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Is being a software developer the same as being a software engineer? Even though these titles are often used interchangeably, our goal is to shed light on how software development differs from software engineering and help you understand the differences/ similarities in responsibilities, capabilities, and the value they bring can make your software projects more successful.

Software Development vs Software Engineering: Is there a difference?

Embracing change in software engineering is the key to having successful projects! Today we explore the dynamic relationship between technical specifications and agile methodologies, shedding light on why having fixed specifications may not be the best choice for your business.

Why Having Fixed Technical Specifications May Not Always Be the Best Choice in Software Development?

Discover the most exciting software development predictions of 2024 trends with a special overview of the trends that shaped the software development industry in 2023. Together we’ll unwrap the most exciting technological advancements we can expect from AI, machine learning, edge computing, and so much more.

Most Exciting Software Development Trends to Expect in 2024 

Curious to learn how businesses leverage Big Data for informed decisions and growth? 
Whether you're in education, finance, banking, healthcare, or beyond, embracing Big Data analytics is the key to staying ahead in today's digital landscape. Check out the article to uncover real-life applications, benefits and challenges of using Big Data!


Big Data Analytics: Unveiling Real-Life Applications, Benefits, and Challenges

How much does custom software Development cost in 2024? Wondering how prices are estimated and what factors influence the cost? What are the top factors that determine the price when outsourcing? Read the article and get the insights you need for your next big project.

2024 Guide To Custom Software Development Cost Estimation

In this article, we uncover common AI-based applications in software development that YOU can integrate into your daily workflow to improve your company's and employees' overall efficiency and help your business remain competitive in the marketplace.


AI in Software Development: Common Applications

What are the benefits of using Agile methodology in your software development process? From increased collaboration and adaptability to transparency and client satisfaction! Whether you're a seasoned developer, a project manager, or just curious about the tech industry, you'll be able to find valuable insights in this article.

Agile Methodology: Transparency in Project Management 

Finding a reliable software development partner for your business is crucial since software outsourcing is a critical investment, and the consequences of a project failure result in significant losses of both time and money. This 2024 guide will help answer your most pressing questions and help you feel prepared for choosing a partner.


How to Choose the Ideal Software Development Outsourcing Partner in 2024?

Embarking on your first software development project as a business owner might seem a bit confusing and overwhelming. In this and other SCD articles, we'll guide you through the development process, helping you understand the different stages, best practices, and ways to turn your vision into a reality.

Starting a Software Development Project: A Customer’s Journey

SCD Company has been recognized among one of the top Software Development Companies in Armenia and UAE by Techreviewer (2024). This achievement showcases our commitment to delivering high-quality, innovative software solutions to our business partners.


SCD Company | Top Software Development Company in UAE Recognition

What is the importance of performance testing? How can it benefit your business? What are the main types and essential steps for conducting software performance testing? This 2024 guide will help answer the most essential questions regarding performance testing while displaying real-life examples. 

Performance Testing Explained:  A Short Guide

Whether you’re building new software in-house, or have decided to outsource the development process, one of the main questions is how the development team can create high-quality software and meet your criteria. In this article, we will answer what software quality management is, its importance in meeting client goals, as well as key metrics, challenges of testing software quality, benefits and real-life examples.

Quality Management in Software Development

Explore the fundamental concepts of change management in software engineering in this month’s article. Find out how effective change management drives success in software development projects while keeping costs and quality in check.
In this article, you will find out what change management is, the process and its role, how to successfully manage change requests, estimate the cost of change, classify and prioritize changes, and so much more. 


Change Management in Software Engineering

Worried about outsourcing your development process to an offshore development team? In this month’s release we discuss top reasons why outsourcing software projects typically fail and how you can avoid them. Check out how setting unrealistic goals, wrong project scope, making unnecessary technical decisions, unclear project management processes and other factors can sabotage your project or product development success and how you can avoid them in our guide. Become prepared for your software projects’ ultimate success. 

