Software Engineering Insights

Millennials, Gen X, and even the baby boomers are dependent upon the smartphones for their daily tasks. And as the number of mobile users rise, reaching them through apps have become one of the most followed trend amongst businesses.

Over 400 million smartphones, 4 million apps for download, 80 billion annual app store revenue! These numbers certainly project that year 2017 took over the the ownership of the mobile world. And if the future prognosis are to be believed, these numbers are bound to rise dramatically.

From startups to Fortune 500, every company has a mind to risk management for dealing with those out of the blue scenarios. In an app development project, it’s the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that helps the businesses to evaluate and forecast the risk, so that a deliverable is rendered, which is accepted by the targeted persona.

In the IT ecosystem, there is more pressure than ever to be agile, without compromising the security and reliability. For a consistent product development cycle, people, processes, and tools need to be streamlined effectively. This is where DevOps comes into the picture, addressing the stumbling blocks of continuous integration, testing, and deployment in the software development cycle.

Can you imagine a mobile app automating and controlling a number of tasks for the users, without being explicitly programmed for it. Well, that might sound fanatic, but it’s a practicable model today. Thanks to Machine Learning!

Machine Learning (ML) is subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that analyses a set of data, builds an analytical model, and then predicts accordingly. By implementing ML to mobile apps, businesses can ensure better experience to the existing and anticipated users.

For web application development of any scale, RoR brings in a slew of opportunities. And this gives clear grounds to the startups as well as fortune 500 companies to place their trust in this amazing technology.

Internet has found its relevance in all fronts and is poised to disrupt almost every sector with its benefits. Amongst the various domains that exert the influence of internet is healthcare.

With internet, evolved the concept of Internet of Things (IoT), which involves connecting anyone, anything, any service, or any network, via internet. Basically, IoT deals with interaction between machines, devices, or applications for solving or automating tasks, without human intervention.

Mobile phones are smart, ubiquitous, and surely an essential. From reacting to shopping whim or analyzing the market stats, they are complementing the everyday tasks, on the go.

The latest data shows that mobile digital media in the US is now significantly higher at 51% compared to the desktop (42%). Being a part of the mobile first era, building mobile-friendly websites is a must-have component to make the businesses reach the targeted audience in the most prominent manner.

Pokemon Go, Google Translate, Snapchat, SkyMap. These names have certainly turned the tables for AR technology, bringing it into the mainstream. If sources are to be believed, the AR/VR market will have a worth of 80 billion USD by 2025, with 45 billion USD coming from hardware and 35 billion USD from software.

The global investment in Fintech ventures is expected to have a worth of 8 billion USD by 2018. Therefore, this continuously thriving industry needs to follow the best and the latest technology to sustain.

In the year 2017, we have seen instant payments, mobile trading, millennial focused solutions making way to take fintech industry a step further. However, the year 2018 seems diverge a bit and step into the technology lane for better customer experience. Basis our client recent client requirements and evolving technologies, we have compiled this list of fintech trends that you must follow in 2018.