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2025’s tariff shakeup is here, and it’s rewriting the rules for e-commerce. With sweeping U.S. and North American reforms—like a new 10% baseline import duty, the end of the $800 de minimis exemption for shipments from Hong Kong and China (all imports from these regions now face steep tariffs of 12...

Is DeepSeek AI development the right choice for your organization? Download the full white paper to get your hands on comprehensive technical details, in-depth performance benchmarks, and actionable insights from CTOs—for CTOs (and AI innovators).  DeepSeek has quickly established itsel...

This white paper explores how Vercel frontend deployment innovations, including developer experience optimization, fluid computing, and AI-assisted development, enable organizations to accelerate development velocity by 30-50%, improve global performance by 30-50%, and reduce infrastructure man...

For technical leaders seeking a comprehensive understanding of Agentic AI technology—including architectural innovations, implementation frameworks, and detailed technical guidance—download the full white paper for an in-depth analysis, technical deep dive, and actionable strategies to accelera...

Download the white paper to get your hands on a comprehensive guide on the privacy and performance benefits, as well as implementation, optimization, and security best practices of client-side AI. Below is a taste of what you can expect, with more in-depth details, code samples, and actionable...

When it comes to the best web development frameworks, finding the right balance between efficiency, creativity, and maintainability is key to building modern, responsive designs. Developers constantly seek tools and approaches that simplify workflows while empowering them to create visually strikin...

The Grid Dynamics Pre-composed Commerce Starter Kit for Google Cloud is an AI-powered eCommerce platform representing a strategic solution for retailers facing the dual challenges of delivering exceptional customer experiences while reducing order fulfillment costs. This MACH-based (Microservic...

Most enterprise leaders dip their toe into AI, only to realize their data isn’t ready—whether that means insufficient data, legacy data formats, lack of data accessibility, or poorly performing data infrastructure. In fact, Gartner predicts that through 2026, organizations will abandon 60% of AI pr...

Elevate your customer service with the AI-powered Customer Engagement Suite from Grid Dynamics and Google Cloud. This comprehensive solution combines Google's advanced agentic AI capabilities with Grid Dynamics' proprietary accelerators to deliver personalized self-service, real-time agent assistan...

This retail AI trifecta combines Grid Dynamics' expertise with Google Cloud's advanced technologies to modernize retail experiences. This powerful solution integrates AI search and smart merchandising on a pre-composed commerce foundation to deliver seamless, personalized shopping journeys. By l...

As consumerism inevitably evolves, retailers must find new ways to understand their customers and refine their digital and in-store experiences. At the heart of this evolution is an AI-powered eCommerce platform with AI search, enriched product catalogs, and precision merchandising—key elements...

Discover our Q1 2025 highlights, including industry innovations, community initiatives, and a look at what's ahead for Grid Dynamics.

For many businesses, moving away from familiar but inherently unadaptable legacy suites is challenging. However, eliminating this technical debt one step at a time can bolster your confidence. The best starting point is transitioning from a monolithic CMS to a headless CMS. This shift to a modern c...

Grid Dynamics' Google Agentspace solution transforms enterprise knowledge work by connecting Gemini's AI capabilities with company data. As Google Cloud's launch partner, Grid Dynamics addresses information silos and knowledge accessibility challenges for Fortune 500 companies.  The solutio...

Grid Dynamics' GenAI Content and Catalog Optimization transforms catalog management using generative AI to enhance product information, improve search, and streamline content creation. As Google Cloud's launch partner, Grid Dynamics brings 18 years of e-commerce expertise and 8 years of enterprise...

Grid Dynamics and Google Cloud have partnered to deliver a transformative search solution combining Google's Vertex AI Search for Commerce with Grid Dynamics' 14 years of search expertise and proprietary Merchandising Experience Platform (MXP) accelerator. The solution delivers impressive result...

Grid Dynamics' Pre-composed Commerce Platform for Google Cloud offers a streamlined solution for implementing composable commerce architecture. Developed with commercetools, this starter kit accelerates digital commerce implementation by up to 40% while reducing the complexity of composable systems...

Ready to transform your enterprise with adaptive, AI-driven automation? Download our complete white paper to discover how Agentic AI can drive operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and boost revenue growth for your organization. In an era where speed, operational excellence, a...

Discover the AI trends set to reshape businesses in 2025—boosting efficiency, driving innovation, and transforming industries to stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

Grid Dynamics Ebook Master the four critical trends reshaping enterprise cloud infrastructure for AI transformation in 2025. DOWNLOAD EBOOK 2025 is...

India’s Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are rapidly transforming into strategic innovation hubs, driving global leadership and technological breakthroughs. With over 1,700 GCCs employing 1.9 million professionals, these centers are incubating the next wave of Fortune 500 CEOs and pioneering ad...

Many organizations have already embraced practices like Agile and DevOps to enhance collaboration and responsiveness in meeting customer needs. While these advancements mark significant milestones, the journey doesn't end here. Microservices offer another powerful way to accelerate business capabil...

From AI/ML workloads and multi-tenancy to test labs and edge computing, uncover 5 practical examples of Kubernetes-based platform engineering.

