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June 30, 2022

Who teaches who?

This “Socio Formador” journey began way before this year in my scenario. Somehow I knew eventually that I would become some sort of teacher...

Hugo C.
June 28, 2022

Do’s and Don'ts of Multicultural Work

In an increasingly globalized world, it is very common to find multicultural work teams...

Mónica Saldaña
June 24, 2022

“Socio Formador” Project. Mentoring students, learning from students.

On my side, I looked back on how fun it is to innovate and think outside of the box.

Hadwin Z.
June 17, 2022

Father's Day at Inflection Point: a day to celebrate superheroes.

Father's Day is the perfect time to celebrate the most important men in our lives. It is a day to show how grateful we are to them and for all the teachings they have left us over the years.

Hiram P.
June 13, 2022

The Inflection Point's SDET Academy Experience

I can legitimately say that everything that has happened in the last few weeks, has been one of the most memorable experiences of my life...

Ricardo C.
June 01, 2022

Are you and your company fully inclusive?: Things I’ve learned from being friends with a very special person.

I’m pretty sure you and your company do not discriminate anyone by their race / sex / religion / sexuality / social background / physique.

Luis M.
May 26, 2022

Should we use Tailwind CSS?

Tailwind CSS is a CSS framework described as follows...

Arturo E.
May 17, 2022

Code of others, unknown lands. You have to meet and adapt, not conquer.

As developers, we have our code style, our way to organize the files, or some indentation rules that we prefer. Because of that, sometimes it’s a little bit difficult for us when we have to work in the land of other people...

Mildred H.
May 09, 2022

Mother's Day at Inflection Point: messages from the heart

Mother's Day is the perfect day to enjoy the company of one of the most important women in our lives, our moms!

Hiram P.
May 02, 2022

Life Balance

Today I have been reflecting on one of the values of my company: Life Balance, and what it represents in today's society, especially in my country.

Blanca F.
April 22, 2022

Pointers: The GO (lang) way

Go is a programming language designed at Google (Griesemer) mainly influenced by C and C++ languages (Griesemer).

Alberto C.
April 14, 2022

C# 10 features that will help you the most in 2022

C# 10, a long-awaited update has been released. Let me do a walkthrough of the most useful features that any developer will appreciate a lot.

José Carlos G.
April 08, 2022

Keep in mind these 3 pieces of advice when taking care of your health.

When was the last time you went to the doctor? and why did you go? How about the dentist or the last time that you did something for your health?

Mildred H.
March 28, 2022

Is FDM 3D printing your new Hobby?

Just remember that starting a new hobby might be more challenging than expected!

Francisco O.
March 24, 2022

Basic 2D Game development concepts

Since I was a kid I’d been playing video games, so one day, when I was a teenager, a great question came to me, how are video games made?

Alberto C.
March 17, 2022

Emotional intelligence: the intelligence of success

We can define it as the set of skills that allow greater adaptability of the person in the face of changes.

Jared T.
March 11, 2022

Cloud Testing and its accelerated growth

In this article, we are going to learn a little more about Cloud Testing and how it has gradually gained ground and respect in the IT industry.

Montserrat C.
February 25, 2022

How .NET newest version is and will continue helping new generations to start programming easily

.NET Conf 2021 gave us plenty of surprises and new features to try. Nowadays, programming is becoming more important than ever. Let me show you what .NET can offer and how it just keeps getting simpler.

José Carlos G.
February 18, 2022

Some basic programming techniques (Acronyms)

Throughout the years of my dev career, I have noticed some patterns at developing which if not followed to a T, could be a hindrance to your project.

Hernan F.
February 03, 2022

Why work in a #GPTW company?

Most of the time, when we look for a new job opportunity, we look for a company that offers us a good salary and good benefits, but we neglect one of the most important benefits, a good work environment.

Mónica Saldaña
January 25, 2022

The power of data: Levels of Analytics

According to Worldwide Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide, organizations will have spent $215.7 billion on big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions in 2021

Erika H.
January 19, 2022

IT industry: Its adaptation in times of pandemic

It is not easy for a company to survive times of uncertainty and radical changes in all aspects (economic, technological, political, etc). However, IT companies have survived and grown enormously in times of pandemics.

Montserrat C.
January 11, 2022

Memories of 2021: 3rd Annual Product BA Team Event 2021 | Time to reconnect!

