Ever since Microsoft spooked its developer community in June by showing a HTML5 and Javascript based development toolset to be made available in Windows 8 the entire Microsoft developer community has been on the edge about it’s future.  If Microsoft were to move to a HTML5 based development toolset and away from the current technology using .NET, Visual Basic , Silverlight it risks alienating its developer community who will find that all they have ever learned is now obsolete and will... read more

Forrester's Mike  Gualtieri posted in a blog post on how companies can effectively save money on J2EE application servers. See original article here. And we agree. We have been saving our customers time and money by helping them implement Web applications on Opensource platform using AppWise.  Key features of our offering has been. Using AppWise framework to reduce the development time. Developing & Deploying applications using TOMCAT, Spring, MySQL & Linux. ... read more

You switch on a light if you feel it's dark in your room and just change your mind & switch it off if it's too bright. You don't plan extensively before using the switch or go in detailed what-if analysis to figure out if it's right time to on/off the light. Of course that's because it's easy to turn the switch on just as it is easy to turn the switch off. With bright prospects, of various benefits of cloud computing (http://www.datamation.com/feature/cloud-computing-the-road-ahead-1.html... read more

I have always been intrigued by Global economy and its various cycles. What makes a country like India, which was considered economically weak less than 20 years ago explode into an economic powerhouse in less than two decades. Is the current growth rate of the Indian economy sustainable, and what are the implications of the growth on business and society. I cannot discuss all of these topics in one single blog post, so I will break it up into smaller topics and discuss them in a series of... read more

Do we really need another application framework?    There is no dearth of web application frameworks out there. Lot of them good and deliver on the promise they make and few which don't.   At BitWise we believe in not reinventing the wheel. For lot of our client projects we use what's good out there but it so happens that current frameworks fall short some or the way leaving some much wanted functionality out.  So we put together an integrated framework of good... read more

Let's start with real life example: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital  in Chicago land area advertises  using bill boards at various locations in the area and print ads in magazines . The message they want to send is "we are there to help you in the area". How does hospital know whether print was  more helpful to customers or Billboard ?  Was bill board on highway 53 better placed for it's customer or the one on Metra Station. Which locations to invest next... read more

I have had a very hectic business travel schedule so far this year which has kept me on the road for a significant time. Like everyone else in my position I cannot stay away from my email even when I am traveling. In addition to packing a overnight bag I have always packed a Laptop with it's charger and bag and have been lugging it along on my travel. Going through security at an airport with a Laptop has always been a hassle and not to mention finding overhead bin space in a crowded... read more