Your quarterly tech update: acquisitions, AI trends, digital commerce insights, and transformative solutions for enterprise growth and innovation.

Accessibility is a critical factor for businesses across various industries, including retail, technology and media, insurance, FMCG, HORECA, and manufacturing. The potential impact of neglecting accessibility can be immense, not only from a legal standpoint but also in terms of lost revenue an...

Discover how to transform LLM prototypes into powerful commercial solutions with LLMOps & RAG. Download our free ebook for expert strategies and insights.

Buckle up, web enthusiasts! We’re about to explore the fascinating world of Google’s Web Vitals—the crucial initiative that has reshaped how we approach web performance and user experience. My name is Maksym, and with more than 8 years in front-end development, I’ve seen firsthand how Web Vitals ha...

The rapid adoption of generative AI in enterprises has created both excitement and challenges for organizations seeking to harness its potential. As companies move from proof of concept (POC) to production, they face numerous obstacles that require expert guidance to overcome. In this context, the...

Read about our Contentstack Experience Award, insights on AI-driven product discovery, GenAI applications, and emerging trends in D2C manufacturing and wealth management.

An average company adopting cloud today could achieve 180% ROI in business benefits, although few are getting close to these returns.  Migrating or replatforming to a cloud data platform is a complex process. Even a basic "lift-and-shift" migration requires careful planning—designing the target...

Congratulations on advancing your artificial intelligence and generative AI initiatives! While it’s exciting to focus on the potential impact these technologies can bring to your business, it’s equally important to consider how AI and human intelligence are key to unlocking unprecedented business p...

This is the second part of the two-part selection guideline for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) framework selection. The first part provides the recommended approach to IaC framework selection. The second part reviews the actual IaC frameworks and makes specific recommendations for relevant use cases....

Prior to August 2023, cloud resource configuration management automation was dominated by three frameworks: AWS CloudFormation for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes API-based tools for Kubernetes, and HashiCorp Terraform. Terraform, in particular, held the position of the go-to solution for clo...

Deploying open-source large language models (LLMs) like Mixtral-8x7B, Mistral, and Llama 2 requires a significantly different LLMOps architecture compared to using closed-source models from providers like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, even though data vectorization, embeddings creation and observa...

Discover how artificial intelligence is reshaping business models and driving innovation in this exclusive interview with Rajeev Sharma, Chief Technology Officer at Grid Dynamics. Key highlights: Fostering innovation: Learn how Grid Dynamics cultivates a culture of continuous innovation...

Given the global impact of the CrowdStrike event, the principles of good digital platform engineering must be emphasized more than ever. Today’s digital network ecosystems have highly automated processes mixing machine intelligence with manual activities. When building and enhancing these missi...

An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a set of rules, protocols, and tools that allows different software applications to communicate and interact with each other. It acts as a facilitator that lets software programs exchange data and functionality without delving into each other's compl...

Welcome to the latest quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter, where we highlight exciting developments in the tech and business world. In this edition, we celebrate Grid Dynamics' recent MACH Impact Awards and bring you insights on composable commerce, generative AI, and cutting-edge inno...

Step into the latest quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter. Stay updated on cutting-edge technology trends, glean insights from industry experts, uncover best practices for implementation, and embark on a journey towards sustainable, scalable technology transformation. G...

For the past few years, cross-site scripting (XSS) has consistently remained on the OWASP Top 10 list of Web Application Security Risks, making it one of the most prevalent and dangerous vulnerabilities affecting web applications today. Despite advances in web technologies and growing awareness amo...

Greetings and welcome to another exciting quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter. As the season brings a festive touch to the air, we extend our heartfelt wishes for a joyful holiday season. Inside this edition, dive into the realm of technology with the latest trends, in...

Organizations take great care to secure cloud platforms, relying on sophisticated access control systems. Multi-factor authentication, identity management, and fine-grained authorization aim to fully lock down valuable data and infrastructure. However, what if these complex safeguards unexpect...

Outsourcing software development is a long-standing trend in the IT industry. While many US companies take the well-trodden path, moving their business operations to India or China, others are thinking about hiring talent a little closer to home and outsourcing to Latin America. This article fea...

Generative AI holds immense value in diverse industries, reshaping business operations and customer interactions. In marketing and retail, it enables personalized content creation, virtual try-ons, and conversational product discovery, enhancing customer experiences. Healthcare benefits from AI in...

Explore 10 pioneering AI trends, uncover the power of generative AI, and witness how Grid Dynamics is spearheading innovation. Download now to gain exclusive insights to transform your organization and stay at the forefront of the AI revolution.

The past few years have been really challenging for tech hiring. The rapid evolution of technology and digital transformation have intensified the demand for specialized skills, while mismatches between traditional education and employer needs have contributed to persistent software developer short...

Are you currently navigating the landscape of application hosting and management with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), now known as VMware Tanzu Application Service? Perhaps you're contemplating a pivotal (pun intended) decision: the transition to cloud hyperscaler Kubernetes engines like Amazon Elas...

Silicon Valley has long been the epicenter of the global tech industry. Developers worldwide dream of the chance to work in top companies like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google, while others latch on to cutting-edge startups. Given its thriving culture of creativity and innovation, it’...

