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Four Megatrends in Big Data in 2019 and Beyond

2018 was the second consecutive year when Gartner published an obituary of Big Data. If this sounds like bad news, don’t panic! No one, including Gartner, thinks Big Data is dead. Au contraire, Big Data has grown so ubiquitous it became “just data”, or so argue the authors of the obituaries.

Data certainly was all over the place in 2018 so let’s see how the market has changed and what to expect in 2019 and beyond. This article covers 4 trends that will shape the data technology in the next few years.

Technology can help 500K students. Here’s how:

You probably heard that life isn’t easy for US students. College fees now exceed $45,000 per year, which made student loans the new normal. This also means that school grads often have to postpone higher education and work multiple jobs to scrape up some money.

Even during senior years, there’s the pressure of taking SATs, applying to colleges and finding financial aid. All of these come on top of trying to maintain good grades, often while working part-time jobs. If this seems like a lot of pressure, that’s actually the reality that 500,000 American students face every year.

So how can you stay on top of all of this? According to our new client, you can take part of the hassle out of the students’ lives with the right software product.

5 Software Development Trends Shaping the Media Industry in 2019

Deloitte says there were 250+ media streaming channels in the US in 2018, with the average user subscribing to only three or four. This makes for fierce competition. How do you win in a market like this?

Fixing content discovery seems like a workable tactic. According to Deloitte, people spend up to an hour a day searching for content, which leaves plenty of room for optimization. Two traditional strategies that media businesses pursue are exploration of new formats and expansion of content reach. Gaining user trust is yet another course of action that has become painfully relevant amid the 2018’s influx of fake news and privacy breaches.

Each of these represent approaches and strategies that our clients follow. A significant portion of the AgileEngine portfolio are products for media brands, including viral video platforms and global newspapers and magazines. Let’s see what technologies can help companies of this type succeed in the crowded media space of 2019.

AgileEngine Named 118th on the Clutch 1000

Ratings and review company Clutch continues to accredit AgileEngine as one of the best software development firms around. Our high rankings on their Leader Matrices have landed us at 118th on their 2018’s Clutch 1000 list. This list comprises the top software developers, recognizing consistent high-quality performance and superb ability to deliver.

The Clutch 1000 list is a new category issued for the first time. The companies that made it to this list occupy some of the highest rankings in their industries and geos based on reviews from verified customers. As of 2018, Clutch features 60,000+ company profiles, so being ranked the 118th best one to work with is quite a feat!

AgileEngine Named Top Software Development Firm in Argentina

In their annual report of the top B2B companies in Latin America, Clutch have named our team one of the absolute best partners to work with in Argentina. We placed highly for UX/UI design and mobile app developers in Argentina, however, most notably, we were named number one for software developers in the locale. Even though any company can get themselves listed on Clutch, only the strongest and most reliable firms are named leaders by means of client interviews and Clutch’s internal methodology.

Retail Management and Supply Collaboration solution with .Net and Telerik

US retailers lose about $60 billion every year to inventory shrink and mismanagement. The number is striking, isn’t it? It’s this situation that makes a strong case for inventory management and real-time data management platforms. A platform of this kind is what we will be building in the coming months.

The Grand Solution for Hospitality Staffing

If you’ve never seen The Grand Budapest Hotel, you’re missing out on a true masterpiece. Directed by Wes Anderson, the movie revolves around the adventures of a hotel concierge in a weirdly beautiful setting of the 1930’s Central Europe.

Quirky and entertaining, it features an ensemble cast of Bill Murray, Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, and others. If you’re into movies, each of these names alone would be well enough a reason to catch the film. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, you get a whole crew of some of the world’s finest actors working together.

If you have seen the movie, though, you know that exceptional hospitality staff is exceptionally hard to find. Be it a bellboy, a chef, or any other specialist, hiring the right person is never easy. Or rather, it hasn’t been until now. This autumn, hospitality staffing will change forever thanks to a product we’re working on.