Quality software begins with quality requirements. Download our template to discover the most important questions you should ask before starting a development project. Just remember, no template is a substitute for a conversation with technical experts.
Backups are important and automated backups help reduce error by removing the human component. Of course it is always good to check in and make sure that everything is working properly, and audit your systems periodically to see if you need to add anything new to your backup. MentorMate uses a script with a few simple tools to get all important information in one place and make redundant onsite and offsite backups of it.
Many of the employees at MentorMate have Google Android phones. There are a few iPhone owners too, but they’re in the minority at MentorMate. We did a little survey and found out what Android apps everyone was using. We then consolidated the list and filtered out all the apps that wouldn’t be used by your average Google Android user. What follows is a list of truly great apps that every Google Android user should have. These apps have one more thing in common, they’re all FREE!
On November 19, 2009 Google announced their open source Chrome operating system built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. The presentation started with a slide showing the increasing number of Chrome users – the browser that is used as a base in their OS. The slide also stated that Chrome has “39x faster JavaScript than Internet Explorer.” Is it really that much faster or faster at all? Will their built from scratch “V8 JavaScript Engine” outplay the latest version of the Microsoft browser and will it work almost 40 times faster?
Why make backups? There are many reasons, and it is important to keep them all in mind when you are creating your backup system. Different types of disasters require different methods of recovery.
MentorMate’s web marketing team has created a list of some commonly-found problems in web site design. These flaws are detrimental aspects to the site in terms of actual site functionality, usability, and/or search engine optimization. They are problems that are readily apparent without an extensive technical background, and ranked in order, beginning with the most severe red flag and ending with more minor inconveniences that could be improved upon.
Recently, we’ve been dealing with an issue related to our Tomcat Application Server and wanted to share how we solved this one. We found one that the application server was irrelevant (it could be Glassfish or another as well). The server was running the latest version, Tomcat Application Server 6.0.18, and it was crashing in irregular intervals. There was no easy solution because the server stopped making logs before crashing.
