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App Money Matters: Never Cut Costs On These 9 Aspects of App Development

App Money Matters: Never Cut Costs On These 9 Aspects of App Development

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Is This a Good Idea? The Basics of App Idea Validation

Is This a Good Idea? The Basics of App Idea Validation

Do you have an idea for the next big app? How do you know if it's a good idea? Iversoft breaks down the basics of App Idea Validation in this new blog.

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Women Leading in Tech: A Q&A with Iversoft Co-Founder and CTO, Vicki Iverson

Women Leading in Tech: A Q&A with Iversoft Co-Founder and CTO, Vicki Iverson

An interview with Vicki Iverson, CTO and Co-Founder of Iversoft, where she dives into the tech industry and topic of women in STEM.

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5 Basics of App Design: Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start

5 Basics of App Design: Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start

So, you want to build an app — fantastic! More than just a fad, apps account for a whopping 89% of media time on mobile and more than half of all time spent online — more than desktop and mobile web combined.

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What to Expect After the Skills Challenge

What to Expect After the Skills Challenge

Recently applied to a job at Iversoft? We'll walk you through what to expect after your skills challenge so you'll know every step of the hiring process.

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What To Expect During A Skills Challenge

What To Expect During A Skills Challenge

What is an Iversoft skills challenge? How does it lead to a better candidate experience, stronger hiring decisions? Learn all about how Iversoft does it differently.

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What Does It Cost To Maintain An App

What Does It Cost To Maintain An App

Learn about the costs associated with app maintenance. What are the long term costs, how to scale your app and what to be prepared for in Iversoft's new blog!

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What to Expect During an HR Interview?

What to Expect During an HR Interview?

Iversoft hires different. Learn all about our process in our five part series on Iversofts hiring practices

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How Iversoft's Dedicated Team Model Puts Clients' Goals First

How Iversoft's Dedicated Team Model Puts Clients' Goals First

Iversoft's CEO Graeme Barlow explains how the dedicated team model improves flexibility and scalability for clients.

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Why Job Seekers are Flocking to This Canadian Tech Company

Why Job Seekers are Flocking to This Canadian Tech Company

Why are top tech professionals flocking to this Canadian Tech Company

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Mentorship can help you grow (and keep) great employees. Here’s how

Mentorship can help you grow (and keep) great employees. Here’s how

Laura Townson Iversoft COO on the importance of quality mentorship on growing and retaining strong and engaged teams

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Investing In Diversity: Why Your People Are Your Greatest Business Asset

Investing In Diversity: Why Your People Are Your Greatest Business Asset

Investing in your people is one of the the most effective way to increase your productivity and grow your bottom line. Find out more from Iversofts' very own CEO, Graeme Barlow.

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Interested in Applying at Iversoft? Learn about Our Interview Process

Interested in Applying at Iversoft? Learn about Our Interview Process

Iversofts' interview process is fully remote

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Goldilocks and the Progressive Web Apps: Are they "Just Right" for You?

Goldilocks and the Progressive Web Apps: Are they "Just Right" for You?

Should you invest in a website, an app, or both? In a perfect world, every business would be able to support both, but many can’t. Enter progressive web apps — the lesser known option that might be the perfect fit. If you’ve never heard of progresive web apps, we’ve got a popular fable to explain them.

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The Case For Early Human Resources

The Case For Early Human Resources

Can you remember the worst job you ever had? Were the co-workers toxic? Were the teams in shambles trying to find resources? Was the work-life balance painfully non-existent? Everything seemed wonderful in the interview,

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The AR Advantage: How AR is Redefining the Future of Ecommerce

The AR Advantage: How AR is Redefining the Future of Ecommerce

Augmented Reality (AR) is changing the future of ecommerce.

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Medical and Mobile: How Telemedicine Is Transforming The Health Care Industry

Medical and Mobile: How Telemedicine Is Transforming The Health Care Industry

The global Covid-19 pandemic has ushered telemedical tools into the spotlight

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Does Your App Need An Update? When, Why, and How to make the most of it

Does Your App Need An Update? When, Why, and How to make the most of it

Updates keep your app operating at peak performance.

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3 Simple Lessons To Improve Your Team’s Mental Health

3 Simple Lessons To Improve Your Team’s Mental Health

Iversoft's COO, Laura Townson, shares 3 ways to help you promote openness about mental health at work.

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Should You Build an App Internally or Hire a Development Agency?

Should You Build an App Internally or Hire a Development Agency?

Should You Build an App Internally or Hire a Development Agency?

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5 Ways an Old Pair of Shoes Can Help You Get Company-Wide Buy-In for New Software

5 Ways an Old Pair of Shoes Can Help You Get Company-Wide Buy-In for New Software

Get company-wide buy-in for your software project.

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How Iversoft’s Hiring Policies Create Better Client Experiences

How Iversoft’s Hiring Policies Create Better Client Experiences

Exceptional client experiences start with our hiring policies.

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This Mindset Change Could Save Your Business in 2021

This Mindset Change Could Save Your Business in 2021

This mindset change could save your business.

