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June 22, 2019

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10 Common Mistakes Companies Make With Mobile

May 28, 2019

10 Common Mistakes Companies Make With Mobile

Although most businesses are aware of the importance of mastering the digital experience, many are still not achieving the results they desire. This article from Marketing Land outlines the 10 common mistakes companies make with mobile. Here is the...

DevDigital to send Senior Data Architect to India

March 29, 2019

DevDigital to send Senior Data Architect to India

With the growth of DevDigital, now entering its 11th year in business with over 1,500 projects and over a million programming hours logged, there has been a need for the company to expand its staff. The undertaking of more projects means more...

Data Madness part 2

March 20, 2019

Data Madness part 2

March Madness has arrived! It’s that magical time of year where friends, family, and coworkers gather together to fill out brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, hoping to correctly predict as many correct outcomes as possible for...

DevDigital hires duo for CTO and CBO positions

January 22, 2019

DevDigital hires duo for CTO and CBO positions

DevDigital is excited to announce the addition, in January, of two key personnel to its every-growing company.   Neal Barnhill has been named Chief Technology Officer for DevDigital, and brings with him more than three decades of IT...

DevDigital hosts ribbon-cutting for new office!

December 19, 2018

DevDigital hosts ribbon-cutting for new office!

After moving into its new office a few months ago, DevDigital hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 12 for its new location on the third floor of the Tennessee Education Association building. Over 100 people attended the ceremony, including members...

Is Your Business Ready for Subscription & Recurring Business Based Model?

December 5, 2018

Is Your Business Ready for Subscription & Recurring Business Based Model?

Subscription-based businesses are everywhere now. Do most of your home-cooked meals revolve around Blue Apron or Home Chef? Have you created a playlist on Spotify? Do you read The Athletic daily? All of those businesses are just a few of the leading...

We're Moving!

June 19, 2018

We're Moving!

We’re moving! We are a little sentimental about leaving our beloved office space at the historic Berger building; however, with the ongoing success and growth at DevDigital, we need a bigger space to reach the needs of our team and our...

Data Madness

March 26, 2018

Data Madness

  Around a quarter of Americans fill out a NCAA March Madness bracket to be a part of the exciting college basketball tournament. However, the average American is not necessarily an expert in predicting the outcome of games. How could one predict...

Technology is Driving Rapid Economic and Market Changes

January 22, 2018

Technology is Driving Rapid Economic and Market Changes

Never in our history have we witnessed the power of technology on the global markets and our individual lives. Gartner, one of the largest Technology research firms in the world, provides a unique view of the top 10 changes expected changes over the...

What The Market Data is Telling Us

January 10, 2018

What The Market Data is Telling Us

I like analyzing data. I spend lots of time managing our financials as well as all of our operating data. I also study the market data. The reason I watch all this data is because it helps me make informed decisions about the future of our...

Launching the Venture

December 27, 2017

Launching the Venture

The Owen Graduate School at Vanderbilt held a “Launching the Venture” session on 12/16/17.  This forum gives their MBA students the opportunity to show their entrepreneurial ideas to a panel of judges.  DevDigital’s Stu Miller (on the left)...

After 10 Years It Is Time to Reinvent Ourselves

December 27, 2017

After 10 Years It Is Time to Reinvent Ourselves

We’ve looked at our history of developing technological solutions for Tennessee businesses over the last ten years, and we’ve peeked into the future.  What we saw was a lot different than what we’ve done in the last ten years. Customer...

Selecting Tech Projects

December 14, 2017

Selecting Tech Projects

I’ve shared the concept of the CoreX (developed at Electronic Arts) in previous posts at the Product Development blog at DevDigital. The basic idea is that a project is best served when the team identifies a CoreX  (the “Core Experience”) to...

Why Go Big Is Terrible Advice

December 12, 2017

Why Go Big Is Terrible Advice

You know what’s really sexy? Big. Big user numbers. Big engagement numbers. Big markets. Big press stories. In theory, if you line these all up, you’ll soon be looking at big profits. And, we all know that when it comes to profits, size...

