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Choosing a Software Developer

Selecting a software development company can be a daunting task, especially if you have no experience of software development.

Software Technologies Glossary

This article aims to provide a brief explanation of some of the common technologies used in modern software development.

Guide To Writing a Software Brief

Writing a good software brief to give to potential developers can be very difficult, especially if you are still uncertain about exactly what you want.

The Software Development Cycle

There are many different software development models used by developers to plan and create a software system; in this article we will describe the main stages of the oldest and best-known model – The Waterfall Model.

Offshore Software Development

Offshore software development is the provision of software development services from a company that is located in a different country to you, the advantages and disadvantages of this are discussed in this article.

What is Open Source?

Open source software is software for which the source code is made available under copyright licence that meets the “Open Source Definition”.

Off-the-Shelf vs. Bespoke Software

Off-the-shelf software is software that is ready-to-use and is being marketed as a product by a software company, whereas bespoke software is software that is custom-built by a software development company.