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7 Foolproof Design Tactics to Improve Your UX & UI in 2021

7 Foolproof Design Tactics to Improve Your UX & UI in 2021

Solid UX and UI design requires a deep understanding of human psychology and behaviour, working within established expectations, and keeping up with constantly evolving trends.

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The Ultimate Guide to Developing a Mobile App for Your Company

The Ultimate Guide to Developing a Mobile App for Your Company

It’s clear that developing an app isn’t something you should take lightly, but how can your company create something your customers love? We’ll walk you through every step.

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70% of Digital Transformations Fail — How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t

70% of Digital Transformations Fail — How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t

Companies that didn’t view digital transformation as necessary in their industry now recognize it as mission-critical.

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2020: A Year of Tremendous Change

2020: A Year of Tremendous Change

A Letter from Iversoft's CEO.

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Digital and Human Connection: Navigating Remote Work

Digital and Human Connection: Navigating Remote Work

In response to mass numbers of employees going remote, many for the first time, there’s been an outpouring of lists, columns, and social media on how companies can leverage technology to maintain business as usual.

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Beyond Launch: How Ongoing Support Contracts Benefit Your Business

Beyond Launch: How Ongoing Support Contracts Benefit Your Business

Note: This is the final part of a three-part series about ongoing support contracts. Each post can stand alone, but we recommend reading the post explaining what ongoing support contacts are and why they matter in genera

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This App is No Longer Supported: Why You Need an Ongoing Support Contract for Your App

This App is No Longer Supported: Why You Need an Ongoing Support Contract for Your App

Note: This is part two of a three-part series about ongoing support contracts. Each post can stand alone, but we recommend reading the first post before diving into this one. It’s launch-day for your brand-new app

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Everything You Need to Know About An Ongoing Support Partnership But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Need to Know About An Ongoing Support Partnership But Were Afraid to Ask

It’s been a long haul, but your app, website, or other digital product is complete. Now that it’s finished, you can thank your tech development team for a job-well-done and move on to other projects, right? N

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The Future of Mobile Web? It’s All About Progressive Web Apps

The Future of Mobile Web? It’s All About Progressive Web Apps

What do you get when you cross the reach of responsive web with the presence of a native mobile app? Progressive Web Apps, or PWA’s for short! Coined by Google Chrome engineer Alex Russell in 2015, PWA&rs

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Understanding UX Vocabulary: Five Terms That Will Change The Way You Create A Digital Experience

Understanding UX Vocabulary: Five Terms That Will Change The Way You Create A Digital Experience

You’ve heard the buzzwords and know that your “user experience” online can make or break how you connect with your clients in a big way. People don’t just shuffle through a hardcopy of the yellow

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How to Choose an App Developer

How to Choose an App Developer

So, you want a mobile app. You’ve got a great vision for launching your brand into an amazing communication channel. But, you can’t handle it in-house; you have to hire an app developer. Once you let the wor

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The Trick To Elevating The Shopper Experience is Mobile

The Trick To Elevating The Shopper Experience is Mobile

Does it feel like everybody is making an app these days? That’s because mobile has completely reinvented the customer journey. Previous to the introduction of our hand-held companions, when searching for inspi

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Facebook Just Opened a Huge Door Into AR and VR

Facebook Just Opened a Huge Door Into AR and VR

In case you haven’t been following along with the tech news last week, April 18th & 19th, 2017 were all about Facebook’s F8 conference. What is F8? It’s Facebook’s annual global developer conf

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Why Getting Virtual Reality (VR) Wrong is More Than Just a Little Spooky

Why Getting Virtual Reality (VR) Wrong is More Than Just a Little Spooky

One of the most popular things to emerge from the virtual reality (VR) scene has been the use of VR to scare the wits out of people. Halloween and horror movie enthusiasts love them — virtual haunted houses and vir

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Healthy Choices: Making Technology Matter

Healthy Choices: Making Technology Matter

If you could pick just one aspect your daily life to improve with mobile technology, what would you choose? Stronger social connections? A better commuting experience? More targeted entertainment? Research suggests that

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The Evolution of Web Development: Are You Up to Speed?

The Evolution of Web Development: Are You Up to Speed?

Building a website to promote your company might feel like a one-time thing, especially if you’re not in the e-commerce business. But in today’s market, no matter what your organization does, the internet is

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Top Five Reasons For Building A Custom App

Top Five Reasons For Building A Custom App

Technology is one of the most important investments that organizations make to get off the ground and grow. Whether you build houses or provide health care services, as a business leader, you may need to decide whether t

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Why Your App Is Good but Not Great: How to Take It to the Next Level

Why Your App Is Good but Not Great: How to Take It to the Next Level

Would you use space on your mobile phone for an app that was simply “good”? In a competitive market, your product needs to stand out from the crowd. In other words, it needs to be great. If you are ready to d

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The Top 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Mobile Apps

The Top 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Mobile Apps

A mobile app is one of the newest opportunities for businesses to expand their image and interaction with their customers. The option to have your brand available at a 24/7 rate to users is not only incredibly attractive

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App Money Matters: Never Cut Costs On These 9 Aspects of App Development

App Money Matters: Never Cut Costs On These 9 Aspects of App Development

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Is This a Good Idea? The Basics of App Idea Validation

Is This a Good Idea? The Basics of App Idea Validation

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Women Leading in Tech: A Q&A with Iversoft Co-Founder and CTO, Vicki Iverson

Women Leading in Tech: A Q&A with Iversoft Co-Founder and CTO, Vicki Iverson

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5 Basics of App Design: Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start

5 Basics of App Design: Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start

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What to Expect After the Skills Challenge

What to Expect After the Skills Challenge

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What To Expect During A Skills Challenge

What To Expect During A Skills Challenge

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What Does It Cost To Maintain An App

What Does It Cost To Maintain An App

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What to Expect During an HR Interview?