In today's competitive business environment, automation of business processes, especially document processing workflows, has become critical for companies seeking to improve efficiency and reduce manual errors. Traditional methods often struggle to keep up with the volume and complexity of the ta...

In today's competitive labor market, finding and retaining top talent is a crucial challenge for companies looking to meet their strategic goals. To build their future workforce, more and more IT firms are thinking beyond traditional hiring approaches and exploring expanded talent sourcing ecosyste...

Building solutions using closed-source large language models (LLMs), including models like GPT-4 from OpenAI, or PaLM2 from Google, is a markedly different process to creating private machine learning (ML) models, so traditional MLOps playbooks and best practices might appear irrelevant when appl...

Generative AI, fueled by advanced unsupervised learning techniques, is revolutionizing businesses across various domains. As generative AI continues to evolve, it is vital to delve deeper into its core techniques and how they can be leveraged to address unique business challenges.In this whit...

In today's highly interconnected world, technical talent has become a global phenomenon. Software engineers across the world are actively driving innovation, building cutting-edge solutions and digital experiences that power our daily lives.  Silicon Valley no longer holds a monopoly on bes...

From new-born startups to established enterprises, businesses are constantly trying to catch up with the market pace. In order to do so, they need to receive results faster, reduce waste, increase development efficiency, and introduce changes while minimizing risks. This pursuit has led to a new so...

Welcome to another quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter. Follow the latest technology trends, learn from tech experts about cutting-edge industry innovations, discover implementation best practices, and achieve sustainable, scalable technology transformation. Grow with G...

As talent shortages strain resources in traditional tech strongholds like the US and Western Europe, many companies are looking to outsource at least part of their software development activities. Over the years, Eastern Europe has positioned itself as a leading global hub for software engineering...

What do we know about startups? They’re super exciting but risky. Statistically, approximately 90% of startups face an uphill battle each year, either struggling to secure their unique value proposition or grappling to find the right investors.  The initial excitement quickly gives way to t...

Artificial intelligence is currently a hot trend. We’re witnessing a wide range of creative implementations of this technology, from using ChatGPT to write a script to applying generative AI to create new product designs. While these applications are fun, they show the groundbreaking potential of t...

Due to the post-pandemic acceleration of digital transformation, distributed work, and reduction of resources, today many companies put great emphasis on cost-efficiency and process optimization. They are embracing new operating models to adapt to the evolving business landscape and harness the ben...

Discover the transformative potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in the software development industry. At Grid Dynamics, we've conducted an extensive study to quantitatively assess the performance enhancements provided by GenAI tools across various software development tasks and...

Create a remote development team of high-end engineers from scratch or find tech professionals to strengthen your in-house team with Grid Dynamics. In the long run, partnering with Grid Dynamics is much easier, safer, and less expensive than hiring locally.Here is the list of available talent for...

The diversity of modern data technologies leads to new challenges in establishing a consistent and accurate data view for data consumers. In light of this issue, a semantic data layer introduces a means of harmonizing a single point of view for business metrics, no matter how many different data...

In today's interconnected world, where technology continues to shape every facet of our lives, software developers become a cornerstone of innovation and progress. As businesses, governments, and individuals increasingly rely on software solutions to streamline operations, enhance user experiences,...

The extended software development team solution has been gaining widespread popularity in the US and Western Europe, revolutionizing the way businesses approach project development. By seamlessly integrating in-house software developers with tech experts from abroad, this model offers a dynamic and...

As 2025 rapidly advances towards 2026, the web development landscape has grown in leaps and bounds. To keep up with these modern websites and applications, web development frameworks are crucial in streamlining and simplifying the process of building robust, feature-rich websites and web applicatio...

The terms software developer and software engineer are often used interchangeably, leading to confusion about their roles and responsibilities. However, understanding the distinctions between these two titles is crucial for those looking to hire the right talent.  In thi...

As we venture further into the digital age, the demand for skilled IT professionals continues to grow, presenting significant challenges for businesses worldwide. This prompts organizations to seek innovative solutions to meet the escalating talent shortages. Over the years IT outsourcing has em...

Every developer strives to improve the speed and quality of coding, as well as formalizing processes and standards. Automation can help streamline these processes significantly, especially when it comes to reviewing pull requests—one of the most tiresome tasks in software development. When crea...

Staff augmentation is quickly becoming a buzzword in the IT job market, prompting global businesses to hire remotely. This collaboration model yields numerous benefits, including access to a broader talent pool, flexibility in scaling resources, and cost-effective solutions.  In this article, we...

Dedicated development teams are growing in popularity and are widely adopted as companies look for productive, cost-effective ways to build business-critical digital tools. This model offers companies of all sizes numerous benefits. While it is challenging for most organizations to keep up with eme...

In today's data-driven world, efficiently managing data is critical to business growth and competitive advantage. However, many organizations struggle to extract maximum value from their data due to outdated data architectures that limit their ability to store, process, and analyze large volumes of...