Looking Back on 2017 and Looking Ahead at 2018

November 20, 2017

Looking Back on 2017 and Looking Ahead at 2018

2017 was an innovative and exciting year for the tech world. From Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to transform transportation with plans for a Hyperloop to autonomous cars becoming a reality with companies like Mercedes-Benz and Ford, the...

Is Digital an Expense or an Investment?

November 20, 2017

Is Digital an Expense or an Investment?

Interacting with customers, going to market, and carrying out operations is being transformed by digitization. Although the transformation is complex and time consuming, it is critical in giving businesses the potential to reinvent work and change...

DMVs Are Saving Resources By Going Digital

July 1, 2017

DMVs Are Saving Resources By Going Digital

Most people don't understand the logistics involved in operating some of the most crucial services, businesses, and brands. The time, resources, and processes that keep operations running smooth are often overlooked until innovation occurs. Once...

Digital Changes That Are Creating Positive Results

June 30, 2017

Digital Changes That Are Creating Positive Results

DevDigital has been working with clients in all different industries to create digital solutions to address their own unique needs. We have helped conceptualize and execute innovations that have created impactful results. One of our greatest joys is...

Digitizing Customer Care

June 28, 2017

Digitizing Customer Care

Digital solutions go far beyond a polished website - they impact the bottom line. The era of digitization offers new ways of operating that drastically impact brand loyalty. A recent study by McKinsey highlights the benefit of eCare solutions and...

Beware Of A New Security Risk

May 15, 2017

Beware Of A New Security Risk

In the past few days, there has been serious coverage of a cyber attack by a piece of *Ransomware, called WannaCryptor but also going by Wanna Cry and Wcrypt, that is exploiting a problem with some Microsoft Windows operating systems that have not...

Digitization..You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

April 24, 2017

Digitization..You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

In an article written by Jacques Bughin for McKinsey, he discusses the increasingly prevalent need for businesses to adopt digitization into most facets of their operations. Below are his three “key insights” about the future of digitization....

Digital Disruption: The Growth Multiplier

March 31, 2017

Digital Disruption: The Growth Multiplier

While organizations are taking advantage of digital technologies, many economies remain digitally immature. Even though Accenture Strategy research estimates that the digital economy, involving some form of digital skills and digital capital,...

DevDigital Creates Compelling LMS Case Study

March 28, 2017

DevDigital Creates Compelling LMS Case Study

DevDigital is committed to providing the most efficient practices in the industry. As we embark on the development of Learning Management Systems (LMS) for clients, our team has developed a case study that utilizes a 7-step model to not only...

What If Your Results Were Based On Intangibles?

March 27, 2017

What If Your Results Were Based On Intangibles?

What enables a business to find and keep customers are good experiences the business creates in a marketplace… experiences that get shared with others. In today’s connected world, “others” becomes a large audience quickly and even more so...

Hunt Brothers Develops Mobile App

February 24, 2017

Hunt Brothers Develops Mobile App

Hunt Brothers® Pizza is a family owned pizza chain that has over 7,300 locations across 28 states. As the leading convenience store pizza brand, Hunt Brothers Pizza has partnered with DevDigital to create a mobile app that allows consumers to...

Choosing to View Business Technology as an Ecosystem

February 22, 2017

Choosing to View Business Technology as an Ecosystem

IT has traditionally functioned as the foundation to keep a company running. One of its core functions has been to protect company operations with firewalls and encryption to keep external technologies out. With the advance of technologies,...

LMS: What You Should Know

January 25, 2017

LMS: What You Should Know

E-learning has become an increasingly popular delivery method for education and training. Harvard Business School studies have identified online learning as one of the "disruptive innovations” of the 21st Century. Research on disruptive...

The Wrong Way To Think About Technology

January 23, 2017

The Wrong Way To Think About Technology

We’ve been building “digital things” for businesses for over nine years and those engagements have given us tremendous insight into how people view their digital journey. How an individual or an entire organization views the use of technology...

Demos’ Creates Digital Prep Sheets

December 27, 2016

Demos’ Creates Digital Prep Sheets

Demos’ restaurants have been family-owned and operated since the first location opened in 1989. Today, there are six locations, including the Peter D’s restaurant. The Demos family values the overall dining experience and in order to provide...