Archive for December, 2009

Designing Cloud Based Systems – 1. Introduction
By Abhijat Vatsyayan (6) on December 23rd, 2009

Definitions and architecture

I am not a big fan of using definitions as a starting point.  In technology many useful and successful concepts have escaped definition. People still argue about what exactly is an object in an object-oriented system.  There is no scarcity of definitions for software architecture. The internet cannot be pinned down to a simple definition. A definition, however, it is still useful in certain contexts. Continued »

SAP Customer’s UI Technology Choices: SAP WebDynpro vs Microsoft .NET vs Java
By Manish Agarwal (17) on December 18th, 2009

Background
Most SAP customers have enterprise applications developed in other mainstream development platforms such as Microsoft, Java and others. Many customers have existing legacy applications built on multiple technologies and platforms (too numerous to list here).

Going forward, SAP customers are tending to standardize on the SAP platform for running their core business operations. However, for development of custom applications, customers do not have a clear approach towards selecting SAP NetWeaver or the other mainstream platforms for development. Continued »

Nagarro among first to offer custom application development on Google App Engine cloud computing platform
By Vishal Gauri (15) on December 8th, 2009

Last week weGEP_Logo announced that Nagarro has joined the Google Enterprise Partner™ program, which extends the power of Google across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google Enterprise™ deployments. Through this partnership, Nagarro has become one of the first software development firms offering custom application development on Google’s cloud computing platform, Google App Engine™.

 For our customers, this means that Nagarro continues to be a trusted resource for the newest, most advanced tools and technologies available.  We will keep you posted on our work with Google App Engine as it evolves.  If you have any experiences with Google App Engine to share, we would love to hear your comments as well.

Know a High School Math Whiz?
By Vikas Sehgal (14) on December 8th, 2009

Know a high school math whiz? Registration is open for Moody’s Mega Math Challenge

Nagarro shares a love of mathematics with customer SIAM (the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).  This year, Nagarro’s custom applications will be automating the judging process for the Moody’s Mega Math Challenge, an Internet-based math contest co-hosted with SIAM. Participating teams of students are given 14 hours to solve an open-ended, realistic, applied math-modeling problem focused on real-world issues.

The content spotlights applied mathematics as a powerful problem-solving tool, a viable and exciting profession, and a vital contributor to advances in an increasingly technical society. Scholarship prizes total $100,000.

If you know a high school math whiz from Maine through Washington, DC who might be interested in participating, please feel free to share information on the contest. Registration closes on February 26, 2010.

Who knows, the winners could be your future employees (or our future customers)…