Welcome to another quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter. Follow the latest technology trends, learn from tech experts about cutting-edge industry innovations, discover implementation best practices, and achieve sustainable, scalable technology transformation. Grow with G...

According to the 2022 Disability Statistics: Information, Charts, Graphs and Tables report, around 10% of the world population lives with a disability. People with hearing, movement, sight, or cognitive ability impairments require web applications without any barriers for communication or inte...

Of the three main cloud providers–Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure (Azure)–GCP can definitely be considered a pioneer in terms of solutions evolution. Many of the IT products we consider to be “industry standard” today, were created or based on Googl...

Cross-platform technologies have revolutionized the way developers create mobile and web applications. These frameworks allow developers to use a single codebase to build applications that run across different devices and platforms instead of writing separate code for each platform. Moreover, eac...

2023 is a year of uncertainty and confusion, and the IT industry is no exception. From record-setting layoffs to skills shortages, technology professionals, recruiters, and organizations face conflicting data around the talent market. However, this year also presents businesses with incredible oppo...

Offshore development is a well-established practice in the modern IT industry. It enables companies of any size, be it budding startups or established enterprises, to attract top talent from all over the world, gaining equal footing with tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.  Hi...

The  nearshore software development model is becoming more popular among customers who want to receive high-quality results from software engineers based in countries located within a small-time difference.  Google, Tesla, Porsche, Johnson & Johnson, EY, IBM, and many other w...

The global IT talent shortage has almost doubled compared to what it was a decade ago. 54% of companies worldwide report significant challenges in finding the right talent, and the Nordics are no exception.  The Scandinavian countries are known for their highly developed and advan...

When it comes to outsourcing, India is one of the first places people think about. The country has made a name for itself on the global IT scene as the biggest hub for innovation, technology, and expertise. However, just as outsourcing to India became an industry-wide practice, a few stereotypes an...

Developing and releasing new software into production quickly is key to maintaining a competitive advantage in the evolving digital landscape. This has led many companies to adopt DevOps practices to improve their speed and quality.  DevOps, which stands for development and operations, is a...

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a rapid acceleration of digital transformation across many industries. While this concept is primarily associated with the adoption of new technologies to fuel business growth there is more to it. Digital-first approach necessitates a fundamental shift in an enterpris...

Adoption of machine learning (ML) methods across all industries has drastically increased over the last few years. Starting from a handful of ML models, companies now find themselves supporting hundreds of models in production. Operating these models requires the development of comprehensive capa...

In today's globalized world, product outsourcing has become a game changer for businesses looking to cut costs, access specialized expertise, and streamline their operations. However, with so many options available, deciding which outsourcing strategy is the right fit for your business is overwhelm...

With the current uncertain economic environment, many leaders are searching for ways to cut costs and redistribute their savings to growth areas. It puts them in a challenging position of simultaneously trying to cut back on spending while positioning their businesses for future growth. For ma...

Welcome to another quarterly edition of the Grid Dynamics newsletter. Follow the latest technology trends, learn from tech experts about cutting-edge industry innovations, discover implementation best practices, and achieve sustainable, scalable technology transformation.Grow with Gri...

The role of technology in driving business growth and innovation has never been more important. One of the top technology trends for forward-thinking companies in 2023 will be emphasizing investments in engineering talent and culture. Attracting and retaining top engineering talent has always bee...

Over the past few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) made a huge leap from a fancy buzzword out of the science fiction realm to a powerful technology that is virtually reshaping our reality. What was once perceived as a figment of our futuristic imaginations is now a fundamental part of our ever...

Building e-commerce analytics and product recommendations capabilities should start with data. And while data is abundant in the world of retail, it often comes from dispersed sources owned by either independent teams or external vendors. That was exactly the issue that one of our large retail c...

Modern cloud providers offer compelling opportunities to modernize IT infrastructure and gain operational efficiency through DevOps, containers, and cloud-native design practices. However, migration to the cloud can be quite challenging. Those who join the cloud movement soon realize that there...

With Industry 4.0 on our doorstep, the business landscape presents a completely new set of challenges and possibilities. To achieve the flexibility required to navigate this new environment, companies need to add extra storage, new applications, advanced networking technologies, better hardware, an...

There has been a noticeable surge in interest in augmented reality (AR) in recent years, as demonstrated by the release of new updates from major technology companies such as Apple and Google. With that in mind, the mobile development team at Grid Dynamics conducted some additional research into AR...

As 2023 technology strategy planning and implementation are well underway, industry leaders in the retail, manufacturing, insurance, life sciences, and pharmaceutical industries are keeping a close eye on the latest trends in digital transformation and innovation. One of the crucial areas in which...

Originally published on Forbes Digital transformation, as we know, represents an ecosystem of technologies that provides an enabling foundation to run any business. The confluence of technology and interaction happens in a crucible of an organizational culture powered by solid talent. While ev...

The Internet of Things (IoT), which was merely a concept a few years ago, has now become one of the major disruptors across industries. Its implications are profound and far-reaching: from optimization of operations and effective management of physical assets to improving the health and general w...

Welcome to the first edition of our quarterly newsletter. The Business Driver is curated to help you grow your business and inspire your teams with fresh ideas and valuable insights. Learn about the latest technology trends, cutting-edge industry innovations, implementation best practice...

