<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*QDu5tUlbNvXgqgio8denPg.png" /></figure>Our developers work on cool projects, often introducing innovations the world has never seen. But this work requires a lot of focus and dedication.In this article, <a href="http://wamisoftware.com/">the Wamisoftware</a> developers’ team decided to share the tools to increase our productivity on the way to the perfect result!<a href="https://www.postman.com/">Postman</a>It is convenient to send and check requests, and many features are handy. For example, you can insert cURL, and all request data are skipped. Also, you can just insert JSON, and there is an automatic alignment for an excellent display to understand which object refers to the field.<a href="https://www.testcontainers.org/">Testcontainers for Java</a>It is a Java library that supports JUnit tests. In addition, it provides lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or other matter that can run in a Docker container.<a href="https://www.docker.com/">Docker</a>It’s a platform that helps applications work correctly, simplifies delivery and launch, and mundane configuration tasks remove repetition. They are used throughout the development lifecycle for fast, easy desktop and cloud application development. It’s a container that allows you to package an application with its environment, predefined settings, and dependencies and then deploy it where and when you need it.<a href="https://www.elastic.co/what-is/elk-stack">ELK</a>We are actively using ELK in one of our projects. Elasticsearch is the entire system’s core, combining database, search and analytics functions. Logstash is a server-side processing pipeline that takes data from multiple sources simultaneously, parses the log, and then sends it to the Elasticsearch database. Kibana allows us to visualize data with charts and graphs in Elasticsearch.<a href="https://cyberduck.io/">CyberDuck</a>A tool for working with cloud storage and libre servers that supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox.<a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops">Azure DevOps</a>It is a set of tools for managing services, collecting data, building reports, and tracking project statuses and changes. It is designed for collaborative work on software development projects.<a href="https://www.selenium.dev/">Selenium</a>It is a tool for automated browser management. In addition, we use it to test applications, increase productivity and track our development progress.<a href="https://swagger.io/">Swagger</a>Swagger is an open-source and professional toolset that helps users and teams design, test, monitor, develop, and document APIs, saving time.<a href="https://maven.apache.org/">Maven</a>We use the Maven tool for managing a project’s build, reporting, and documentation, a central piece of information.<a href="https://jmeter.apache.org/">JMeter</a>We use this instrument to test performance on static and dynamic resources and Web applications.For example, we can use JMeter to analyze overall performance under different load types or simulate a significant load on a server or group of servers, network or object to test its strength.<a href="https://json2csharp.com/">JSON2CSHARP</a>We use this tool to parse an object from JSON and vice versa. Therefore, it is convenient and helps us a lot in our work.<a href="https://jwt.io/">JWT</a>At Wamisoftware, we use this tool to verify data in a token. It helps us save time and improve productivity.<a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/">IntelliJ IDEA</a>This tool includes a powerful code editor, built-in testing features and refactoring tools. In addition, IntelliJ IDEA has an extensive plugin ecosystem. Also, it contains more instruments that help us work more productively.<a href="https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube/">SonarQube</a>This source code analysis platform is a leading software development tool that integrates with various source control systems. It enables developers to analyze their code base for issues and defects and find and fix them quickly. In addition, the platform provides comprehensive coverage of the codebase for different programming languages used in the project.<a href="https://www.yourkit.com/">YourKit Profiler</a>It is an excellent tool that provides detailed information about each executed thread, method call, and class in your application. This helps us to identify and resolve performance issues and optimize your code as needed. It is a full-featured Java profiler that provides exceptional insight into the execution of your Java applications.<a href="https://site.mockito.org/">Mockito</a>We use this framework for Java testing. It’s very convenient and significantly improves the productivity of our developers.<a href="https://www.jenkins.io/">Jenkins</a>We use this tool to create CI/CDs. Also, Jenkins integrates with practically every tool in the continuous integration and continuous delivery toolchain. This tool includes features and instruments that help us work on almost every project.<a href="https://snyk.io/">Snyk</a>We use Snyk to analyze Java code quickly and efficiently. Snyk weave security expertise into existing IDEs, reports, and workflows. Also, it monitors for vulns while we develop, using industry-leading security intelligence. Finally, it provides actionable fix advice in your tools. In our work, it is a necessary assistant that saves a lot of time.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*rpG7P41NdWFxNDyn9ZXkuQ.png" /></figure>Thus, the variety of tools we use extensively improves our work and helps us track results and improve them. We hope these tools will also be handy in your work and become permanent assistants.Follow the <a href="http://wamisoftware.com/projects">link</a> to learn more about our projects, and subscribe to our social networks to be closer to the IT world!<a href="https://www.instagram.com/wamisoftware/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/wamisoftware/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wamisoftware">Facebook</a><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=92364ddc60c8" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Wamisoftware developer’s tools for boosting productivity

