Blog: Services & Outsourcing

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Charity

January 12, 2018 in News, Services & Outsourcing, Uncategorized

 

Each year at the holiday season there is a chance to express gratitude by giving back to the community. This year BCT selected two DFW charities to support, the North Texas Food Bank and The Salvation Army Angel Tree. The goal of the food bank is ambitious but necessary. In their own words: “The North […]

 

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The Benefits of Joint Application Design

February 17, 2017 in Business Intelligence, Communication Systems, E-Commerce Solutions, IT Integration, Services & Outsourcing, Technology

 

First of all, what is Joint Application Design (JAD)? JAD is the method of including key end-users in the design and development process of an application. This is done through workshops called JAD sessions. The thought behind this practice is to have an end product that is more satisfactory to the client by including them […]

 

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Sea change for the H1-B visa program?

February 10, 2017 in Employment, Services & Outsourcing

 

Hushed amid the outcry of the recent travel ban initiated by the Trump Administration, another change in how skilled foreign workers reach the United States to fill high tech jobs is under review – and if the furor of the travel ban is qualified as an outcry, the response to the proposed changes to the […]

 

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Data Mining: Turning Customer Data into Customer Knowledge

February 3, 2017 in Business Intelligence, E-Commerce Solutions, IT Education, News, Services & Outsourcing, Technology, Uncategorized

 

We’ve all heard the term used in the modern industry, Data Mining. What does it mean though? Essentially, data mining is the process of collecting large amounts of data and analyzing it to create a meaningful set of patterns, trends, and rules. With today’s technology, there is an unlimited amount of data being sent back […]

 

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Defining Your Business Information Needs

January 20, 2017 in Business Intelligence, Services & Outsourcing

 

Each unique business offers their own unique product or service, so it only makes sense that each business would have unique needs when it comes to their information system requirements. Defining your business’s proprietary intelligence requirements is one of the key factors to making your business competitive in the modern industry market, so an educated […]

 

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IT Integration for a Competitive Advantage

January 6, 2017 in Business Intelligence, Communication Systems, E-Commerce Solutions, IT Education, IT Integration, Services & Outsourcing, Technology

 

Information Technology (IT) has grown like a vine into every nook and cranny of businesses worldwide. Within the past decade it has worked its way into the very foundation of the modern industry. With integrating new IT into any organization carries many competitive advantages. However, getting the technology isn’t the end of the game. A […]

 

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Internal IT Performance Measures

December 9, 2016 in Business Intelligence, Communication Systems, E-Commerce Solutions, Employment, Services & Outsourcing, Technology

 

For an organization to determine a performance measurement, they must fully analyze the information given and collected from the targeted component. In many cases this process is used in employee evaluations, process evaluations, and strategy evaluations to help the organization determine whether or not the output meets the expectations set by the organization’s guidelines. In […]

 

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Cybersecurity Practices

December 2, 2016 in Business Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Security and Compliance, Services & Outsourcing, Technology, Web Content Management

 

One section of the SIMs survey discussed cyber security practices within the survey taker’s organizations. Out of the SIM members that took the survey, 45.82% of the organizations had a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or equivalent position on board. This position takes into concern how information security affects legal requirements; thus taking accountability for […]

 

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