2023 Trends Digital Transformation and Innovation Get EBOOK Leading organizations in the coming year will be ‘Fast and Furious,’ as they focus on speed and scale with technology investments......

These days, there is an ever-more pressing need for app development to be fast, dynamic, and scalable. That’s why Grid Dynamics teamed up with Apollo, the leader in open source and commercial GraphQL technologies. Apollo’s supergraph adds a revolutionary layer to your organization’s technology st...

India, one of the most populated countries in the world, is also one of the most tech-savvy. Making a name for itself on the global stage, much like the US, the country has tech hubs comparable to Silicon Valley in the cities of Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, and Thiruvananthapuram's Technopark. Wi...

The tech talent shortage has been an issue for years, first accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic when an estimated 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs. The Harvey Nash Group Digital Leadership Report states that 4 out of 10 businesses can't keep their key employees as long as they used to...

Companies across industries have embarked on digital transformation initiatives for several years. The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t spur this movement, but it certainly accelerated the need for digital transformation across the enterprise.

Outsourcing is an integral part of the modern tech industry. Yet one question remains: How to choose the best location for outsourcing tech talent? We’ve selected 8 emerging outsourcing and IT services destinations that have the potential to compete with the traditional industry leaders, based o...

As cloud adoption is becoming a rule rather than an exception, the question is no longer about whether to migrate to the cloud or not, but rather how to maximize the value of the cloud and cloud applications. Services are available from inception through development into production, engineering up...

Stiff market competition and tough economic strains are putting pressure on businesses to find data-driven solutions for more informed decision-making. Optimize pricing decisions with mathematical precision, automate price management processes, reduce operational costs, measure the true impact of p...

With increasingly data-driven business ecosystems around the world, leading technology, retail, manufacturing, and finance companies turn to Grid Dynamics to build data and machine learning platforms with MLOps processes to translate data into business value, capture substantial value from improved...

In today’s digital age, visually appealing web applications are not enough to please customers. Providing compelling customer experiences through fast, easy-to-use web applications is a critical component of any competitive business strategy today. Deliver a downright delightful user experience, ra...

The IT outsourcing industry used to be one of the few non-natural resource sectors of the Russian economy that had an active presence in world markets. Russian IT companies developed a reputation for innovation and creative problem solving that helped them build a successful track record on the int...

We share our experience of migrating a monolith app to micro frontends using webpack module federation What does a web application usually look like? Most often it is a monolith with a single code base where the whole team merges the code, and a single pipeline where everything is deployed at...

A meal kit company that specializes in delivering healthy, organic, ready meal kits was about to start its journey to the cloud. The company was recently acquired by a leader in the food and beverage industry who intended to merge the business under one umbrella, with the same brand, customer man...

Mexico has recently become the top choice for organizations looking to hire their software development experts from the three most prominent tech hubs in Latin America — Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. The number of ambitious tech graduates, developers’ impressive levels of expertise and c...

It is no surprise that the outbreak of COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of AR technology. The transformative challenges posed by the pandemic urged businesses to find new approaches to customer engagement, and advances in human-computer interaction and AR have high potential in that regard. Th...

Originally published in Forbes Enterprise companies accumulated massive amounts of data over the years in pursuit of the promised rewards of big data. The question that now often comes from management is, “There must be some value, somewhere—can’t you find it?” The data democratization moveme...

Discover how we migrated an AngularJS application to Angular 4. We share our step-by-step experience of migrating a financial web application. In the life cycle of each long-lasting, enterprise-size web application there comes a time when it becomes too large to integrate innovations, add brand...

Romania is proving to be one of the top choices for globally-minded companies in search of software development service providers. The country boasts a reasonable price-to-quality ratio along with a growing talent pool of IT experts who possess both soft and technical skills, not to mention broad e...

As a business in the digital age, developing, deploying and managing applications in the fastest, most secure and cost-effective way possible is critical to achieving and maintaining a competitive edge. In pursuit of achieving these milestones, we have seen the application development process shift...

In the early hours of February 24, the democratic and sovereign country of Ukraine was shaken awake by missile strikes as Russia initiated a full-scale invasion of the country. Thousands of Ukrainians experienced unspeakable horror as Russian troops advanced through Ukrainian cities. Despite it all...

Let’s face it; the current state of today’s digital technology revolution would not exist without the cloud. With this undeniable truth, the pressure on business leaders to embrace and optimize strategies for the cloud is mounting inexorably. And we see this with the growing rate of cloud adoption...

This article was originally posted on the Insurance Edge. The insurance industry is undergoing a digital transformation, with technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) providing companies with the ability to automate, personalize, and even accelerate customer gr...

Guide on web pages media (images, GIF, animations) optimization. Image optimization techniques & examples (compression, lazy loading). Our brains interpret images much faster than text, which is why high-quality visuals drive conversions and user engagement. To be effective, all images o...

Since there is a lot of hierarchically structured information in the real world (e.g system folder structure, animal/plant classification, company management, etc.), and the tree chart is a perfect data structure for the storage of hierarchy information, an effective method of tree visualization be...