<h3>Project Estimations — from idea to product</h3><h4>Project estimation process is a fundamental stage of the project management. Today we want to share our way of creating a solid project estimate 🔍</h4>In software development, effort estimation is the process of predicting the most realistic amount of effort (expressed in terms of person-hours or money). Different companies have their own estimation techniques. Unfortunately, many of them just tell you that your project is going to take that much time, no details. And of course customers feel the uncertainty surrounding estimates, especially early in the project.<blockquote>Wamisoftware team believes that you need to know every possible detail of the project before you can provide a realistic estimate.</blockquote>We provide the estimation as comprehensive as we can so that our customer in the future can easily analyse if he needs some of the functions at all. And, if he comes back and says, “Well that seems a little more than we want to spend,” we can lean on our work breakdown structure to negotiate the cost down. Let’s take a closer look 👇🏻At first, our Project Manager Ksenia collects and processes business requirements of our customer. She makes sure we understand the requirements before making any kind of commitment. Ideally, the customer comes with the list of requirements and main features in the form of the terms of reference, but sometimes it’s just a text or a design.Developers certainly read the terms of reference but they need a shorter and more structured information to ensure more effective workflow. Thus, the goal of Ksenia as a Project Manager is to proofread the specification in order to make a detailed list of all features and decide on the technology stack.Workflow is planned in iterations, for example, the first iteration can contain design, logic. Mainly, the first iteration is the MVP (a minimum viable product). The next iteration — payments and more complex functionality. The third iteration can be a mobile application.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/634/1*xfO0guaQtn1HMSrmQ7inTw.jpeg" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*B6bhBfx1xGNJumucMX9Kmw.jpeg" /><figcaption>Description of Tech Stack, Developers, Iterations</figcaption></figure>Project Manager breaks project down into phases, tasks, and subtasks, including a step-by-step description of what the user sees first, for instance, a registration page, a home page, or both combined.By the way, asking questions is crucial to figure out the things that you (and maybe even your potential client or customer) do not know. Questions are often about seemingly little things like “ What happens if we press this button — is that a new tab or a pop-up window?”When finished, the tech team is checking the specification and applying a time estimate to each element. You cannot fail to include your team in any discussions related to estimating projects and process.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*qhlgDRmHazWxBP3SdnYVUg.jpeg" /></figure><h3>For us, it really is essential to provide a reasonable estimate because its accuracy influences the team’s workflow, and, as a result, the quality and duration of the project! ✅</h3><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=ab813d6af406" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Project Estimations — from idea to product

Best Version Control System overview and Tips 💻<blockquote>When it comes to situation where multiple programmers work on the same project, communication is the first thing we must take care of. Of course, soft skills are very helpful, but not enough to organise workflow. Version control system, even with one person, is an amazing productivity tool. With two developers, it’s required.</blockquote><h3>GitLab 101</h3>Wamisoftware team uses Git and web-based Git repositories, such as GitLab, to track changes in source code during software development. The GitLab is a central place where developers store, share, test and collaborate on web projects. It doesn’t store data as a series of changesets or differences, but instead as a series of snapshots. When you make a commit, GitLab stores a commit object that contains a pointer to the snapshot of the content you staged. This object also contains the author’s name and email address, the message that you typed, and pointers to the commit or commits that directly came before this commit.A branch in GitLab is simply a lightweight movable pointer to one of these commits. The default branch name in GitLab is master, but you can change it in repository settings. You can switch back and forth between the branches and merge them together when you’re ready. Branching means you diverge from the main line of development and continue to do work without messing with that main line. In GitLab, branches are a part of your everyday development process. Another cool feature is a built-in Continuous Integration/Delivery.