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What is Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software

Openxcell

COTS stands for Commercial-Off-the-Shelf, and it refers to software targeted to a certain, specially defined range of business based on predetermined specifications. It also alleviates concerns about the challenges of developing and sustaining private IT solutions compared to Commercial-Off-the-Shelf available IT applications.

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CPOE Systems: Benefits and Risks of e-Prescribing and Test Ordering

Altexsoft

The situation can be remedied with wider adoption of electronic prescribing (eRx) and test ordering technologies. This technology enables doctors to order drugs, tests, consultations, and other medical products and services electronically instead of writing prescriptions by hand. What is CPOE and how it is used in healthcare.

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CodeSOD: An Enterprise API

The Daily WTF

Couple that with the fact that each of your customers wants the off-the-shelf product you’re selling them to have every feature they need for their business case, you’re on a fast track to bloated software, inner platforms, and just general awfulness. Today, we’re not talking about Oracle, though. Jacek is in the healthcare industry.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

Altexsoft

.” It has become an integral tool, ensuring the travelers’ comfort and the operations’ cost-effectiveness and efficiency. This guide delves deep into the specifics of building a custom B2B travel booking platform specifically tailored for corporate travel. Legacy GDS limitations. Different booking flow.

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Tailor-made Software Solutions: Ensure Enhanced Productivity and Profitability

Openxcell

Business Automation and Digital Transformation together refer to radically reinventing business processes with the help of the latest technological advancements and automating their workflows. The software, unlike off-the-shelf software, caters to a specific company’s problems and aims to resolve them.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Kafka Streaming Platform

Altexsoft

Kafka can continue the list of brand names that became generic terms for the entire type of technology. The technology was written in Java and Scala in LinkedIn to solve the internal problem of managing continuous data flows. We describe information search on the Internet with just one word — ‘google’. Practically, nothing.

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Image Recognition APIs: Google, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, and more

Altexsoft

Now, as you know the basics, let’s explore off-the-shelf APIs and solutions you can use to integrate visual data analysis into your new or existing product. Let’s imagine a situation: you’re sitting in a foreign cafe and flipping the menu pages. On the bright side, each position contains a photo of how it’s served.