Modern enterprises operate with tremendous amounts of data, and data management has become an integral part of  business decision-making processes, KPI management and reporting. However, getting advanced insights from data and ML models is a sophisticated process that many companies still stru...

Data quality control is a mission-critical capability for virtually any modern enterprise. Why? Because data quality issues can disrupt business processes and services, invalidate any type of analytics performed in the company, and damage a company's reputation. However, despite the importance of d...

With the recent invention of the transformer architecture, we have seen major breakthroughs in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) domain. It is no surprise that attempts to transfer these techniques to other domains is also currently trending. For example, since 2020, the self-attention (SA) mec...

Over the last few years, the demand for complex scalable architecture with independently deployable modules and loosely-coupled units has increased. Recently, one of our clients, who has an online chemical platform, requested a solution to develop a complex extendable architecture that allows cross...

In the process of hiring new people in any company, there are several interrelated actions that need to be taken by the recruiter, the candidate and the company's specialists who participate in the stage of assessing future employees’ level of knowledge. In a general sense, hiring can be divided...

Modern cloud providers offer compelling opportunities to modernize IT infrastructure and gain operational efficiency through cloud-native design practices, DevOps, containers and more. However, moving to the cloud isn't easy. Those who join the cloud movement soon learn that there are a lot of m...

A world-leading manufacturer of electronic components needed an application to track component lifecycles, demands, delivery timelines, and to calculate costs and risks through reports and data visualizations. Facing the dual challenge of rapid time-to-market and the need for scalable, cost-efficie...

As the complexity of modern software development and maintenance grows, so too does the cost - in terms of time and money. It comes as no surprise then that the evolution of technologies continues to make progress in hiding complexity under abstractions for ease of operations. This has always been...

Deep learning is perhaps one of the most efficient AI tools for businesses looking to succeed in highly-digitized and fast-paced markets. Computers can use algorithmic models to analyze large amounts of unstructured and structured data better and faster than the average human, leading to greater...

Poland has long been recognized as a reliable country  for tech talent outsourcing. It is one of the biggest IT hubs in Eastern Europe. According to Glassdoor, the estimated total pay for a Software Developer is \$114,943 per year in Poland. Junior developers with less than one year of experie...

When it comes to human capital, many organizations face a lingering dilemma concerning workforce management. There are two extremes: overstaffing and understaffing. Overstaffing leads to underuse of existing employees and causes labor costs to increase. Understaffing, on the other hand, cripple...

There are many architecture approaches used in the Android development field nowadays. You have probably already chosen your preferred methods and strive to use a unified approach when writing your applications. However, in some cases many approaches have to co-exist in the same project, often in...

In the current on-demand marketplace, customers dictate the rules of engagement. And with the rapid rate of cool new features becoming available, businesses need to be ever-present and just as rapid in development and delivery. Our client, one of the largest department store chains in the US, en...

We are pleased to announce that Daxх and Grid Dynamics have completed merging our business activities, and starting in February, 2022 Daxх will begin operating as Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.  Daxх was founded in Amsterdam in 1999. Over the past 22 years, we helped mo...

Remote development centers are opening their doors all across Europe and Asia. Many IT companies consider this model as a way of setting up their business for success. Even tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Apple choose to use the R&D framework for software development and oth...

The world of technology-driven businesses is so fast-paced and dynamic that sometimes you just can’t achieve workable and scalable growth with an in-house team. This often means that the only sustainable way to get the job done is to attract resources from the outside. In this article, we’ll discus...

With a talent pool of 250K highly-skilled software engineers, Ukraine is considered one of the leading IT hubs in Eastern Europe. Ukraine’s education system focuses intensely on STEM disciplines, and many engineers enter traineeships near the end of their studies, making them seasoned professionals...

A significant talent shortage and the Covid-19 pandemic have changed the tech world, leading some established recruitment practices to quickly become outdated.  According to Finances Online, 65,7% of all organizations are now focused on building talent pools of the future, while 42% are invest...

Because of the significant talent shortage in the US and Western Europe, many companies are considering  Eastern Europe as their primary destination for IT outsourcing. Many world famous organizations like Google and Apple have already opened software development offices in the region. Acco...

Like many other countries these days, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are faced with a tech talent gap. The global talent gap amounted to 40 million job positions in 2021, and is expected to reach 85.2 million by 2030. Data analytics, IT, mobi...

Covid-19 changed the way businesses function, forcing companies to quickly reshape their work landscape. The only way for them to thrive in the wake of the pandemic was to learn how to build and maintain their talent pipeline in a virtual environment.  We decided to explore what the ‘new no...

Let’s just imagine what it’s like for a major e-commerce website in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday shopping rush: they’ve horizontally scaled their server, prepared a proper marketing campaign, and calculated their revenue projection. It takes a lot of planning to pull everything off...

The global tech market is continuing to grow at an impressive rate. Gartner predicts that IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of 5.5% from 2021.  Part of the reason for that is the coronavirus pandemic, which forced a lot of com...

The Judge School of Business at the University of Cambridge estimated software errors cost the global economy almost $300 billion annually (source). That is why more and more businesses hire QA testing teams to save money, improve quality and reduce software errors. Considering tech talent shortage...