<figure><img alt="The removed text is red, the added text is green and the remaining (unchanged) text is not highlighted." src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*4HbejMiPuVWx-XbQqySI-A.jpeg" /><figcaption>The removed text is red, the added text is green and the remaining (unchanged) text is not highlighted</figcaption></figure>A developer makes a change in their feature branch and tests it. When they’re happy, they push and make a merge request. At least two developers that work on the project must check the code and approve it, and every change is reviewed by Team Lead. Once the approval rules have been met, the merge request can be merged if there is nothing else blocking it. Undoubtedly, GitLab is doing a fantastic job offering your entire development (and DevOps) teams great tools for more efficient workflows.<h3>TIPS 📌</h3><h4>AUTOMATE THE BORING STUFF</h4><blockquote>Instead of constantly sending links by hand and asking for them, automate these steps. For example, our developer Alexey created a Telegram Chatbot that sends a notification whenever someone creates Merge Request, comments etc. Thus, everyone makes better use of their time and knows what’s going on.</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mc23ymrlH22FkOO35yPMFA.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/770/1*yML0SwQBT0paEATqHIINLQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>Merge requests allow you to visualise and collaborate on the proposed changes to source code</figcaption></figure><blockquote>GitLab can also send users a notification via email when a pipeline fails and when it has been fixed etc.</blockquote><h4>DON’T IGNORE CODE REVIEWS</h4><blockquote>Things that are obvious to experienced developers, may be confusing to newbies. And no matter how experienced we are, we all get tired sometimes. It happens that people keep unnecessary stuff due to tiredness, so it’s always good to have fresh eyes.</blockquote><blockquote>Code reviews enable developers to more easily identify bugs, because they’re assessing the code with a fresh perspective. Teams turn to code reviews as a way to share knowledge, mentor newer developers, and ease the burden of development. When everyone reviews code, there is no longer a single point of failure that can halt delivery and risk missing releases or business goals. Code reviews are worth the difficulties, because they help teams collaborate to maintain a clean codebase, learn from each other to develop new skills, and ensure that innovative solutions solve complex problems.</blockquote><h4>RESPECT PEOPLE’S TIME</h4><blockquote>Your actions must be clear, so please, follow these rules:</blockquote><blockquote>• Send commits frequently</blockquote><blockquote>• 1 change = 1 commit, but don’t send insignificant commits (they can fill up the history)</blockquote><blockquote>• Comments should start with phrase «This commit will» and be less than 50 characters</blockquote>We hope you will find this quick overview useful! 👨🏼‍💻<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=56ec2ab92b97" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Multiple developers & one project

In our blog we wrote about sustainability issues several times already. Wamisoftware team strongly supports environmental initiatives. Currently, we are collaborating with Israeli company FSIGHT, developer of Energy AI — a platform for distributed grid management based on Artificial Intelligence. Our developers are involved in different projects aiming at the optimization of the operation of the hydroelectric power station; managing tariff evaluation engine; forecasting intraday price etc. Keep on reading to see the insight from Wamisoftware's Java Team Lead.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*-NgRH7TkZOcsTV0B2DIWtg.jpeg" /></figure>We now face an urgent challenge to transition from fossil fuels to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Of course, all energy sources have some impact on our environment. But fossil fuels — coal, oil, and natural gas — do substantially more harm than renewable energy sources by most measures, including air and water pollution, damage to public health, wildlife and habitat loss, water use, land use, and global warming emissions. Still, fossil fuels are the largest sources of energy for electricity generation — they account for 80 percent of global energy consumption. Nevertheless, we are slowly moving in the right direction. U.S. Energy Information Administration analysis says that in April of 2019 U.S. monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time. Renewable sources provided 23 percent of total electricity generation compared to coal’s 20 percent. EIA also forecasts that renewable generation will continue to outpace coal in 2021. Moving from brown to green energy is imperative to achieve better lives.Knowing that, what difficulties can we expect from shifting to clean energy?To begin with, renewables are often highly dependent on the weather and time of year and cannot be switched on and off to produce energy any time people need it. The big sources — sun, wind, and water — come and go on nature’s schedule.Additionally, the increasing reliance on renewables is expected to generate bigger demand peaks on the electricity market.Long-term energy storage like batteries and software platforms that will stream real-time aggregation of telemetry from thousands of batteries to measure, forecast, optimize and control — together can solve a problem with the equation of demand and supply.<blockquote>People can and do take control over their energy consumptions if given the tools to do so.