2021 just vanished but we could not let go of the good times we had! Last year, at the end of November, we got together to attend the Annual Product BA Team Event

Karla S.
October 29, 2021

QA Team Building 2021

An important aspect of being a Great Place to work is having a great job environment in which people know each other and their achievements and great performance are acknowledged.

Elliana F.
October 07, 2021

How to design visually appealing better forms (and not suffer in the process)

Forms are everyday work for developers and UI designers around the world. This can either be a usability nightmare or a perfectly applied solution that users don’t even realize it took a lot of effort to plan, design, and code.

Lilliann C.
September 29, 2021

How to improve SQL performance - Antipatterns

Ever come close to writing a perfectly looking and valid SQL just to see it take hours to run? SQL optimization might be the thing you need!

Jorge C.
September 21, 2021

UX Audits made simple

A lot of us have come to a point where we have a product website or application that for some reason is not giving the results we expected, but, what would be the problem?

Gerardo B.
September 13, 2021

The surprising power of habits

It was about 3 years ago that I got started in the world of software engineering.

David L.
September 10, 2021

Why should you learn SQL?

Although Structured Query Language (SQL) has been around since the early 1970s (quite a long time now by technology standards!), it’s one of the most in-demand skills that you find in job descriptions in the IT industry.

Jorge C.
August 30, 2021

Work in social media, they said. It will be fun, they said.

Who wouldn't want to get into a position where your activities are keeping up with the latest meme trend, scroll through Instagram for hours, and find the viral TikToks?

Hiram P.
August 02, 2021

Agile Brainstorming: Introduction

Brainstorming is a technique of generating ideas by a group of people or team members by presenting to them a problem statement and having an open discussion.

Rahul K.
April 13, 2021

Angular and Data-Driven Documents (D3.js) Part 2: Adding Interactivity

In a previous article, I wrote a simple D3.js plot chart. The chart represents a simple line chart that displays visually the price of Bitcoin over time. This chart only includes the visualization but it does not have any interactivity.

Arturo E.
April 01, 2021

Angular and Data-Driven Documents (D3.js) Part 1: Creating Chart

In this 2 part article, I will discuss D3 along with Angular. D3 is a powerful JavaScript library that enables you to develop interactive data visualizations.

Arturo E.
March 30, 2021

Imposter Syndrome

I still remember my first job, how nervous I was when they assigned me to my first project. During that time I was comparing my work with the one of experienced colleagues and I started to have my doubts about it.

Hernan F.
March 01, 2021

UX always has been around.

Although the term UX (User Experience) is becoming more and more popular in the last three decades, it has always existed and has always been with us.

Luis Daniel J.
January 27, 2021

Successful Business Emailing

Dealing with customers is certainly the hardest part of a job for many people.

Elliana F.
September 30, 2020

Understanding Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is one of the most common terms we hear alongside every DevOps tool or concept. But what is it and how can we benefit from it? Let's try to understand what IaC is all about. But first, let’s see a formal definition.

Arturo R.
September 23, 2020

That time I flunked my JavaScript Technical Interview: Some tips from personal experience

As the title suggests, this article is about those times that I did not land the job that I was applying for because I did not know the answer to a particular question.

Arturo E.
September 18, 2020

Let’s Build a PC

Hello, everyone. Welcome to this blog post where we will cover all the basics on picking the main parts for a PC.

Joel G.
August 19, 2020

Kanban, more than just sticky notes on the wall

When I got the invitation to a Kanban training session, I have to admit that I had no idea what the meeting I was going to attend was about.

Hiram P.
July 20, 2020

Meeting the IPS Recon Team!

Did you know that Inflection Point is ISO 27001 certified?

Karla S.
July 09, 2020

Inflection Point’s Offsite 2020

As you all know, Inflection Point’s most memorable event is our annual Offsite.

Cristina R.
June 09, 2020

Unity, the platform that unites everyone.

This piece will be an overview of one of the most innovative software for video game development on the market.

Carlos V.
June 01, 2020

I know this is a scary moment... are you paying attention to it?

As I write this post we have already been in lockdown for 65 days; 65 days for some of us away from our loved ones, 65 days without being able to hug our relatives, our friends.

Ilse M.
May 25, 2020

My Top 5 Libraries for React Apps

Following my previous post, today we will be discussing a very important topic: external libraries for React.