Studytube is an enterprise-level education and EdTech services company, headquartered in Amsterdam. It offers a B2B solution for managing, sharing and disseminating knowledge within organizations.  The company operates as an e-learning platform, developing customized educational content to...

In the midst of the pandemic, companies are concerned not only with financial losses but what economists are calling the Great Resignation. The American workforce is leaving in droves, and companies are struggling to adapt. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that a&...

Software team development structure is an important factor in your project’s long term success. What makes a good developer team? Well, it requires more than just finding experienced developers.  There’s no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to the ideal software development...

64% of companies outsource their software development. Setting up your own offshore development center is a strategic decision that ensures stability and protects security-sensitive software. However, to run your offshore ODC lean and fast, you will spend a fortune, get to grips with the local legi...

World-famous companies hire Java developers for building outstanding apps and websites. Here are some more interesting facts about Java: 90% of all Fortune 500 companies use Java 4,673,459 websites* are currently developed on Java EE  35.6%** of developers in...

The software development industry in Ukraine has reached the mark of over 200,000 tech specialists, with about 85% of them working in software development companies. The IT industry in Poland counts 295,300 software developers, 20% of whom are employed by companies that offer software development s...

Over the past two decades, Eastern Europe has become one of the top supply regions for software development services. Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and Belarus account for a combined 5% share of the global IT outsourcing market. The region has achieved worldwide recognition as the home of highly ski...

ITOps is at the heart of today’s enterprise technology innovation teams. Often, they’re tasked with overseeing complex and diverse IT environments and face unprecedented challenges due to the volume and variety of data they encounter.  In this white paper, we explore how an effective AIOps...

If there’s anything that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, it’s that businesses must constantly reinvent themselves in order to survive. Deloitte’s 2021 Global Shared Services and Outsourcing Survey listed standardization and process efficiency (88%), reducing costs (84%) and driving a di...

In this article, we provide a list of foreign countries that have already set up their R&D offices in Ukraine, overview some problems related to setting up a remote development center, and explain how to establish remote offshore development centers with the help of a trusted partner. ...

Having complete control over data quality can seem daunting and prohibitively expensive. But is that really true? Is it as difficult as it seems? There are many tools out there in the marketplace to help with data quality, but it’s true that many of them are pricey, have a steep learning curve,...

Modern business intelligence (BI) tools provide users with a wide range of data consolidation, preparation, querying, and reporting capabilities that empower them to make better business decisions. However, the adoption process is non trivial even for the leading BI solutions. In this article...

IT outsourcing to Ukraine is getting more popular: Ukraine is becoming a leading IT outsourcing destination in Europe due to its booming tech ecosystem, which is predicted to reach US $8.4 billion of industry export volume in 2025, a large talent pool of more than 285,000 IT professionals, and stro...

There are thousands of nearshore companies today, and businesses are fishing around for the optimal partner to meet their needs. Nearshore software development companies are a perfect medium between costly local providers and risky offshore ones.  No wonder such global giants as Google, Tes...

Tech talent is a crucial component of any business operating in the modern world. No matter the industry, some kind of technology is involved in various operational processes of every company — and for good reasons.  The competition among companies is tough today. If a business plans to get...

You can hire a software tester with Grid Dynamics, Freelancer, Toptal, and about a hundred other services. But which one will match your needs? To help you make a data-based decision, we made this analysis of the best freelance websites for software testing. Inside this article, we’ll talk ab...

Today, many areas of our life are transitioning to online solutions. But despite this trend, there are still plenty of times when we need to move around in the physical space in order to take particular actions or achieve certain goals. In most cases, having an address, a unique name, or a set of c...

In this manual, we share our experience of using D3.js in React to build custom, scalable, and engaging charts via creating reusable components. We recommend this article for: React developers ready to start with D3.js Web developers engaged in implementing data-driven UI Anyone inte...

Hard to find local startup programmers? It’s not just you. The majority of startups that are looking for developers turn to remote hiring through online job boards, matching services, and tech vendors. We analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Grid Dynamics, Upwork, Remote.io, Toptal, LinkedI...

Outsourcing software development to Eastern Europe is a workable solution for 40% of leaders who continue to experience talent scarcity in IT. According to Clutch there are over 2500 IT outsourcing companies in Eastern Europe with a tech talent pool of 1.3M developers. And this is no surprise that...

There are a number of technical, educational, and organizational issues that commonly lead to failure in test automation. This is confirmed by two recent surveys from 2017 and 2018, which found that only 19 percent of teams are able to implement test automation correctly on the first attempt. Th...

Don’t count your developers before they’re hatched. How to be sure that you’ll build a successful remote software development team? First, set your baseline by having a clear understanding of the product you want to produce. Second, hire the right people for your future software development team. R...

In this article, we’ll be discussing Next.js image component usage and the performance and accessibility benefits it offers. So if you’re interested in improving the performance of websites and want to learn a bit more about how this component works under the hood, then you’re definitely in the rig...

