Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. -Steve Jobs
If we go with the words of Steve Jobs, then certainly, developers are the real designers of a software product, as no one else but a developer knows how a product actually works.
Initial Coin Offering is one of the innovative use cases of Blockchain, enabling startups and naive companies to raise initial capital for their business ideas with potential. However, this now-famous mode for crowdfunding overcame a number of technical and functional ambuguity in the system, leading to inundating rise in its acceptance.
Chatbots are revolutionizing the customer service space. These stand-alone conversational interfaces that utilizes messaging platforms or apps for conversation are predicted to change the quality and pace at which customer service is rendered. With this, chatbots are not just an innovational window for customers but also a way for businesses to save hundreds of dollars (with fast and automated response rate).
The hype around cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin, Ethereum) unveiled a disruptive technology, called Blockchain. A Blockchain is a virtual, public ledger, which uses cryptography to store permanent and tamper-proof records of transaction data.
The collaboration of Agile and DevOps has invoked doors for an innovative and rapid software development model. While DevOps is often considered as an extension to Agile, one stream of development that hasn’t seen much growth is Software Testing.
Big data is inundating businesses, persistently. The idea to collect, analyze, and act up on a set of data is harnessing businesses to make informed decisions and have a strategic plan for time ahead.
Moreover, big data has been the driving force for most of the trending technologies today. Machine Learning, Deep Learning (subsets of Artificial Intelligence), Internet of Things (IoT), Hadoop, NoSQL etc. are strongly backed by big data for processing the results.
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.
As the businesses evolve and emphasize upon infallible software development and delivery model, DevOps is taking the front seat in IT departments. While Agile model for development have been turning up the trump for businesses from a long time, it lacked involvement of operations. Today, DevOps is successfully introducing agility in operations, owing to which organizations are able to render better customer experience with improved operational efficiency.
Thanks to the evolving modes of connectivity, virtually delivering patient-centric care has been made possible. There are virtual health kiosks and portals, EHRs, remote consultations etc. that are bridging the gap between the patients and physicians in the most prominent way.
Technology is smartly revamping the model of healthcare industry. Thoughtful ideas are introduced to develop mobile apps, wearables, and other health monitoring devices. This has eventually brought an impressive change in how people maintain fitness, stay informed about their wellness, diagnose health issues, and connect with medical resources at distance.