Reasons Why Outsourced Software Development Projects Fail 

Are you considering outsourcing your software development to an external partner? Our guide breaks down the best countries for outsourcing IT processes in 2024, including Mexico, Armenia, Poland, and Singapore. Explore the advantages and challenges of each region to find the perfect fit for your business needs. Whether you prioritize cost-efficiency, technical expertise, or time-zone compatibility, we can help you make an informed decision. 

What is the best country to outsource software development to in 2024?

This month we share a recap of the top 8 most-read software development blogs from SCD in 2024. We cover essential topics such as software cost estimation, outsourcing, change management, current and past trends. This roundup is perfect for anyone looking to stay updated with the latest happenings in the software development industry. Each section offers valuable takeaways and practical advice, making it a must-read for business owners, project managers, and tech enthusiasts.

2024 Recap of Software Development Insights: 8 Most Read Blogs From SCD

Today, we would like to share with you an exclusive interview with Alena, one of the co-founders of SCD Company, your go-to customized software development partners. We're excited to share more about the processes behind SCD company, the values, culture, and the team members making all software projects successful behind the scenes.

Exclusive Interview with Alena: Co-Founder of SCD Company

This blog highlights the top 10 custom software development companies in Dubai for 2024, providing insights into their expertise and services. Our goal is to give you a clear and concise picture of what each of these companies offers, their industry experience, and the unique challenges they can help solve. Use this guide to find a reliable partner that aligns with your business needs and technological goals. 


Top 10 Custom Software Development Companies in Dubai in 2024

Choosing between Fixed-Price and Time and Materials (T&M) models for your software project can impact timelines, costs, and flexibility. Learn the key differences, the advantages and drawbacks of each model, and how to decide which is the right choice for your project with our in-depth guide, including real-life examples.

Fixed-price vs Time and Materials (T&M) Pricing Models in Software Development

Read our interview with Alex Radostev, Tech Lead and Project Manager at SCD Company, as he shares his journey from joining the company as a junior software engineer to leading diverse projects as a Technical Team Lead. Learn about the skills he acquired over the years and his insights on SCD’s working environment.

Interview With Alex Radostev, Tech Team Lead and Project Manager at SCD Company

Learn about the crucial role prototyping has in software development and how it helps transform your ideas into successful IT products. Learn about different prototyping methods, the benefits of testing early and continuously, learn from real project examples and find out how modern technologies are shaping the future of prototyping.

The Role of Prototyping in Software Development

Check out Anastasia’s interview, QA Lead at SCD Company, as she shares her journey from a mid-level QA engineer to a leadership position, reflecting on the learning, challenges, and growth she's experienced over two years. Get to know her day-to-day responsibilities as a QA engineer and lead, the technologies she’s mastered, and the work culture that motivates her and the team to deliver the highest-quality software to clients. 

Interview with Anastasia, QA Lead at SCD Company

Check out our guide to IT product development, describing the crucial steps and considerations involved in turning an idea into a successful digital product. From market research and selecting the right development team to understanding the full development process and planning a strategic launch, this guide will help you feel prepared for the challenges and upcoming journey of product development.

Guide To Outsourcing IT Product Development

Looking for a brief guide to AI agents to help you understand why they're the talk of the tech world? What exactly are AI Agents, and how can they give your company a competitive edge? In this article, we will break down the different types of AI agents, their real-world applications by major companies, and the impact they’re having across industries. 


A Brief Introduction To AI Agents

Discover how we created a custom tracking tool for Henkel to help them monitor their competitors' marketing activities through real-time website update checks and analysis. We also helped reduce the information load their marketing team had to analyze manually.

Custom Competitor Monitoring Tool

Discover how we helped an innovative Startup from UAE create a custom online circuit diagram maker specifically tailored to organize their processes of designing electrical substations and automate time-consuming manual operations.

Circuit Diagram Maker

Check out our success story in developing a confidential document management system (DMS) for our client, a consulting agency from the US, to help them meet strict requirements for information protection when distributing documents.

Developing a System for Distributing Confidential Documents

Discover how we assisted a large bank from Germany in cleaning duplicate data from millions of customer records gathered over multiple years. Our solution enhanced the organization of their records and improved the overall effectiveness of their processes.

