Volano Solutions
July 2, 2015
I bet your clients demand transparency. In fact, every level of your business likely demands transparency. What kind of transparency can software create? Communication and collaboration. TimeFlyFor example: At Volano our deliverable is most often the billable hour. This is our “unit of work.” It is very important that Volano’s consultants have the ability to […]
June 22, 2015
Sometimes when things fall through the cracks, it’s a huge problem. This article does an excellent job of illustrating what a classic bad system is. It was published a year ago and I’m betting it is still a problem today. It could be better!Volano could have built an amazing database system for the problem described […]
July 8, 2014
A CIO recently asked me what guidelines I use when consulting on a build vs buy decision. This is a fair question considering Volano Solutions is a premier custom software developer in Omaha. My answer: only build custom software when it makes sense. By this I mean if you can purchase good software to satisfy […]
March 1, 2013
Volano creates business software centering around workflow. We also consult with our customers about their business processes. From time to time, we get the question – what processes should we automate? This article speaks to that question directly: “[Track] employee time to determine if employees are spending large amounts of time on processes that can […]
July 13, 2012
Thanks to those who joined us for beer and pizza at the Pizza Shoppe Collective for the SPN meetup last night. We packed the place – even the cashier noted that we had a successful event. Unfortunately, not everyone that hoped to make it could attend. Here is a summary of our talking points and […]
April 26, 2012
Way to go StrategicHealthSolutions! Congrats on your latest milestone. You’re bucking the trend by growing and hiring during ‘the worst economic collapse since the great depression.’ Love it.
March 26, 2012
Volano sponsored the Nebraska Code Camp Challenge this year. I’d include a link, but you won’t find us on the sponsor page. Nah – we’re not bitter. With your mad coding skillz you could have earned a sweet trophy like this (and cash to boot.) Heck, I’d say you could even include a picture of it in […]
March 23, 2012
When working at Volano we expect things happen ‘because’ of you…not ‘to’ you. We aim to cultivate the spirit of empowerment among everyone. Own something, make it yours.
March 23, 2012
In our business, hiding on the sideline is not where safety is found. If you’re not helping to fix the anxiety, you risk becoming be the target of the anxiety.
March 1, 2012
Volano is a pragmatic development group. We are a Microsoft shop, but we are not religious about software or hardware choices. Wise technologists know that different groups have different needs at different times and have different preferences. That being said, I recently had a client ask about the efficacy of using Microsoft Access to run […]
December 10, 2010
The Principles of Release Management As with most processes in application development, release management is a subjective discipline. There are many effective ways to promote new revisions of code into the production environment. The goal is to create a process that is defined, repeatable, and does not adversely affect the production environment when new code […]
July 21, 2010
The Guess Who, the ugliest band in Canadian rock-n-roll, was founded by Randy Bachman; the same Randy Bachman that you and I know from Bachman-Turner Overdrive. In their successful years B.T.O. had 3 Bachman brothers in the band, plus that Turner guy. Not a handsome band either.