Author: Ganesh Babu Vasantha Rajan

AgilizTech Diwali 2018 – a celebration to remember

 

It is that time of the year again where houses are decked with lights, the smell of delectable sweets and savories is in the air, and joy and festive spirit is in the hearts of everyone. Yes, it is Diwali time.

AgilizTech celebrates the victory of hope over despair and good over evil every year with great gusto, and 2018 was no exception. The team had a gala time indulging in festivities on Friday, 02 November.

AgilizTech celebrates Diwali

Hosted by the AgilizTech Fun Committee, Diwali 2018 witnessed the team participating in the festivities by decorating the workplace. A beautiful traditional rangoli was drawn at the foyer, welcoming everyone cheerfully with its bright colors. A special dress code had been announced for the team with prizes for the best dressed.

The first event of the day was the team reminiscing their favorite Diwali moments. Mr Ganesh, MD & CEO, spoke about how Diwali meant new clothes, the exciting thiruvizha (village fair), the thrill of bursting crackers and delicious sweets made at home. Other team members also spoke about what Diwali signifies for them and how they celebrated the event with their families over the years.

Dressed to win !

Not just the office, even the employees were decked in their finest traditional attire keeping in line with the dress code, with the competition of the best dressed won by Dinesh and Rajesekaran among the gentlemen and Pooja, Nikitha and Ramyashree amongst the ladies.

Celebrating with sweets

The event ended with Mr Ganesh distributing sweets among the team, along with exchanging greetings and good wishes.

AgilizTech wishes everyone a very happy and prosperous Diwali!

A helping hand to god’s own land -AgilizTech contributes to Kerala Flood Relief

The recent floods in Kerala have caused widespread devastation, with hundreds of people missing and thousands displaced. As an organization that strongly believes in one’s responsibility to the society, AgilizTech decided to help those in need by contributing to the Kerala flood relief measures.

AgilizTech raised funds for this cause, to which employees also contributed. These funds were used to buy medicines, food items such as biscuits, rusks, ready-to-eat foods, and other essentials and toiletries such as toothpaste, brush and soaps. The relief material was collected, packed and dispatched last week by our staff to their contact in Kerala.

Kerala Flood Relief

 

We hope more and more people step forward to help the disaster struck state and help the affected overcome their distress. Every little bit helps!

Special thanks to our employees – Karan, Balveer and Thomas for assisting with the collection and dispatch and spearheading the Kerala Flood Relief initiative on behalf of the entire team.

Does your customer bake cakes to celebrate your win? Ours did!

All sorts of prose and literature are available on customer relationship management. But often, what binds and strengthens the relationship between a business and its customer is the experience imparted. A commitment to put the customer’s needs and requirements at the forefront of all efforts. And when the business gets it right, customers consider themselves as partners, a fellow of the inner circle, a member of the family. They share the joys and sorrows and become pillars of strength to the business, in times merry and morose.
And while it feels great to receive accolades from the industry, it feels extra special when our customers applaud our wins!
When we excitedly announced our win at the Small Enterprise Business Awards 2016 event, our customer community reverberated with cheers and congratulations. And our customer, Whitecaps International School of Pastry, made our victory sweeter by toasting us with an assortment of delicious Raspberry Pastries and divine chocolates.
Whitecaps customer

We were exhilarated when we won the awards. And now we stand overjoyed at the fact that, we have won not just awards, but also our customers’ hearts. Our many thanks to Whitecaps International School of Pastry, for their constant support and encouragement in all our endeavors, and of course the delectable desserts! We stand committed to our mission of helping businesses respond with agility and provide superior customer experience. This is just the beginning and these are tiny steps on our march to scale the summits we have marked.

Women in Tech: Celebrating womanhood at AgilizTech

A daughter, a sister, a mother,

A partner, a friend, a co-worker.

A ray of sunshine that dispels gloom,

She’s a thousand myriad emotions in bloom.

 

Her strength and vigor are incomparable,

The jugglery of hearth and work a feat!

She makes the mundane magical,

With charm and wisdom, replete.

It is oft quoted that “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. At AgilizTech, we put a spin on this popular quote with “Heaven hath no fairy like a woman appreciated”. On 08 Mar 2017, the AgilizTech family celebrated the International Women’s day with great gusto. The team came together to rejoice the spirit of womanhood and acknowledged the contributions of the women employees in the organization.

Guess who?

A small game was organized by the AgilizTech Fun Committee to add the humor element in the event. Insightful gifts were presented to the ladies, after a small game of “Guess who?” The recipient’s name had to be guessed as the Fun Committee members acted out their personality quirks. It was a laughter riot! In the end the women employees expressed their gratitude for hosting the game and the well-thought out gifts.

