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Zyxware conducted a 2 day workshop on Requirement Analysis for its team members. As part of the workshop there was a session on how to manage digital communication. Digital communication is very important a business where the service provider and client could be in different continents and in different timezones. The session covered aspects that software engineers have to be aware about when it comes to digital communication.

Fortune magazine publishes a list of the largest companies in the US by revenue every year. Here is the list of fortune 500 companies for the year 2014 and their websites. Check out the current list of fortune 500 companies and their websites.

Zyxware Technologies is engaged in the business of web applications development services. Its chosen technology platform is Drupal, a Free Software. It is one of the largest code contributors to Drupal from India. We are looking for a Business Development Associates who can help us position ourselves in the web applications development services market, acquire projects from across the world and play a role in building sustained relationships with clients.

We are looking for a creative Graphic Designer who will be responsible for creating compelling design solutions for our internal and external requirements. The person will be responsible for visualizing, conceptualizing and developing excellent graphics for web applications and web portals. The candidate will also support the development team and the corporate branding team by giving creative inputs.

Building a brand in new geographies, identifying opportunities, nurturing channels, structuring relations and creating true value through business development. That is your job description. The management with a commitment to vision and values, insistence on quality and patience to build for excellence is your ally. A brand built over 8 years delivering true value to over 120 clients over the world, a respected firm in our technology community, subsidiary in Australia, partners in US and UK are the assets you have to build on. If these sound like a promising opportunity to you, read on.

If you have been using Skype on Ubuntu and you have been unable to login to Skype recently then it is only that the old version of Skype for Linux is no longer supported on Skype servers. You can solve this problem by purging the existing skype installation on your system and then re-installing the latest version of Skype from skype.com Do the following to fix this problem

We are looking for more Mobile Application Developers to join our mobile application development operations. Selected candidates will be expected to develop mobile based applications using iOS/ Android. They will also have to interact with clients and analyse requirements as and when needed. They will also get opportunities to mentor new developers. It is an opportunity to evolve as a well rounded software professional. They will be placed at either of our offices in Kochi or Thiruvananthapuram.

Zyxware Technologies are looking for a Test Manager who can lead our team of talented software testers towards delivering true value to our clients. The Test Manager will be managing a team of approximately 10 - 15 testers with the assistance of Testing Team Leads. The Test Manager is accountable for achieving client satisfaction and ensuring the overall quality of testing phase. We expect the Test Manager to have the ability to identify and work with metrics to ensure that testing process satisfies the organisational and project requirements. The Test Manager is also responsible for contributing to development of the organisation by upholding our values and being focused on our vision and mission. They will be placed at our office in Thiruvananthapuram.

I was deep stuck in a Requirement Analysis, when one of my colleagues came to me asking about a feature in Apache Solr search. You may be wondering why she came to me, Trust me that was the exact thought I had at that time. Well, then I realized that the reason she came to me was because I had previously built a website using the Apache solr search with the help of Facet API. While doing that project I had thought of documenting some of the tasks which I had done, but couldn't do so.

One of our clients was trying to upload a pdf file on a node page in their Drupal website. The file was more than 25 MB in size and Drupal was not allowing them to upload the file as it had crossed the max file upload limit and they needed this to be done very quickly. As we were in charge they requested to come up with an easy way to do that. If you want to now the easiest way to set the max file upload size in a Drupal site read on to know more.

The vlookup or Vertical Look Up Function in Openoffice calc can be used to search a range of cells.Suppose you have two spreadsheets and you want to append data from one sheet to another. We can use vlookup() in open office calc to accomplish this task. vlookup() searches for values in one column and given values in another column in true condition. Read on to know how to user VLookup. The syntax for vlookup() is VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)

You have heard the word proportion in Architecture. If you want to call a Architecture classical, the key concept should be proportion, i.e, correlation of one element to another. Same in the case of UI. User Interface(UI) acts as a medium of interaction between the User and the Web. In a web application the most important aspect is the user interface, because this is the only part end users are going to view. Before we start, I want to you to know how we reached to this article"Why is proportion important in UI".

As the main intention of testing is to ensure the quality of the final product, understanding of various testing types is crucial for a tester. In this article we will see the main difference between two testing types- retesting and regression testing.