Common misconceptions about software testing
By Shinaaz Osman, Senior Quality Assurance Consultant While software testing is an important part of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and a competency we believe needs to form part of solution delivery from the start of a project, there remains common misconceptions about the role, skills and importance of software testing. Shinaaz Osman, Senior Quality
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Devconf 2022 lessons and highlights
‘Insightful, stimulating, diverse, inspirational and exciting’ are just some of the words used by our Saratogans to describe the recent Devconf events. Devconf is a community-driven, professional software developer focused series of conferences, which bring together the South African developer community to network and share insights. A number of our Saratoga developers recently attended the
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Our DevOps automation journey
By Daniel Barrett, Lead Technical Consultant at Saratoga A few years back I started my DevOps journey at a company that owned its own product. As is often the case with products, we were presented with many challenges, most notably the inconsistency in our deployments and processes in going from development to production. While I’ve
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Mob programming | Collaborative coding as a remote team
Stephan Bester, Senior Developer at Saratoga, shares his team’s experience of successfully mob programming as a remote team.
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Insights from the 2021 BA Summit
Business Consultant, Morongoa Malebe shares her insights from the 2021 BA Summit.
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BA Summit 2021 | Blockchain, let’s get practical
While some organisations and technology professionals may have gone a bit ‘crypto-crazy’, a fast-growing number of businesses are unlocking the real value of the revolutionary technology behind the buzzword ‘Blockchain’. Yaseen Patel, Business Consultant at Saratoga, will be delving into this topic and sharing his insights at the upcoming BA Summit, set to take place
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Increased access to technology solutions with low-code
Nicholas Bowman, CEO at riivo recently presented a tech talk to our Saratoga team on the potential of low-code solutions. Following his insightful presentation, we’d like to share some of the highlights from his talk with the broader tech community. As technological advancements continue to progress and as organisations are forced to embark on a
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Our remote work journey as a software outsourcing partner
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a flurry of articles written regarding the impacts of the pandemic and what a post-pandemic future looks like for various industries. As a professional solution delivery and outsource development services partner to a range of global clients, our outsourcing teams at Saratoga have been delivering
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Introduction to Blockchain development with Ethereum
Written by Kyle Josias, Developer at Saratoga Earlier in May, Kyle Josias presented a tech talk to the Saratoga team providing an introduction to blockchain development with Ethereum. As blockchain remains a hot topic, his article shares an insightful overview of Ethereum blockchain and the use of this as a development platform. The Ethereum blockchain
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Making the right technology platform choices to support your business capability
Written by Conrad Owens, Lead Business Consultant at Saratoga Businesses across the board are increasingly experiencing the pressures of having to deliver better, faster and cheaper operational solutions. Often these internal organisational pressures and limitations impact the speed and quality of the services they can in turn provide to their customers. As an added layer
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