Software Engineering Insights

COVID-19 pandemic has marked a downfall for several businesses and individual lives globally. Finance, retail, hospitality, travel are some of the industries that have been drastically impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. Moreover, the measures taken to prevent the spread of infection- lockdown and social distancing put the primary livelihood at a halt.

Even in this dynamic and rapidly evolving digital world, JavaScript has withstood the test of time and is here to last for long. Due to its efficiency and flexibility, it can be deployed both on the server-side and the client-side, and can be used for developing mobile and web applications. No doubt, it is one of the widely accepted programming languages.

Machine Learning is one of the proficient technologies that we have for pattern recognition, data mining, statistical analysis on large volumes of data. It’s enabling machines to recognize intricate patterns and make intelligent decisions, without human intervention. In order to achieve this, the ML technology is accompanied by neural networks.

The human brain has got tremendous potential. On an everyday basis, it performs hundreds and thousands of tasks- such as recognizing faces, learning from experiences, memorizing facts, identifying objects, understanding words & languages, recognize intent & sentiments, and more. There are billions of neurons in the brain that network together to accomplish these tasks.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made healthcare providers realize the importance of digital solutions, more than ever. The providers are continuously struggling to reduce the burdens & risks associated with travel to clinics, hospitals, labs, or other healthcare organizations. Moreover, caregivers have to ensure the delivery of value-based care to patients in their home environments. The insurance reimbursements need to be streamlined. As a consequence of this demand, the digital healthcare market is projected to reach $500 billion by 2025.

In 2011, Xamarin—a software company now owned by Microsoft—created a framework for hybrid mobile applications with C#. What made this new framework differentiate itself from others is its simplicity in creating a single code base that works across multiple platforms. After this, many frameworks have been introduced on the market, including Ionic, ReactJS, React Native, and many more.

The public cloud computing market size is expected to reach $354 billion by 2022. This includes business processes, platforms, software, infrastructure, management, security, and almost everything that a cloud service provider delivers.

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving the healthcare system to the limit. The rapid rise in the demand for healthcare facilities and providers has burdened the system, making it unable to operate with absolute efficiency.

Bill Gates was quoted as saying- “How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.” 

If we relate to his words with regards to customer information, then it can be rightly said that a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution is the key to win or lose a customer.

In effect to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote services have become the new normal. That is why, telemedicine, the practice of providing care to the patients remotely has been gaining ground in the healthcare industry. During the challenging times of pandemic, telemedicine services are a go-to option for safe consultation sessions.