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What’s the difference between a software engineer and a software developer? Even though these titles are often used interchangeably, our goal is to shed light on how Software Development differs from Software Engineering and how understanding 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

We have created a custom competitor monitoring software solution for monitoring and analyzing the websites of Henkel's competitors. The system allows real-time tracking of their competitors' marketing activities.

Software Tool for Tracking Competitors’ Activities

We assisted an innovative startup in creating an online circuit diagram editor specifically made for designing electrical substations.


Circuit Diagram Maker

SCD was challenged to develop a confidential document management system (DMS) for a consulting agency that provided banks with access to advanced reports on various insurance companies and products. The DMS system was designed to meet strict requirements for information protection.

Developing a System for Distributing Confidential Documents

A large European bank, having used various information systems over the years, had collected millions of customer records. Some of these records contained typos, while others were logical duplicates. The bank needed an effective way to cleanse the data, successfully remove duplicates and bring it to the required format for further operations.

Big Data Cleansing: Removing Duplicates

Teledyne Optech, involved in lidar manufacturing, encountered challenges in processing raw lidar data from lidar scanners. Such operations are time-consuming as they are performed in a specific order and can crash in the process, requiring a restart with a new set of parameters. SCD developed a software solution to control the process, automatically restarting failed operations as needed. This solution streamlined the lidar data processing workflow, ensuring stability and efficiency.

Raw Lidar Data Processing

Anyfinder is a custom search engine developed for Infineon Technologies. It is designed to index and organize vast amounts of data accumulated by the company and distributed across thousands of workstations in the company's corporate network. The system offers different levels of access to the indexed data, based on the user’s position within the company.

Anyfinder Desktop Search

We have created an educational material distributed system for a Dutch educational publishing company. This system distributes diverse teaching and learning materials through a network of websites tailored specifically for several Western European countries, ensuring compliance with national laws and cultural specifics of each region.

Educational Material Distributed System

We have developed an intelligent AI-based math eLearning system to help students master the skills and knowledge needed for calculus problem-solving. The system guides users through each step of the process towards the solution and provides timely feedback in the same way a human teacher would.

AI-Based Calculus Tutor

We collaborated with WhoIsBlogger, an influencer advertising agency, to develop a custom software tool for the optimal selection of blogs to run specific advertising campaigns.

WhoIsBlogger

We developed a modern frontend for Splitty Travel, an established hotel booking website, maintaining its existing backend infrastructure. The primary goal for replacing the existing frontend was to enhance its mobile-friendliness and optimize the load speed of the platform. 

Frontend For a Hotel Booking Website

The process of choosing a hotel for a vacation or business trips is becoming increasingly complex. To address this challenge, an algorithm-based hotel recommendation service is highly in demand in the hotel industry.  

Our team member participated in a Kaggle contest for the best recommendation service algorithm for Expedia Travel. The result was securing third-place among over 2,000 teams specializing in Data Science. This accomplishment highlights our proficiency in creating effective recommendation algorithms.

Hotel Recommendation System

InClass is a SaaS virtual classroom platform designed for conducting individual and group lessons for teachers and tutors. The E-learning platform provides a comprehensive solution for educators to create a conducive learning environment, both for individual and group lessons.

InClass

We developed a software solution for remote education for the Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies. The system enables the university to admit a larger number of students by offering them online education services.

Learning Management System

Our client, a leading German legal consulting firm, sought SCD's expertise to develop a software solution to manage collaborative work on legal documents while ensuring compliance with privacy laws like GDPR.


Enhancing Document Flow for Legal Departments to Meet GDPR Compliance

We were subcontracted by eVantage GmbH to develop multiple software products for managing diverse financial instruments.

Tools for Managing Financial Instruments

The semantic editor of math formulas is an online editor capable of semantically processing a manually entered mathematical formula and recognizing its meaning. The editor is integrated with several server-side components that provide additional features, such as symbolic formula manipulation, plotting, and numeric calculation.

The Semantic Editor of Math Formulas

The manual search for organ allocation boundaries using images is a time-consuming process. A company approached us with a request to explore the feasibility of developing a 3D medical image processing solution capable of automatically determining human organ allocation.

Software Solution for Determining Organ Allocation Boundaries

This software solution serves as a substitute for human financial consultancy services, providing advice on which financial instruments (ETFs) to sell or buy in order to achieve a specific financial goal.

Online Financial Consultant

We developed an automated recruitment solution for a geographically distributed bank to monitor the entire recruitment process, budget, and efficiency. 

Automated Recruitment Solution

Red Hat had accumulated a significant dataset related to the selling methods of their solutions, as well as customer communication strategies, and customer profiles. Leveraging this data, we developed an algorithm for customer segmentation to identify the customers with the highest profitability potential and determine effective methods to communicate with them.

Identifying Customers with the Highest Profitability Potential

The Swiss Job Portal targets the German-speaking market, featuring automatic data updates from external websites. Additionally, it involves promoting job listings on various platforms based on the specialization.

Swiss Job Portal

We have developed a web frontend for an advanced hardware monitoring system designed for large data centers and hosting providers. The frontend provides real-time visualization of a set of signals.

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