectives behind
the scheme and appreciate the fact that it’s generously provided to improve overall
productivity.
One of the main problems of SME is to leverage on low cost
strategies and expand the business at the same time. The expansion bottlenecks
varies from understanding the customer better to improving the internal
functions to serve the customer better.
It’s very expensive to analyze extensive data from multiple sources to
understand the customer, however the opportunity cost of not doing it is
further more expensive. Secondly, improving the internal functions to serve customer better needs design
intervention and applications that can be customized to not only solve the
current issue but provide innovation and ease in the way the operations are
carried out.
The fact that SME can use it to develop website, cloud basedweb apps or mobile apps and get 60% cash payout or 400% tax deduction is great
opportunity to start investing on customized web based applications. Ensure
that you hire the right consultant so that the development activities are 100%
in align with Singapore PIC’s objective.
Sole-proprietorships, partnerships and companies that have
active business operations in Singapore;
At least 3 local employees (Singapore citizens or Singapore
permanent residents with CPF contributions) excluding sole-proprietors,
partners under contract for service and shareholders who are directors of the
company. A business is considered to have met the 3-local-employee condition if
it contributes CPF on the payroll of at least 3 local employees:
Incurred at least $5,000 in PIC-qualifying expenditure*
during the basis period for the YA in which a PIC Bonus is claimed;
Productivity improvement activities covered in PIC
funding
Purchase or leasing of PIC IT & Automation Equipment
Training of employees
Acquisition of Intellectual Property Rights
Registration of patents, trademarks, designs and plant
varieties
Research and development activities
Design projects approved by Design Singapore Council
What did you do to enhance the workplace productivity in your organisation? why not comment below and share it with us?
Best
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Here is why you need to break free from spreadsheet Tradition
Be it a million dollar company’s manager or housewife handling
finances electronically, excel spread sheet has spread its use in every corner
of our computing environment. Perhaps it’s the most used software tool to
manage project, data, visualizing and reporting tables and charts since last
decade. Regardless of organization size, excel could be a tool employees open
as often as the email. This made me wonder whether we need extensive software
systems or excel is enough to manage projects and data.
First let’s get down to the basics and consider the 3 main advantages
of excel sheet.
Free: Well, it comes with the office package, but
it’s already installed in the computer and ready to use! Most of the companies
use Microsoft office. This could be one of the reason Excel is used widely.
Easy to use:
Excel is always at your fingertips. Do you need to copy data? Do you need pivot
charts? Or perhaps any type of charts? Excel is right there for you. And forget
about the training, excel is as basic as alphabets in computing world.
Presentation: One of the main reason everyone uses excel is
because the data that is stored can be presented easily in different formats
like charts and tables. You can also send data to your manager within minutes
or copy it to the PowerPoint slides.
While this seems like perfect reason to bask in the glory of
excel as software tool, changing computing environment is posing many
challenges in the way we operate project and handle data.
Data security:
Deleting a row or column is as easy as lifting finger, in an excel file. Combine that with human error and no control
over who-updates-what, you have ticking bomb situation for your data security.
Data errors: Long
formulas and no control over data templates can lead to erroneous data input.
Maintaining audit log of what, when and who has changed data would be a
nightmare.
Mobility and
Collaboration: While the whole world
is moving towards cloud, sharing the excel data and keep it up to date is a
clumsy task. While opening excel in any
mobile device is convenient, maintaining a project and updating the records are
not easy. Since the data is stored locally, collaborative computing would pose
different set of problems like concurrent update, loss of original data etc.
Scalability: As
the organization grows, systems get more distributed multiplying all the
problems mentioned above exponentially. This would lead to departments managing
data locally. Collating data from multiple departments for overall reporting
would require a full time resource.
Compliance:
Combine above points and you get a big headache of non-compliance in your next
audit. In all regards, spreadsheets are created for individuals to manage data
and in no way suitable for agile business practices.
It’s easy to get locked up in the spread sheet tradition,
rather than investing on possibilities and benefits offered by professional
systems. But it’s also vital to break
free from it, to move forward in the emerging computing industry. At PsiberTech, we believe in customized
solutions for your needs. Contact us to know how you can translate your current
excel documents into meaningful, intuitive and easy to use apps.
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