</blockquote>And as ‘time of use’ tariffs spread globally, thousands of power walls are installed in people’s homes to do peak shaving for an electrical utility. A rechargeable battery stores energy from solar panels during the day or from offpeak hours when grid energy is cheapest and uses that energy during the rest of the day. The remaining problem is that batteries cost approximately one arm and one leg. Some appliances will use more than the output of one battery, so families would probably need a few battery packs. The price of a solar setup including installation, supporting hardware and tax credits sometimes exceed $15,000. Hopefully, as the cost of batteries and solar panels continues to drop, going green and owning a battery-powered home in the future could be available for everyone.Other than that, behind-the-meter systems like residential solar panel installations can be a great way to save on electricity bills and maximize how much of their own solar production customers are using. They can prioritize charging at-home batteries during low-cost times, arrange backup power for a house for days in the event of a power outage, charge electric vehicles, or even make some money buying and selling from the grid. In the case of wind and solar, excess generation can be sent through the meter and to the grid for credit on the electricity bill. All of this can be done with a corresponding app so residential customers can monitor their solar energy storage and see electric grid costs at different times.Industrial customers also can eliminate expensive peak demand charges with a combination of solar and AI-powered energy storage. Battery farm stores huge amounts of energy from renewable sources and funnels it out to the grid when usage is high significantly reducing your business’s operating expenses.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*VrLGQ_kKGWni6t9lVY6dPw.jpeg" /></figure>Is there even more profitable approach? Yes, community-based power plants.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/250/1*MY53Oi8bY_OjW8h0oj9wCQ.png" /><figcaption>Edward, a Java Team Lead at Wamisoftware</figcaption></figure><blockquote>«At the moment, our team provides the “Gilboa Iris” project with an algorithm for community-based power plants. Closed community is, for example, 300 houses that share one counter and are connected into one net. Based on collected historical data, the system calculates the best way to save on bills. Let’s say that in given time period you paid this much money, but if you have a PV (Solar Photovoltaic) and add a set number of batteries, the new price will be better resulting in 20 percent savings. The algorithm for community-based power plants determines at each point in time whether your neighbour wants to obtain energy, so you can give it to him if you have energy surplus. If the community doesn’t have storage to save energy, the algorithm sells it to power company.</blockquote><blockquote>The advantage of local community is that there is a domestic price resulting from managing demands within it and you have an opportunity to buy both on local and external market. Rates in the latter are formed by power company, which makes them more expensive than on local market.</blockquote><blockquote>In RD Energy project Wamisoftware team provides forecasts for Israeli power plant, so they know how many raw materials to purchase in order to prevent excess or deficiency. We also apply these forecasts for communities. Knowing the approximate quantity of consumption by every single individual in the community, we can harmlessly take their excessive energy, because we forecasted that after a certain time electricity will be cheap for recharging the batteries.</blockquote><blockquote>For Backend Development we use Java, UI is made with React, and in the future we plan to break Monolith application into Microservices, we also plan to use C language for forecasting.»</blockquote>But how exactly are predictions about peak loads made? The thing is, we can only know if there’s a high likelihood of a peak. Our goal is to discharge home battery packs during the peak grid load and the homeowner will use them for backup power. It is also important to control both when the batteries discharge and when they charge while spreading out the charging over a longer period of time. And once we’ve decided to discharge batteries to avoid the peak, how do we control them?First, we bring all batteries together into hierarchical aggregations. It’s hard to virtually represent them in cloud software because of the diversity of installations, home loads, and uncertainty in communication.Second, we need to aggregate local telemetry (power, frequency, and voltage measurements) and the telemetry across the virtual power plant as well. So at the same time, we have to take into account central optimization and local needs.Third, having aggregated telemetry, we find out the capacity that’s available in the virtual power plant. Smart grid management platform learns and profiles the behavior of each prosumer, and chooses, automatically and in real time, the most cost-effective strategies for using, storing and trading energy. Based on price forecasts local optimization makes a plan for the battery, for example, the algorithm temporarily lowers the capacity of the battery in order to affect the peak. Huge aggregations demand different APIs and data processing patterns. Furthermore, developers are constantly dealing with complex concurrency issues. All these algorithms depend on the software platform.<h4>The rise of renewable energy production creates the need for grid flexibility, distributed energy resources and information and communication technology can help provide that flexibility — if they are enabled and encouraged. Hardware is not on its own enough to replace fossil fuels while maintaining our current standard of on-demand and reliable power.</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*daEge_Nl3jhxckcEQ8nmYA.jpeg" /></figure><blockquote>Software is really the key to enabling diverse components to act in concert.</blockquote>What are your thoughts about it? 👇🏻<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=78824f2c0f80" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Software is the key to sustainability

