27Global Achieves AWS Select Consulting Partner Certification
Leawood, Kansas — Software engineering and technology solutions company 27Global has been certified as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Select Consulting Partner, making them one of the few companies with the designation in the greater Kansas City area — and the only to offer a comprehensive portfolio of cloud operations, security, and custom development services. […]
DevOps: The Engine That Drives Product Development
Companies need a reliable engine to make their information technology run. DevOps is the engine that can transform your company from a family sedan into a powerful sports car. In my last blog on DevOps, we defined DevOps as a set of practices that automates processes and encourages coordination across all teams within a business, […]
DevOps: Software Development’s Quantum Leap
Let’s face it, running a successful company is as much art as it is science. Getting a group of people to efficiently work together can be a daunting and sometimes difficult task. The most successful companies, though, manage to create a culture that values efficiency and ownership, where people thrive, collaboration happens and customers are […]
Shifting Left on Security
Asana, Trello, Basecamp—there are a dozen project management tools out there. And you’ve probably tried at least one. Here at 27Global, we prefer Jira Scrum boards for how detail-oriented they are and how they push our team to complete complex projects in rigorous, incremental “sprints”. When we use the phrase “shifting left”, we’re referring to […]
Slow is the New Down
No longer should your greatest fear be your system going down. (Though with IT downtime costing companies an average of $5,600 a minute, you should still be very afraid of that.) Instead, your biggest fear should be your applications slowing to the point of user frustration. Slow is the new down.
Combining Business Acumen with Technical Expertise for Exceptional Outcomes
Running a business is hard! Every business is unique, and with that comes a unique set of challenges and opportunities. At 27Global, we combine business acumen with technical expertise to solve business challenges and create and sustain competitive advantages. Project teams consist of Consultants & Scrum Masters, Architects, Site Reliability Engineers, Developers, and Quality Assurance […]
27Global’s Matt Henley Shares Key Advantages of Platform-as-a-Service for Software Development
To get an application up and running in the cloud, many hours can be spent by the developer configuring various technical components. Not only are these processes time consuming and costly, they also take time away from actually building software. That time could be better spent designing and implementing solutions to the client’s specific business […]
Twentyseven Global’s Matt Henley Breaks Down the Importance of Continuous Integration for Software Development
Continuous integration is increasingly becoming the method of choice among software developers, in large part because of speed and accuracy in which code can be deployed. As Twentyseven Global consistently looks to cutting-edge technologies that have the ability to streamline processes and deliver better solutions for our clients, adopting continuous integration into our methodology was […]
Women Who Code: 27 Global Highlights Its Offshore Development Team
All around the world, women are receiving more access to education and job opportunities than ever before. That said, women still only occupy 26 percent of all computing professions in the U.S., according to the National Center for Women and Information Technology. With a shortage of trained tech employees in the U.S. and around the […]
Software Development Firm Twentyseven Global Makes Predictions for DevOps in 2017
DevOps proved to be more than just a buzzword among software developers in 2016. As the need to get to market faster increased, many companies reaped the benefits of DevOps strategies this past year. Twentyseven Global is already implementing a DevOps approach to streamline processes. Matt Henley, vice president of client service in Kansas City, […]
