Outside the Box – Perspectives, News, & Notions

Security Concerns. Hardware Dependency. Training Woes. Band-aids covering band-aids. These are some of the ways, discussed here, that Legacy Software can be burdening your company and inhibiting your growth.

A Web App is only as good as the UX created for it. One of many Switchbox specialties is understanding your user’s needs *before* we build. In this post, we share some of the core tenets of our UX philosophy.

Like so many, I’m sure you’ve always wondered what kind of taco you are. Well, you’re in luck! We’ve collaborated with a couple stellar clients to build an AI-driven quiz to help you discover your taco identity.

After launching several successful, high-impact products in the IoT space, we’re excited to share the details of our latest IoT venture: Blues.io

Is an internal IT team the best fit for you? Or would a partner be a better choice for your company? This is a complex question, often with complex considerations. We offer up some information here that may help.

Far more than just a buzzword, CyberSecurity is an increasingly important concept. Small to mid-size companies are often the most frequently targeted by hackers. Let’s explore how these companies can protect themselves and mitigate threats.

In an extension of our Blog series focused on streamlining your business, we shift from Automation to Optimization. Here, we offer up some insight on ways to increase your team’s efficiency in simple and achievable ways.

A follow-up piece to our Part I discussing Business Automation, we dive further into minimizing redundancy and improving a key facet of every day life at work: Task Management

Bill Gates said “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” Here, we expound on this and offer up some advice.

A Human Resources team has a myriad of responsibilities and are stewards of confidential information about your employees. Here are some ideas for safeguarding sensitive information and helping your HR team shine in their roles.

JSON has been around for many years but we still get lots of questions about it.  This is a brief introduction.