So, the new year has come and many owners of startups and IT experts began to wonder what innovations should be expected in the new year? What technology will become a trend and why today you need to understand how to respond to them?Below is a list of key innovations that will affect information technology in 2020.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*uYmubrDNz-mzJqApYeUvWQ.jpeg" /></figure><h4>1.Automation</h4>Automation is aimed to augment people and drive the automation process. It combines packaged software, machine learning, and automation tools to deliver the results. In the next couple of years, automation of data science will empower scientists to churn out advanced analysis.2.Distributed CloudDistributed cloud is the distribution of public cloud services to different physical locations, while the operation, governance, updates and evolution of the services are the responsibility of the originating public cloud provider. The use of a distributed cloud marks a move away from a centralized model of public cloud services and speaks of a new era in cloud computing.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*EhMnHH-fmmVYMcveBdKIbA.jpeg" /></figure>3.The Empowered EdgeCurrently, the focus on peripheral computing is being done by the Internet of things. It connects a huge number of connected devices not only in the consumer sector, but also in manufacturing or retail. Researchers suggest that Edge Computing will become the dominant technology in almost all industries with a large number of application scenarios. Sophisticated peripherals, including robots, drones, autonomous vehicles, and operating systems will further accelerate technology development.4.Democratization of TechnologyDemocratization of technology means more people get access to tools and information that were previously reserved for a few. According to forecasts, the trend towards the democratization of data and technology will become more pronounced and will include four aspects: democratization of data and analytics, democratization of development, democratization of design and democratization of knowledge. The best example of democratization can be credited to the developer, who will be able to generate data models without learning the skills of a data scientist.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*e-wY2wfq3ZdjuYkVsqhHIA.png" /></figure>5.Human AugmentationTechnology enriches human experience, endowing it with enhanced opportunities for cognition of information or giving it physical advantages. The expansion of the physical capabilities of people is provided through the use of wearable devices. Cognitive expansion of human capabilities will occur both due to access to information provided by traditional computer systems, and due to the emergence of a multifunctional interface in intelligent spaces.6.Autonomous ControlThis trend is set by companies such as Tesla, Alphabet, etc. Experts predict that autonomous cars will be popularized in the near future. Thanks to data collection and analytics, this will be possible. However, significant changes will be required in current infrastructures, laws and social settings before the use of autonomous vehicles becomes possible in current technological trends.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*NPUFSJ2ka2cWlvzxFquwKw.jpeg" /></figure>7.DARQDARQ is an abbreviation of the three key concepts that a business will encounter. Information storage technology (DLT technology), AI (Artificial intelligence) — artificial intelligence, augmented reality (VR, AR), quantum computing (Quantum computing) form one of the future technological trends in 2020, which enterprises should integrate.Like any fast-growing IT company, Wamisoftware follows all technology trends. Of course, this is not a complete list of future innovations, but we have identified the main ones that we believe will be at the top of popularity this year.<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=d1479a4b6dae" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Future Information Technology Trends in 2020

<h3>CRM system is the best assistant for your business !</h3>In modern business, the need to automate various processes has become commonplace. In the development of each business, there comes a time when the old model of interaction with customers and within the company hinders the active development of the company. At such moments, modern automation technologies, such as CRM systems, come to the rescue.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*cWAGcX80tF4UjeKN.png" /></figure>What is a CRM system?CRM stands for customer relationship management and a CRM system lets a business keep the information of all its customers, leads and prospects stored and organized in one place. In addition to this, a CRM system also allows a business to track all the interactions it makes with its customers and enables it to build long-lasting relationships with them. Some other features include:<ul><li>Reporting and dashboards: A CRM provides its users with the ability to visualize important trends and business metrics. By providing a central, customizable dashboard, it lets managers and administrators get access to the most important information without having to look for it.</li><li>Lead management: With a customer relationship management software, a business can track its leads from the initial prospect stage to the final conversion stage. Some CRM systems also let you customize the different stages in a sales pipeline for better management.