Technical debt is more than just a technical challenge—it’s a business risk. The recent CIO article, “How to Talk to Your Board About Tech Debt,” highlights that technical debt directly affects companies’ abilities to innovate, scale, and capture new business opportunities. Why Should the Board Care About Technical Debt? The discussion on technical debt from an IT…
As we move into 2025, IT departments face many challenges while striving to innovate and stay competitive. Bernard Marr’s Forbes article, “6 Mistakes IT Teams Are Guaranteed To Make In 2025,” highlights critical pitfalls. Mistake #3: Creating Integration Complexity is a significant risk for small and midsize businesses. This mistake often stems from pursuing rapid…
In the previous posts of our technical debt series, we explored various ways outdated systems impact businesses—whether through backlog accumulation, legacy infrastructure, or front-end inefficiencies. In this final scenario, we focus on how technical debt can result in lost revenue and operational risks. In this case, Tangonet Solutions worked with a long-term client who faced…
In the previous posts of this technical debt series, we’ve covered how outdated systems and neglected maintenance can paralyze business operations, either through a feature backlog or a failing legacy infrastructure. This time, we’re addressing a different challenge: modernizing a user interface and addressing critical front-end technical debt while maintaining an operational system. In this…
Our previous post explored how technical debt, combined with a staggering feature backlog (functional debt), can drag on business innovation. However, technical debt also has more critical impacts that can bring a business to its knees. In this second installment of our technical debt series, we’ll dive into another real-world scenario—one that involves outdated infrastructure,…
This is the first installment of our blog series on technical debt, a hidden challenge many businesses face. Tangonet Solutions has worked with multiple clients to tackle this pervasive issue and its impact on innovation and business growth. In this series, we’ll explore real-world scenarios of technical debt, sharing insights from our hands-on experience. In…
Technology businesses are constantly challenged to meet deadlines or get products to market quickly. To deal with these market challenges, best practices in software development may be overlooked, leaving an ever-growing, non-optimized code base with outdated libraries and platforms and workarounds that eventually hinder the ability to maintain and enhance applications technology systems effectively. The…
In the fast-paced world of technology, businesses face the growing challenge of maintaining legacy systems while developing next-generation applications. This difficulty can strain internal resources, often resulting in delayed projects or compromised quality. Small and midsized technology companies know the frustration of juggling multiple priorities with limited staff. But there’s a solution. Flexible staffing models…
Project delays are a growing concern for many small and midsize business owners. Whether due to a lack of available talent or increasing competition, missed deadlines often come with financial consequences and a diminished competitive edge. Many times, the combination of rigid adherence to fixed, internal staffing models, dealing with competing priorities, and the variations…
In today’s fast-paced business environment, time is of the essence. For small and midsize business (SMB) owners, the inability to fill critical roles can lead to more than just operational hiccups—it can severely hamper growth and profitability. The hidden costs of not having the right talent and delaying key projects go beyond a simple pause…
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