Big Data Cleansing: Removing Duplicates

Discover how we developed a LiDar data processing system for Teledyne Optech. We created a custom solution that streamlined their entire data processing workflow, making it more stable and efficient. The system was also designed to automatically restart any failed operations.

Raw Lidar Data Processing

Check out how we developed Anyfinder, a custom search engine for Infineon Technologies. It was specially designed to index and organize the vast amounts of data collected by the company, distributed across thousands of workstations in their corporate network.

Anyfinder Custom Search Engine

Check out how we built an educational material distribution system for a Dutch publishing company. The software distributes various teaching and learning resources across a network of websites for several Western European countries, so they meet each country's legal requirements.

Educational Material Distributed System

Discover how we helped to develop a math E-learning product for our clients so students can master the skills needed for AP calculus problem-solving. The software functions like a human tutor, guides students, helps reach solutions, and provides timely feedback.

Calculus E-learning Tutor

Discover how we successfully helped our client, WhoIsBlogger, from the advertising industry, develop a custom software tool that would optimally select bloggers for their client's specific advertising campaigns and promote their services or products.

WhoIsBlogger

Check out our frontend development case study for Splitty Travel, an established booking platform. See how our developers modernised their outdated front end, enhancing its mobile-friendliness and load speed, while maintaining their existing backend infrastructure.

Frontend Development For a Hotel Booking Website

Discover how our software developers came in third place among 2000 Data Science teams in a Kaggle competition for the best hotel commendation algorithm for ExpediaTravel, using information on their travelers’ online behavior and other data.

Hotel Recommendation System

Check out how we developed an innovative e-learning platform for our clients in the EdTech industry. This platform enables virtual class organization between students and teachers, providing a structured environment for conducting lessons from anywhere, at any time.

InClass

Check out our custom LMS development for online learning for the Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies. Thanks to our partnership, the University expanded its reach beyond the campus, enrolling around 5000 more students and offering online education opportunities.

Learning Management System

Our client, a leading German legal consulting firm, reached out to us to develop a software solution for managing collaborative work on legal documents while ensuring compliance with privacy laws like GDPR.

Enhancing Document Workflow for Legal Departments to Meet GDPR Compliance

Explore how we successfully collaborated with eVantage GmbH, our IT partners from Switzerland, to help them build custom software products to manage diverse financial instruments for Credit Suisse.

Tools for Managing Financial Instruments

Check out how we successfully developed a semantic math editor, an online tool designed to understand and interpret manually entered mathematical formulas. This EdTech product is also accessible to persons with disabilities, making it easy to use for everyone.

The Semantic Editor of Math Formulas

Discover how we developed a 3D medical image processing software for our clients that could automatically and accurately determine the placements of human organs based on intensive research, analysis, and cooperation with medical industry professionals and specialized research teams.

3D Medical Image Processing Software

Discover how we developed online financial consulting software for our clients in the FinTech industry in Germany. This solution provides the same experience as human financial consultancy services, advising on which ETFs to sell or buy to achieve specific goals.

Online Financial Consultant

Check out how we helped our client in the publishing industry from Germany update and enhance their outdated software UI as well as develop a remote management system for a large network of printers.

DreamScreen Printing Software

Discover how we successfully developed a recruitment process automation solution for HR professionals at a geographically distributed bank to monitor their entire recruitment process and budget, optimizing their entire workflow.

Recruitment automation software

Discover how we created a forecasting system to analyze and identify customers with the highest profitability potential for Red Hat using their historical sales datasets and determine the most effective communication strategies for them.

Identifying Customers with the Highest Profitability Potential

Discover how we updated the software system for one of Switzerland's job portals in the IT sector by making it more user-friendly and rewriting the UI. As a result, the job portal became one of the leaders in the region.

Swiss Job Portal

Discover our success story in developing a server infrastructure monitoring system for Indeni. Although Indeni had a skilled software engineering team to handle the backend development, they needed our expertise to develop the front end and create a web console.

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