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.

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Thursday 28 August 2014

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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Monday 25 August 2014

5 reasons to choose HTML5 for Mobile App Development


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HTML5 is no more the new face in the market, it has marked its presence and gaining popularity among the developers. Countless surveys solidifies, that developers prefer HTML5 over native platforms.  Amazon recently announced that developers would be allowed to charge for HTML5 in its Appstore and Facebook claimed that the company had relied too much on HTML5 for its mobile apps.


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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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>
  </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.

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Monday 18 August 2014

Basics of Business Intelligence

All you need to know about Business Intelligence and why its popular in the market.




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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


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“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?

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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.
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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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