Agile Software Development
23 Apr 2014

Over the last decade the Manifesto for Agile Software Development has revolutionized the tech world. Since then it’s become serious alternative to old-school approaches such as Waterfall. Today Agile remains a top methodology for software development. Many professional developers and their customers became fans when they saw the superb results, under constrained budgets, and within the shortest possible time frames.   How do Agile and Waterfall differ? Back in 2000, the Waterfall paradigm and the Fixed Price model were the […]

Portfolio Spotlight: “Tag-a-Bag” iOS Application
03 Apr 2014

Tag-a-Bag can truly be called one of the most useful apps in the market. We used the latest technologies to deliver this next generation solution of bag & luggage tags. By keeping it simple and efficient this app minimizes the hassle of dealing with the airport service, police or some individuals in case your luggage or bag is lost. It literally takes less than a minute to register your bag and just a “touch” to identify it! It’s all controlled […]

TOP-5 Web Development Articles
02 Apr 2014

Although mobile development has been actively growing for the past several years, web development remains one of the strongest segments of software development market. Having a huge experience in web development, we’re trying to share our most interesting projects and innovative solutions with our DB Best blog readers. To complete our recent review posts here is a selection of the most popular web-development articles and posts.

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is now Generally Available
01 Apr 2014

We are incredibly excited about our partner’s, Microsoft Corporation, long-awaited release of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, the foundation of Microsoft’s comprehensive data platform. SQL Server 2014 offers a breakthrough performance for mission-critical applications, using enhanced in-memory technologies, delivering faster insights from any data to any user. On top of this SQL Server 2014 hybrid data platform enables the users to take advantage of various benefits of progressive and innovative cloud computing, such as cloud backup and cloud disaster recovery for […]

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Portfolio Spotlight: Modernization of “Straval.com” Website
27 Mar 2014

Have you ever thought about your website modernization and redesign? Have you experienced problems with your website performance and usability? We would like to showcase our solution to similar problems that we’ve encountered in one of our recent projects: a sophisticated commercial website modernization and redesign, developed by our Custom Development team.

Portfolio Spotlight: “Arad” iOS Application
25 Mar 2014

The new, innovative and user friendly application is the first smartphone app in the world, which allows consumers to track their water consumption wherever they are. It offers detailed consumption graphs, real-time leak alerts and consumption forecasts. Earlier our Custom Development Team have successfully released an Android version of the app. Now this application is also available for iOS users. Which means that more users with the help of this app will become more aware of their water consumption and will […]

Fresh News from DB Best Ukraine
18 Mar 2014

Ukraine is back to the front pages and top news reports, and while all our friends and clients are getting concerned, team DB Best Ukraine has released a new fresh video, which makes you question all the news produced by the global media industry. The city of Kharkov, where our Development Center is located, is getting ready for the spring time: municipality workers are fixing the alleys, construction workers are trying to finish their projects by summer, businesses working as […]

TOP-5 Mobile Development Articles
17 Mar 2014

Every day we are working hard on developing new features, assembling dozens of builds, running hundreds of tests on our projects. Of course it’s important for us to share our success stories with our DB Best blog readers. Here we would like to present you a selection of the most popular posts we’ve published on mobile development.   Here are our 5 successful articles and blog posts:

DB Best Helps Kharkiv Zoo
12 Mar 2014

Kharkiv Zoo is the oldest Zoo in Ukraine, which was founded in 1895. It is a real pride of our city, and place of children’s unstoppable laughter. This lovely establishment has recently faced the major funding problems. What’s fascinating, is that right after the Zoo administration’s cry out for help was posted in social networks, an unprecedented number of Kharkov citizens have rushed to help the Zoo and save the animals. DB Best team also made their contribution. Some of […]

Dedicated Teams, Part 1: What Projects Benefit from a Dedicated Team of Developers?
11 Mar 2014

Many clients turn to DB Best Technologies for help when developing specific products. When working with this type of request, we recommend either of two models of engagement: project-based and team-based. This article looks at the distinct advantages of team-based development using a dedicated team involved throughout the product’s lifecycle.  The project-based model With the project-based model, developers built the product from start to launch, but the development process stops after release. When the client needs additional features or wants […]