</li><li>Campaign management: A CRM allows its users to manage campaigns from the start to the end. You can select different groups of customers depending on the level of the interest or other factors and/or automate workflows wherever necessary.</li><li>Email management and tracking: Modern CRM software also allows you to send and track emails.</li><li>Actionable insights generation: A state-of-the-art CRM tool can also analyze large amounts of data and generate actionable insights from it, for the business to benefit from.</li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*lnUz3FjFgba2FDTW.png" /></figure>In addition to allowing a business to manage its customer relationships better, a CRM also helps in:<ul><li>Increasing revenues by increasing sales opportunities: With a CRM, a business gets its hands on more information and by harnessing the insights generated from this information, it can identify an increased number of sales opportunities.</li><li>Segment customers with ease: A CRM allows you to profile your customers based on purchase indicators like history, demographics, engagement and level of interest etc.</li><li>Cross-departmental alignment: By allowing the sales department to feed real-time data to the marketing branch of a business, a CRM helps in cross-departmental alignment which creates harmony within the workforce and increases productivity.</li></ul>Summing up the advantages of CRM systems, we can conclude that the first is the control of the customer base. Letters are not lost in the mail when someone read the letter and forgot to answer it. Starting to build a customer base in CRM, you will have a “repository” of customers where important data will not be lost.Secondly, you will secure your business. In any CRM, access rights for each employee are configured and prohibit the unloading of the contact database.Thirdly, the conscious work in CRM is the first step towards building the IT infrastructure of your own business. This is the core around which the entire sales strategy will be built. Having implemented CRM, the company goes to a new level. and opens up new horizons for growth.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*gAFW0WEco4RET-5q.png" /></figure>Wamisoftware is a true professional in creating CRM systems. We were involved in the development of CRM systems for more than 3 projects (Codesk, Bus station, Merkatua), so we have enough experience in this type of activity. We are ready to undertake such orders, because we are sure that the final result will be of high quality.<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fb8beff6818b" width="1" height="1" alt="">

CRM system is the best assistant for your business !

Recently, the term “green technologies” has gained a great popularity. What caused such popularity and how they are used by leading IT companies will be considered below.Green technology is an initiative based on IT solutions that aim to conserve nature. For example: processing and recycling of materials, wastewater treatment, energy saving, as well as renewable energy sources. Environmental protection is now one of the most pressing topics of recent years. Therefore, the largest IT companies are actively implementing their industrial cycles with such technologies.<h3>Apple</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*GRdyQjJGPSYQinQUhvlvXQ.jpeg" /></figure>Apple is working hard to reduce the negative impact on the environment. Apple’s new headquarter was created using green technology and uses 30% less energy than similar IT offices. Apple also aims to completely switch to renewable energy using solar and wind energy. Most of the company’s stores, offices and data centers in the United States are powered by solar panels, and Mac Pro equipment is powered by wind farms. The corporation also takes care of water. Clear Water’s special program focuses on wastewater treatment and reuse. The close attention of Apple is directed to the disposal of the company’s old electronic devices. Apple stores accept used equipment for recycling. The company is also working to improve the performance of its equipment so that the devices consume less power.<h3>Samsung</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/768/1*ccpmphwBTZLfAo2MMrYSuA.jpeg" /></figure>Apple’s main competitor, Samsung, also has a strong interest in protecting the environment. All products of the company comply with environmental safety requirements. In addition, most electronic devices come in safe packaging that can be completely recycled, and after the end of their service life, the gadgets can be returned to the manufacturer for free recycling. Samsung is also working on a new product line under the Eco brand.<h3>IBM</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/776/1*iLwj0gckF388I9dixN2OZQ.png" /></figure>IBM, which has refocused from electronics to developing software solutions and various technological innovations, also meets the requirements of green technologies and strives to improve them by all means. This fact is confirmed by the creation of a parabolic reflector, which captures the sun’s rays and creates the effect of amplifying solar energy several thousand times, desalinating water and purifying the air during its use. In addition, IBM is also working on the Green Horizon environmental project, which aims to reduce air pollution in China.<h3>Wamisoftware :)</h3>Of course, we cannot compete with global corporations and we don’t have the opportunity to use green technology in our company, but we strongly support environmental initiatives. In our office, we try to minimize energy consumption and waste.<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=94c887548261" width="1" height="1" alt="">