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A walk through the past

Mr. Ganesh Babu Vasantha Rajan, CEO of AgilizTech spoke about the contributions of the women employees of AgilizTech. He reminisced the early days of AgilizTech, as to how the team evolved bit-by-bit. He spoke of how AgilizTech grew stronger – in numbers and technical competency, with the addition of the women employees. He rounded off stating that it is apparent by the way the team evolved, that AgilizTech is destined to achieve great heights in the days to come.

The event ended with a brief cake-cutting ceremony in which all the women employees participated. They appreciated the concept of the event and conveyed their thanks.

International Women's Day

 

AgilizTech recognizes the achievements of every woman and wishes all a very happy women’s day!

AgilizTech's new website

Unveiling AgilizTech’s New Look

It is with immense pleasure that we announce that AgilizTech’s new and improved website is now live!

The new look is a result of the major rebranding exercise we had taken up recently. This exercise helped us to rethink our brand ethos and reflect on what we stand for and what sets us apart from the other players in the IT industry. We have emerged as an organization that resolves business problems with futuristic digital solutions, and enable them to respond with agility and provide superior customer experience.

AgilizTech's new logo

The new logo is a confluence of AgilizTech’s core values – fresh thoughts represented by green, and trust depicted by blue, the arrows reflect continuous agility and progress, and the interlinked chevrons indicate collaboration, stability and a 360 degree approach.

We hope you find the website fresh, elegant and engaging.

We would love to hear your thoughts on our new look and feel. Do drop us a line to convey your views at contact@agiliztech.com

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AgilizTech greets Mr Madhavan from THRiver Consulting, Australia

A customer visit is always looked forward to at AgilizTech. For a company with the core philosophy of ‘Customer Experience’, what can be a greater joy than having a customer visit and share his experience of working with us?

On 27 Dec, Mr Madhavan of THRiver Consulting, an Australian organization with a firm focus on Technology, Health and Research and vision to make the world a better place to live in, visited our premises. He met the team, shared his feedback and appreciated us, on the mobile apps that AgilizTech had worked on and successfully delivered.

What followed was an interesting, interactive session with Ganesh, CEO & MD, AgilizTech, and the project team – Mobile App Development Team, consisting of Prabu, Mayan, Asif and Pooja, UI/UX Designer Shubham, and Karan and Nikitha from the QA team.

Also, Mr Madhavan met Sujeeth, VP – Business Development and discussed a slew of new, exciting projects in the mobile app development space. We are thrilled and raring to go on the new projects.

It was a pleasure to have Mr Madhavan with us. We enjoyed getting to know THRiver consulting better, and truly believe that this will continue into a long association with AgilizTech.

AgilizTech stirs a ‘racquet’ with the Passion League App

Techies by weekdays and racqueteers by weekends, that’s the Agilians for you! With our innate zeal for sports and passion for technology, we decided to combine the two and develop the best-ever app for sports management, Passion League. The journey flagged off last month and on Sunday, 18 Dec, we were able to put our web app to a pilot test, at the Bangalore Racqueteers tournament. The event was hosted by CoachDirect at Gopalan Sports Centre, Bangalore.

AgilizTech Passion League App

AgilizTech Passion League App

We decided that this was a prime opportunity to test our app in the real world, capture real-time data and get solid feedback from the tournament participants. And so, on Sunday, the AgilizTech team visited the arena armed with racquets, determination and, of course, the Passion League App.

Coach Direct had provided us with player information and seeding details previously, so we were set up pretty well to watch the action and quickly feed in the wins and losses. With our web app, the players could see the scores and the opponents’ details, right on their mobile screens.

Also, we gathered copious feedback.

While the participants were thrilled with our app, they suggested quite a few enhancements. We took extensive notes and will be working on them to improve our app, thus helping sportspersons manage their activities better with the PassionLeague app.

Our team had a great time at the court too. Agilians participated in large numbers at the Table Tennis and Badminton events. We made it to Round 2, but unfortunately couldn’t progress further. Nevertheless, what mattered is that we participated, learnt and had a whale of a time!

The A Team!

The A Team!

And you know what? We would love to meet you at the court. Game for a challenging duel of table tennis or badminton? Meet the Agilians in the next tournament then! You can find the details of all the upcoming tournaments here – http://passionleague.in/

Passion League Official Website

Passion League Official Website

Game on? See you at the court then!

AgilizTech Stepout2Play Hackathon 2016

Hacking the Agilian way, to build Stepout2Play

AgilizTech conducted a hackathon on 26 and 27 November 2016 to re-engineer the Stepout2Play site.

At AgilizTech, one of our initiatives is to combine our passion for sports and technology, and create new avenues for individuals to actively pursue their favorite sport. And our upcoming flagship product, Stepout2Play, is the one-stop shop for all things sport.

With this, individuals can stay tuned to the latest happenings in the world of sports, enroll into clubs and actively participate in sporting events.

The Stepout2Play Hackathon is one such event conducted by AgilizTech.

