Sunday, April 29, 2012

Android Development - A Quick Start-Guide

Google's android technology is an interesting, thought-provoking one that has android development gaining momentum across the world. A simple search on android brings out thousands of pages all discussing the potential this new piece of technology is giving the android application developer.

There are tutorials and articles, even sample codes that all serve the purpose of empowering the android application developer and implement various features of their creative software works. On some specific websites , sample codes offered include those of real-world android platform applications, that one can make and deploy. These codes clearly show all the amazing techniques in use in the android development environment.

There are also numerous articles with loads of tips, optimization strategies and DIY / how-to pieces, that give you the knowledge-base to further understand this particular environment as an android app developer. Tutorials seek to take you through the basics of what an android app is to more advanced-level skills in application development using the technology on offer.

You could also download the android software development kit (SDK) that runs on Windows, Linux as well as Mac OS. It is pretty much easy to set up this SDK. First you need a PC with appropriate features. On Windows, you just install the SDK much the same way as you install any other software on a Windows-based system. After this, you will ready to explore what the android development kit contains. You will get to know the basics on what an android application developer needs to know, what the Android SDK offers and how to integrate whatever application you may have into the overall platform.

Another thing included in this SDK is what is known as the framework topics. These take you through all the baby steps through to internalizing what APIs you may need to advanced skills like user interface development and data manipulation on the android platform.

The android market topics aim at showing you how to not only publish your application as an android app developer, but also the steps to take to ensure you earn from your ideas.

It is important to note that like any other application development platform, android is also fast changing, with various versions out. So you need to appraise yourself on what is current and what may not necessarily work out well. At the present, an android application developer would require the all-new Android 3.2 platform.

In a nut-shell, android development is like a blank slate for an astute android application developer. You can turn nothing into something and earn from it!

Monday, April 16, 2012

Cost Reliable Business IT Support Services

The level of service delivery related to the technical services has gone beyond the limits due to the vast change and growth in the technology today. Organizations today are reaping the benefits of Managed IT services. There is always a requirement for such a professional who is expert in installation and repairing of the computer systems in the organization. Such type of need is always there in almost every company and it saves a lot of expenditures.

The IT support companies have developed a customized a proactive solution for the users to reduce the time and the financial investment on the reactive process of support. With the outsourced services now companies can easily get their IT systems monitored by the expert professionals relevant to the field and can spend more time to their core operations. This field is more specific to technology and generally companies are unaware about the technical know how.

There could be a big issue arrived if the primary server hosting fails within working hours. Due to this a lot of the work force becomes helpless to do the work and the company experience loss at the end of the working day. Then they should contact a server management and repair company. With this they can prevent a loss of money spend on the repairing of the server issues on an hourly basis because it can take many days to recover the data and the goodwill of the company against their clients may fall.

Whereas the remote management companies are expert in handling these complicated issues and fix the problems before they harm the business. They have a team of experienced technicians who are master in their work and they diagnose the root cause of the issue. You can also get a dedicated remote server engineer according to your business requirement.

Another benefit you get with the business IT support services is cloud computing. This is a flexible service and can easily be customized and very cost-effective as well. The best part is that they can be taken on a monthly subscription basis other that hourly basis. It is beneficial for the company to do a short analysis of what type of services it wants. If it needs a big part of technical services then a flat fee service with some service level agreements is good rather than an incident based support. But another thing that should be the priority is the quality of the service. Service quality should not be compromised at all irrespective of the pricing structure is opted.

Ankur Kumar Batwani, as an author shares information related to the IT support services offered by ProVal Technologies Pvt. Ltd. ProVal with its Network Monitoring and NOC Support solutions helping its clients in saving their financial as well as infrastructural resources.