Green technologies

Chatbots are the trend of 2019. More than 4 billion people around the world use gadgets for communication, interacting with someone through messengers. Those services, programs and applications are becoming popular where the speed of communication and ease of use correspond to the rhythm of life of a modern digital-person.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/932/1*EUNs10HSMImnnw3YmXWcpA.png" /></figure>First, let’s find out what a chatbot is and what it is capable of.A chatbot is a program created for the needs of a business, with which you can communicate with audiences to achieve specific goals or for entertainment. Chat bots operate in messengers such as Viber, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Slack, etc. They are mainly used to interact with customers or employees, and bots are introduced not only by large companies but also by small organizations.<h4>What functions is a chatbot capable of?</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*BZx45IpkhNAYJBG3zwsesg.png" /></figure>Technical support and consultationTechnical support is an area where a carefully configured chat bot is able to significantly optimize the time of real support staff without attracting human resources.Content SearchContent search is now widely used in chatbots functionality of popular news agencies, allowing the user to receive news on a given topic.Personal assistantA personal assistant reduces the burden of real employees and provides answers to most standard queries. Often, communication with the bot is enough to resolve the issue.EntertainmentThere are many entertaining chatbots for various platforms. Some bots are used for learning in a game form.<h4>So, who uses chatbots?</h4>1 — banks, financial and insurance institutions2- retail3- IT field4 — food delivery, transport, tourism<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/836/1*3LTiusPT0ssykSmbn8npjQ.png" /></figure>Our company Wamisoftware has experience in creating chatbots. We follow the trends and are ready to implement any idea. We are proud to announce that our team has developed a chat bot in Telegram for training in schools in Israel. This project has become for us another step for our professional growth and now we are a pro in the creation of chat bots! At the moment our chat using more than 300 students and our client ask us about support and additional improvements for growing his project.<img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=13002d38740" width="1" height="1" alt="">

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It is already cold and rainy outside the window, but our team is warmed by pleasant memories of how wonderful we spent the last warm days together on our team building.A lot of managers believe that it is enough to find professionals — and success is guaranteed. But the ability to create a cohesive team can be no less important.Team building brings people together by encouraging collaboration and teamwork. Fun activities that help people see each other in a different light allow them to connect in a different setting. The most obvious benefit of team building exercises is that they encourage employees to get to know each other outside of work. It’s one thing to sit next to someone for 40 hours a week, and another thing is to carelessly communicate with him and see him in non-working conditions. Another important fact is that team building allows you to relieve emotional stress, employees can in a relaxed atmosphere solve long-standing disagreements and disputes.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*wQJSQ_Wb00rSZ4mDcaUSsA.png" /></figure>Our company is not an exception. We understand the importance of this event, so our team was looking forward to the weekend to meet and spend the day together. Team building we spent outdoors. Pine forest, river, cozy wooden gazebo and barbecue. What else do you need to relax?!) To create a festive atmosphere, we decorated our gazebo with balloons in the colors of Wamisoftware — black and yellow. Great mood, delicious food, jokes, volleyball, grilled marshmello- everything made this day amazing!<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*xvmjC7c04PSpmQas4Rc3Gg.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*8-A7O7xUIDgbN9jRNZ-4eg.png" /></figure>What do you think, what is it ? No, this is definitely not a dragon egg!))) This is “the new project” of our developers — grilled watermelon! It was very funny to watch its preparation. We are ready to share the recipe. All you need is a watermelon, barbecue and foil. Bon Appetit !!!It is very important for Wamisoftware to have a close-knit team and a friendly working atmosphere. Therefore, this team building was a great start to our subsequent meetings. Thank you guys for such a wonderful day!To no surprise, communication and working better together is the top reason why people choose team building. Everybody wants a friendly work environment, where people are comfortable and happy to talk to and work with anyone.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*82vZxd3F6oebzF8IB7sGwQ.png" /></figure>Team building events are important for companies of all sizes and structures. No matter if you have thousands of employees or 10 employees or a collaborative environment or one where everyone works on their own projects, team building events are a must. Whatever your company and no matter how big or small, your business will be more productive when your team is happy.<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*7y62nI1j8P7yVICmPk_JsQ.png" /></figure><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=3b40e461b50d" width="1" height="1" alt="">

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