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The Stepout2Play Hackathon 2016 Team

Over a two-day time-frame, our team of programmers, consisting of Shyam, Kishor, Agilan, Meghana, Smita, Guddu, Niraj and Gowtham, collaborated to re-visualize and rebuild the website. The event was conceptualized and presided by the MD & CEO, Ganesh Babu.

The Hackathon was immensely fruitful, as the team effectively strategized and achieved major milestones in development. Also, as the event stimulated the creative-thinking abilities of the team and enabled AgilizTech to actively pursue its innovation-based agenda, the Hackathon was an all-round success.

AgilizTech wishes everyone a happy diwali!

The festival of lights has arrived,

To spread joy, cheer and delight.

Wishing you bliss and prosperity,

AgilizTech greets you a happy Diwali!

India is rightly touted as the land of festivals. And the most beloved festival of all is Diwali.

Celebrated over a period of 5 days, it captures the spirit and colors of India. Bright earthen lamps, brilliant fireworks, and delicious sweets are the elements popularly associated with this festival.

At AgilizTech, we decided to celebrate Diwali by organizing an Ethnic Day at office on 27 Oct 2016.

The employees came dressed in colorful Indian wear to add to the festive cheer.

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A cross section of our staff in colorful ethnic wear

The ladies also decorated the office reception with a beautiful rangoli comprising of flowers and rice flour.

Meghana and Pooja making the rangoli

Meghana and Pooja making the rangoli

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The finished product!

Sweets were distributed among the staff on the occasion. Here’s how the office looked, decorated with balloons and lights to add color and enrich the atmosphere.

Colorful balloons setting the festive mood

Colorful balloons setting the festive mood

We had a fun time celebrating Diwali at AgilizTech (Click here to check out the entire album!).

We hope you do to!

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Team AgilizTech wishes you all a very happy diwali!

5 best practices for mobile app qa

5 Best Practices for Mobile App QA by AgilizTech

According to a study by Compuware, only 16% users give mobile apps more than two chances. So for the other 84%, it is a two-shot experience. The app is given just two chances to prove its mark, and if it fails it is unceremoniously removed from their phones. A lot of apps have been sent to the app graveyard due to bad user experiences. An example is Forecast, which was let down due to inadequate QA and innumerable bugs in the Android version.

A report by Perfecto Mobiles claims that, 44% of the app defects are reported by users! Of these, 20% are gathered via public user reviews and 24% sourced from direct user feedback.

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Source: Perfecto Mobiles

All this emphasizes on the need to have a clear cut QA strategy, which ensures mobile app quality. And that requires serious efforts. You may ask, “We already put the app through a series of testing programs like usability, performance, security, compatibility, etc. What more can we do?” Well, no one disputes the fact that all apps are tested before being shipped, but are we following the best practices for mobile app QA?
At AgilizTech, we asked our team to list out the 5 best practices for mobile app QA that they swear by. Does your team follow these?

Best Practices for Mobile App QA

1. Practice agile methodology

True to our name, we have established a culture of continuous development, integration and testing. This shortens time gaps between new functionality, testing, bug detection and bug fixes. This also improves efficiency and makes vital course changes feasible for us.

2. Start testing along with development

It is best to start testing early as bugs may become too expensive to fix at later stages. We create test plans at the earliest. Also, we conduct test cycles and track results of each and every round.

3. Balance automated and manual testing

While automation may prove to be useful in repeated testing and saves time, it cannot completely replace manual testing. A fine balance between the two is required. Here are some key points to note:

  • Automated tests are essential for complex tests with multiple components.
  • Once we are familiar with the app functionality, automation helps in speeding up the testing process.
  • New functions are tested manually as it is difficult to write automated test scripts before a manual test.

The tool we prefer is Appium. To create scripts, we use Java Selenium.

4. Test on real devices too apart from emulators

We recently invested in Apple and Android devices, as testing on real devices gives us a better idea on the look and feel of the app and its usability. We agree that there are numerous device variants, and it is impossible to test on all these. So to tackle this and maximize test coverage, we go for a mix of emulators and devices. Also, we set device and OS preferences initially, and then ensure that the app works well on these.

What we do differently is that, we distribute the app among the AgilizTech employees and ask for their feedback on the app. This helps us understand the hits and misses in QA and leads to improved testing.

5. Verify if your app is power hungry

How many times would you have deleted apps because they were draining your phone battery?
That’s right, battery consumption is an important criterion on which users may give up on your app. Do compare your app with its competitors. While you are at it, also learn how it adjusts to negative conditions like varying network strengths or suspended connections.

Spoilt with choices, users decide the fate of an app in a jiffy. Ensuring that the app is bug-proof goes a long way in scoring higher user adoption. Hence, along with programming amazing features, it is also important to have solid QA done before the launch. Following these 5 best practices  for mobile app QA might prove beneficial to you.

Remember – A healthy app leads to happy users. 

Are you looking for an App Development partner? Look no further, as AgilizTech provides end-to-end services in the app-sphere, such as, development, testing and porting.

Contact us now!

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