Just a couple of years ago, the race was on for dominance in the cloud. While Amazon Web Services has always largely been the market share leader, other giants like Google, Microsoft, and Oracle were making strides in the space and aiming to dominate the cloud market. Has this race for dominance in the cloud continued on, or has a leader solidified their standing? Below, we will go through some of the top leaders in the cloud and how they have established themselves in the market. Microsoft Azure: Growing but Slowing Google and Microsoft Azure are the two largest cloud...

Enola Labs is proud to be named a top software development company in Austin by GoodFirms. The team at Goodfirms wrote about this acknowledgment and how Enola Labs was selected. Enola Labs Named Top Austin Software Company Founded in the year 2012 and based in the United States, Enola Labs Software is a leader in technical architecture, cloud-enablement, legacy modernization, and custom software development services including web applications, mobile apps, and all the latest technologies. Enola Labs is comprised of a team of accomplished software architects, engineers, designers, and marketers that implement their skills to drive the company toward success. GoodFirms...

With every day that passes, more businesses make the decision to move some or all of their applications and services to the cloud. The case for doing so is strong. By reducing or even eliminating on-premise hardware, there are immediate capital cost savings in terms of upgrades and maintenance costs. Then there is elasticity: the ability to scale capacity and cost up and down in response to fluctuations in demand. The cloud also offers reliability and redundancy, industry-leading security and the ability to store and process vast amounts of data, a feature that is critical for making the most out...

Two words that frequently come to my mind when creating or maintaining software solutions are lifespan and scope. The root cause of many bugs can be attributed to not fully understanding the lifespan or scope of software or infrastructure. These two words apply to essentially everybody in the IT industry, including software developers, product owners, DevOps, QA, and project leaders. Global variables represent the worst side of lifespan and scope. By definition, long-lived global variables stay around for the lifespan of an application and all parts of the software can change them at any time. Their lifespan and scope are...

Making the choice between hybrid and native There are clear benefits to hybrid and native approaches to app development. Hybrid application development is built leveraging a modern website or web app’s code, and the same code can be used for all mobile platforms. This drives down development costs as the new code does not need to be developed for each platform. Native applications are coded to run on a specific device’s hardware, allowing the code to be optimized for a specific platform. This is more expensive and requires greater engineering support to make changes, however, Native development is...

In the early stages of an app development project comes the time to decide on a development partner. There is no shortage of app development companies, and your development partner will ultimately play a huge role in the success, or failure, of your project. It is important to know the right questions to ask in order to make a decision that will lead to successful outcomes for your project. Below are 5 questions we recommend asking while in the software development company vetting process. 1. Where is your team based? The location of a software development team will typically be a significant...

Enola Labs Software is excited to announce our selection as one of the Top B2B Services in 2019. Clutch compiles an annual list of industry leaders for different cities in specific categories, acknowledging us as one of Austin’s Top Developers. Clutch is a B2B ratings and reviews firm in Washington, D.C., that connects businesses with the best-fit agencies and consultants in order to conquer their next big business challenge. Covering hundreds of different services from IT to advertising and marketing, they conduct phone interviews with past clients to provide an unbiased look at previous projects. They rank...

The 33rd annual South by Southwest conferences took Austin, Texas by storm from March 8th through March 17th, 2019. If you missed this year’s SXSW panels, activations, and festivities—we’ve got you covered. These are the top technology events and trends we noticed at this year’s SXSW, which may very well set the stage for what to expect in tech the rest of this year. Tech regulation is up for debate Does the technology industry need more regulation to improve competition and protect consumers? This question was poised in more ways than one throughout SXSW. At a time...

Hiring software developers is one of the greatest challenges organizations will face in 2019. In highly competitive tech-centric cities, it often feels like there is not enough tech talent to go around. The truth is, there isn’t. Enola Labs has proven success in hiring senior engineers when we have the need. In fact, we have even helped our clients to build the engineering teams they require to scale their business. If your business is struggling to hire technical talent, our engineer-led staff augmentation may be the answer to your hiring woes. How do we do it? We have a diverse...

Why Migrate to AWS? It’s 2019 and your company should be leveraging all that AWS has to offer. This year, shift focus from maintaining infrastructure to optimizing operational efficiency and delivering business functionality. Enola Labs can be there to help you every step of the way on your migration to cloud journey. The Challenge Many companies know they should be leveraging cloud services. The challenge lies in a few areas, including defining the best cloud services to leverage. and planning for the migration to ensure business services are not interrupted. The Solution Hire an AWS consulting services partner. With meticulous...