Conway's law is an observation, which states that the structures of systems are predetermined by the communication structures of the organizations that implement them. Conway's law is based on the idea that interpersonal communication is necessary to define the interfaces between separate software modules. Therefore, the communication structures of the organizations have a great influence on the … [Read more...]
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Explanation of different terms used for computer hardware, computer software and in the Internet.
What are the Ways to Receive International Payments
When we first started online works many peoples could not believe that money can be earned online, although PayPal was present since the year 2002. Technically, PayPal is one of the first digital wallets. Coca Cola was the very company to introduce a digital payment system back in 1997. I guess even today a newbie had not much idea around the ways to receive money from a company or a person from a … [Read more...]
Effects of Digitization on Companies : Part XII
This article is continuation of part XI. The electrical industry, with its medium-sized structure, shows a rather reluctant behaviour towards pronounced digitization of its busyness. On the other hand, the many hidden champions of the electrical industry show a high level of innovation. The industry is very investing in research and development, which today almost always includes digitization and, … [Read more...]
Effects of Digitization on Companies : Part III
This article is continuation of part II. The advancing digitization of companies, i.e. communication between business partners via various platforms such as e-mail or instant messenger, the automation of work steps, the availability of all data independent of time and place, enables and supports the increasingly important role of globalization and the global Trade. The following manifestations of … [Read more...]
How Coronavirus affected the IT industry
Various estimations are saying that almost a third of IT companies are struggling with the consequences of the pandemic. The IT labour market is changing. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the companies in very different ways. While six per cent of firms even consider their current economic situation to be very positive, just under two-fifths speak of a rather negative situation. Seven per cent are … [Read more...]
How innovative OCR helps students in their education careers
Most people think that optical character recognition is usually used for security and documents, but in reality, it is a false concept. This amazing technology is used in various fields, mainly to increase creativity and surprising ways. A popular application of this technology is in education, where it increases both time efficiency and productivity, helping students and teachers, for example, to … [Read more...]
4 Tech Trends that Will Continue to Grow
Technology is constantly evolving. And whether it’s due to current events out of our control or intensive efforts by the world’s leading scientists, every year brings innovation and invention that we could not have predicted the year before. Even though 2020 has been an extremely unpredictable year, technological innovation hasn’t stopped. Here are four tech trends that will only continue to grow … [Read more...]
Send HTTP POST Request to a Secure Webpage with PHP
You can send HTTP Post Request to any secured URL with a simple PHP script. Often this kind of script is helpful to build various buttons. In our different tutorials on IoT projects with ESP32, like in the guide Controlling AC Powered Appliances With ESP32 and IBM Watson IoT, we need to send a pair of HTTP POST requests to turn a thing ON and OFF. That is easy from command line using cURL. We can … [Read more...]
How Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Works
An autonomous emergency braking system is an extension of the emergency braking assistant. An emergency braking assistant is a predictive driver assistance system for motor vehicles that warns the driver in case of danger, supports emergency braking (brake assistant) or brakes automatically. This is to avoid collision with an obstacle or reduce the collision speed. Some emergency braking … [Read more...]
Agile versus Waterfall in Real Life
In software development, the waterfall model is now considered to be frowned upon and antiquated. But waterfall has connections to the agile methodologies. Agility is a catchphrase that has affected almost all companies. At the decision-maker level, the topic of business agility, i.e. the agile way a company works, is becoming increasingly important. As a result, companies are trying to … [Read more...]
Call for Code 2020: Coding Challenge to Save Mankind from Pandemics
Call for Code is a coding competition. We talked about Call for Code in the year 2018 and 2019 too. It is a multi-year initiative with 5 years commitment from IBM. To the developers, Call for Code is a chance to use the latest technologies to create a long-lasting cost-effective solution. In this year’s Call for Code Challenge, one of the themes is to mitigate the impact of global pandemics like … [Read more...]