Financial Services Is OCR Truly Automation? Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a key technology in automating Accounts Payable processes. It’s a technology that most departments are familiar with and that many leverage in some way
Cloud Synchronizing Your On-Premise Virtual Machines with VMs in Azure Use CaseI was recently engaged with a client to help them synchronize an on-premise workload with one in Azure. Let's say you have virtual machines which you manage on-premise that
Product Strategy and Design Takeaways from Tradeshift's Innovation Summit Levvel Research was recently invited to Tradeshift’s bi-annual Innovation Summit in New York City. We heard a lot about the tech company’s recent and upcoming software developments and
Customized Agile Uber for Goats: What Makes a Great Product Manager? Hiring good product managers is hard. The role of Product Manager has become one of the most sought after job titles across many industries, and with so many applicants sporting
Cloud Your Tech Startup Might Be Missing Something First, a Bit of AdviceI am a firm believer that the number one requirement for successfully launching and scaling a company of any type is to build a great team and continue to invest in that team. One thing that amazes me is how
Cloud Infographic: Getting Started with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Financial Services Five Takeaways from Pendo Systems' Data in FinTech Panel Last week I had the good fortune of participating in a panel discussion hosted by Pendo Systems on the state of data in FinTech. The panel included FinTech and data
Financial Services Target Launches Target Wallet After years of development, which have included a failed partnership with Walmart, Best Buy, and others as part of MCX, Target quietly rolled out their “Wallet” mobile payment feature. The
Product Strategy and Design Designing and Developing for iPhone X Designing and Developing for iPhone XThe iPhone X is a large departure from previous forms of iPhone devices—one that will be a disruptive force in the digital device marketplace
Financial Services Real-time Payments Use Cases and Opportunities in 2019 The world of payments is aflame with talk of real-time payments and how it will revolutionize payments capabilities in the United States. The Federal Reserve assembled a task force to
Cloud Five Common Myths About DevOps Virtually every industry is being disrupted by nimble competitors ranging from scrappy startups to established incumbents. IT departments are playing a big role in this phenomenon, either by creating the
Cloud Webinar: A Macro View on Microservices On August 16, 2017, the Levvel team was joined by valued partners Red Hat and CloudBees to present a webinar on the macro view of microservices. Featuring experts from all
Product Strategy and Design Making the Case for Digital Transformation Executive SummaryOrganizations of all sizes have attempted to revolutionize their business under the umbrella of “digital transformation,” but many of these efforts have failed to achieve the desired results. Contrary
Financial Services Challenges and Opportunities in B2B ePayment Adoption It’s an exciting time in the B2C (business to consumer) payments space as adoption of emerging capabilities grows, bolstered by success stories and lots of interest from developers. But
Solving Real-World Problems with Blockchain—Part III Editor’s note: This is the third post in a three-part series that investigates how a distributed application using blockchain could be applied to a practical problem facing the payments space. See parts one and two. In my last post, I described the characteristics
Engineering Getting Started with Chatbots and NLP: Part Two *Editor’s note: This is the second post in a series that explores the challenges and opportunities involved with chatbots and natural language processing to solve customer service needs. You
Engineering Getting Started with Chatbots and NLP: Part One Editor’s note: This is the first post in a series that explores the challenges and opportunities involved with chatbots and natural language processing to solve customer service needs. Chatbots
Financial Services Solving Real-World Problems with Blockchain—Part II Editor’s note: This is the second post in a three-part series that investigates how a distributed application using blockchain could be applied to a practical problem facing the payments
Financial Services Solving Real-World Problems with Blockchain—Part I Editor’s note: This is the first post in a three-part series that investigates how a distributed application using blockchain could be applied to a practical problem facing the payments
Cloud SAML v2.0 vs JWT: SAML2 Web Application SSO Use Cases This post continues our look at SAML v2.0 and how it compares to JSON Web Tokens (JWT). In the last post, we looked at the history, specs, and basics
Product Strategy and Design Enterprises and The Digital Revolution "Becoming more digital" is on the mind of every enterprise product manager and IT executive, but a surprising number of these companies are still not adequately equipped to successfully respond
Product Strategy and Design UX for Engineers A couple of months ago I finally bought a new car. As a tech geek, I was most excited about all the accompanying gadgets—bluetooth phone, nav system, drive settings,
Engineering Six Reasons I Love Rails I have been a Java developer since 1999 and have personally been involved in over 30 projects that put Java code into production. I have sold over 100 such projects.
Engineering Refactor Impossible (Part 1) The code is a mess! It’s inefficient and impossible to maintain! There’s no way forward, we need to completely rewrite this thing from the ground up! If you