In order to remain competitive in 2021, the US entrepreneurs have to enhance their product value proposition by doing a meticulous value proposition analysis. Cost-effectiveness is one of the key indicators in the evaluation of the value chain: from the cost of raw materials to the salaries of the...

When hiring an offshore software development team, businesses tend to see it as a handful of engineers in some faraway land whom you send detailed requirements or designs to be constructed. And while Agile frameworks are widely used for in-house development, there are still concerns if Agile is com...

Every business is focused on a rapid time to market and return on investment. It’s no longer enough to implement a data lake, businesses require a data platform that can provide immediately actionable insights. But building a data platform from the ground up can take a significant amount of tim...

Why outsource in Lviv, Ukraine? Lviv is home to more than 461 tech companies and 26,500 tech workers, 80% of whom are software developers. With more than 4,000 graduates joining Lviv’s tech scene every year, Lviv’s IT outsource services sector makes up 14.4% of GDP, which is approximately $280 to $...

Remote development centers are here to stay. This became especially obvious after the first lockdown, when even the most conservative tech nations had to face the undeniable truth — remote development is safe, productive, and cost-efficient. Offshore development center trends The definiti...

Launched in 2013, Pricena is now a leading price comparison website which allows online shoppers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, and South Africa to make informed purchasing decisions. Pricena provides full information on the prices, product specs, shipping charges, deliver...

The emergence of wearable devices brought with it a range of new challenges for companies and their quality assurance engineers. Because it is a relatively new space, companies need to ensure they can deliver new applications on wearables and provide a great experience for the end users or other bu...

Have you ever heard of Spiral Dynamics? It’s a sociological theory about the cultural levels of a society. There is a model of the evolutionary development of individuals, organizations, and societies based on it. And the concepts behind this model can also be applied to any organization o...

Want to know what IT outsourcing trends will dominate the global market in 2021? Sink your teeth in our data-based research on the global IT outsourcing trends in 2021. We’ve scoured the web and organized the most important IT outsourcing statistics on the global tech talent shortage, the gro...

Working from home was never more fun than these days of pandemic and lockdowns. We all stay connected with video conferencing,  and, with obvious benefits of seeing friendly faces of our colleagues, we get all the drawbacks of exposing not-so-glamorous aspects of our work-from-home lives...

You can hire senior remote developers in any part of the world and feel no difference between remote and local cooperation. 44% of companies are now more likely to use IT outsourcing suppliers than they were just five years ago. In this article, we’ve collected online recruitment tips and hard-w...

It’s no secret that leading a healthy lifestyle improves your overall quality of life. A healthy lifestyle involves following a good diet, limiting excessive alcohol or smoking, taking the time to exercise, and getting enough sleep. This same philosophy can be applied to the way your business t...

What set of criteria is used to define the best offshore development countries in the world? Are low development rates and availability of tech expertise enough for choosing an outsourcing destination in 2021?  While in lockdown, it’s not that easy to travel and explore outsourcing destinat...

Cloud migration has been a hot topic for many years but for many organizations it's far from being complete. According to a recent Forrester's State Of Public Cloud Migration report, about two-thirds of firms plan to move their workloads to public clouds in the next 12 months. When we design a c...

It's an e-commerce web application for a top-tier North American retailer. Quite a large application system - a few hundred developers are working on it. The system was rebuilt from scratch from a heavy monolithic enterprise application platform to a number of separately deployed components inter...

What do Skype, Boeing, Bosch, and eBay have in common? In addition to billions of dollars in revenue and millions of clients worldwide, it is the choice of outsourcing location that unites the aforementioned companies. They were among the first to see the potential of software development companies...

Managing remote teams is not a new thing in the software development world. The pandemic has forced the tech industry to admit what some have known for years: software development can be done remotely by managing remote teams wisely and be as productive as in-house development. Even before the p...

Every company wants to take advantage of their data to turn it into actionable insights. It can be used to build customer 360, reduce customer churn, plan marketing campaigns, and optimize pricing, inventory, and supply chain. Data is also key to increasing productivity and the efficiency of the wo...

Companies around the globe use nearshore outsourcing to cut costs and enhance their capabilities. In this article, we explain how businesses can maximize the value of their nearshore outsourcing partnerships, give tips on choosing nearshore outsourcing companies, and provide you with a handy list o...

Nearshore outsourcing has become one of the most well-known practices of profitable businesses. 79% of Dutch companies confirmed they’ll continue to outsource IT services at the same or at an increased pace. 56% of German companies stated they outsource IT tasks to external service providers....

Tech companies had been among the first to integrate remote work and hire remote developers on a permanent basis far before the pandemic hit. So by now, many of them have learned how to manage remote developers and no longer have any doubts about remote work being as productive, successful, and col...

After the initial excitement that data lakes would help companies maximize the utility of their data, many companies became disillusioned by rapidly diminishing returns from their big data efforts. While it was easy to put large volumes of data in the lakes, turning that data into insights and real...

There’s no way around it - preparing an annual CI/CD roadmap is boring. For the last half a decade it has simply ended up with listing the same "automate X", "extend pipeline Y", or "implement dashboard Z" actions. Always referring to similar tools and barely ever featuring any novel ideas. The...