What to Expect During an HR Interview?

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How Iversoft's Dedicated Team Model Puts Clients' Goals First

How Iversoft's Dedicated Team Model Puts Clients' Goals First

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Why Job Seekers are Flocking to This Canadian Tech Company

Why Job Seekers are Flocking to This Canadian Tech Company

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Mentorship can help you grow (and keep) great employees. Here’s how

Mentorship can help you grow (and keep) great employees. Here’s how

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Investing In Diversity: Why Your People Are Your Greatest Business Asset

Investing In Diversity: Why Your People Are Your Greatest Business Asset

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Interested in Applying at Iversoft? Learn about Our Interview Process

Interested in Applying at Iversoft? Learn about Our Interview Process

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Goldilocks and the Progressive Web Apps: Are they "Just Right" for You?

Goldilocks and the Progressive Web Apps: Are they "Just Right" for You?

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The Case For Early Human Resources

The Case For Early Human Resources

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The AR Advantage: How AR is Redefining the Future of Ecommerce

The AR Advantage: How AR is Redefining the Future of Ecommerce

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Medical and Mobile: How Telemedicine Is Transforming The Health Care Industry

Medical and Mobile: How Telemedicine Is Transforming The Health Care Industry

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Does Your App Need An Update? When, Why, and How to make the most of it

Does Your App Need An Update? When, Why, and How to make the most of it

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3 Simple Lessons To Improve Your Team’s Mental Health

3 Simple Lessons To Improve Your Team’s Mental Health

Thoughts
Should You Build an App Internally or Hire a Development Agency?

Should You Build an App Internally or Hire a Development Agency?

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5 Ways an Old Pair of Shoes Can Help You Get Company-Wide Buy-In for New Software

5 Ways an Old Pair of Shoes Can Help You Get Company-Wide Buy-In for New Software

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How Iversoft’s Hiring Policies Create Better Client Experiences

How Iversoft’s Hiring Policies Create Better Client Experiences

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This Mindset Change Could Save Your Business in 2021

This Mindset Change Could Save Your Business in 2021

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7 Foolproof Design Tactics to Improve Your UX & UI in 2021

7 Foolproof Design Tactics to Improve Your UX & UI in 2021

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The Ultimate Guide to Developing a Mobile App for Your Company

The Ultimate Guide to Developing a Mobile App for Your Company

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70% of Digital Transformations Fail — How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t

70% of Digital Transformations Fail — How to Make Sure Yours Doesn’t

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2020: A Year of Tremendous Change

2020: A Year of Tremendous Change

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Digital and Human Connection: Navigating Remote Work

Digital and Human Connection: Navigating Remote Work

Thoughts
Beyond Launch: How Ongoing Support Contracts Benefit Your Business

Beyond Launch: How Ongoing Support Contracts Benefit Your Business

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This App is No Longer Supported: Why You Need an Ongoing Support Contract for Your App

This App is No Longer Supported: Why You Need an Ongoing Support Contract for Your App

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Everything You Need to Know About An Ongoing Support Partnership But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Need to Know About An Ongoing Support Partnership But Were Afraid to Ask

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The Future of Mobile Web? It’s All About Progressive Web Apps

The Future of Mobile Web? It’s All About Progressive Web Apps

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Understanding UX Vocabulary: Five Terms That Will Change The Way You Create A Digital Experience

Understanding UX Vocabulary: Five Terms That Will Change The Way You Create A Digital Experience

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How to Choose an App Developer

How to Choose an App Developer

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The Trick To Elevating The Shopper Experience is Mobile

The Trick To Elevating The Shopper Experience is Mobile

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Facebook Just Opened a Huge Door Into AR and VR

Facebook Just Opened a Huge Door Into AR and VR

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Why Getting Virtual Reality (VR) Wrong is More Than Just a Little Spooky

Why Getting Virtual Reality (VR) Wrong is More Than Just a Little Spooky

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Healthy Choices: Making Technology Matter

Healthy Choices: Making Technology Matter

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The Evolution of Web Development: Are You Up to Speed?

The Evolution of Web Development: Are You Up to Speed?

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Top Five Reasons For Building A Custom App

Top Five Reasons For Building A Custom App

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Why Your App Is Good but Not Great: How to Take It to the Next Level

Why Your App Is Good but Not Great: How to Take It to the Next Level

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The Top 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Mobile Apps

The Top 5 Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Mobile Apps

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