Joel G.
May 15, 2020

My Definitive VSCode Setup for JavaScript/React

Hello everyone, following my previous post, here is the continuation of the topic we reviewed a few days ago.

Joel G.
May 11, 2020

React + Node SSR Basics

Hello everyone, welcome to this series of blog posts where we are going to discuss some cool topics. Let us get started!

Joel G.
April 30, 2020

Sitecore Context Marketing Fundamentals 9 Explained

Adding certifications to your resume is an important step in your career. Even if after your college studies you didn’t continue with a master's degree, having diplomas, certifications, courses, and new knowledge is of great value.

Hiram P.
April 06, 2020

How to accomplish effective time management

Nowadays it may seem that there are never enough hours in our day. With a lot of activities going on in our life, shockingly 24 hours don't seem enough to get to do them.

Cristina R.
March 30, 2020

Learn How to Git & Flow – Part 3

The purpose of this series of blog posts is to shed a little bit of light on some of the most obscure aspects of Git as a technology and see how we can make better use of it when defining our workflow.

Pablo C.
March 24, 2020

Learn How to Git & Flow – Part 2

The purpose of this series of blog posts is to shed a little bit of light on some of the most obscure aspects of Git as a technology and see how we can make better use of it when defining our workflow.

Pablo C.
March 17, 2020

Learn How to Git & Flow – Part 1

The purpose of this series of blog posts is to shed a little bit of light on some of the most obscure aspects of Git as a technology and see how we can make better use of it when defining our workflow.

Pablo C.
March 09, 2020

What are Patience and Mindfulness?

Recently I had a surgery that required 10 days of absolute rest. After 2 days, I understood that completing 10 days without activity would require some patience, acceptance, and focus because. In another way, that would be boring and complicated.

Mayra G.
March 02, 2020

Selecting your JS front-end Framework or Library in 2020

Are you considering starting a new web project for your company, a client or personal business? With so many options out there, you may be wondering which would be the best for you, and what factors you should take into account.

Arturo E.
February 24, 2020

How to get into daily reading!

Is reading part of your 2020 resolutions? Do you find yourself owning a pile of books you haven’t read and you just don’t find the time to do so? Do you want to get in the habit of reading every day?

Cristina R.
February 18, 2020

Inflection Point Receives Reviews on Clutch!

Finding tech solutions for business needs can not only be difficult but also feels like an additional hassle. However, resolving them properly and advancing on these solutions can also be a pivotal point in a business growing to new heights.

Hiram P.
February 05, 2020

How the FREE Google Analytics Certification helped me improve my career as a Social Media Manager.

When I started my career as a Graphic Designer and Animator I never imagined that I would end up being interested in the world of Marketing and Social Media.

Hiram P.
January 22, 2020

Microsoft's commitment to sustainability

On January 16th, 2020, Microsoft presented the pathway to be carbon negative by 2030.

Lyzett U.
January 20, 2020

8 things to consider about Home Office

Home Office is basically as it sounds: being able to work from home without the necessity of going out, avoiding all types of stress that this could imply. This culture is growing up in popularity every day, mainly in the Software Development area, where the only thing the developer needs to work is his trustworthy and loyal computer.

Martín L.
January 13, 2020

Automation: The new trend in the testers’ world.

The issue of automated testing in the world of QA is currently making a big impact. More and more companies are interested in automating their processes, consequently, reducing their production costs and even personnel costs.

Montserrat C.
January 07, 2020

Pass it on!: Sharing knowledge at a corporate level.

We probably won’t feel like it, but there’s a lot of wisdom within us to share. The question is, how can we start spreading it?

Elliana F.
December 30, 2019

My career or how to survive LMAD

The Degree in Multimedia and Digital Animation or LMAD (its acronym in Spanish) is currently in UANL with a focus on game development and animation, but you also get some programming knowledge before graduating.

Hernan F.
December 23, 2019

Blazor, a goodbye from .Net developers to JS Frameworks?

I’ve been a .Net developer for quite some time and in recent years I’ve seen the buzz of the appearance of front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, etc.

Raul A.
December 10, 2019

Whirlpool Wonder Woman Symposium

The 8th #WhirlpoolWonderWoman Symposium happened a week ago and our Process and Information Security Lead, Karla Loza, had the opportunity to attend.

Hiram P.
December 05, 2019

Management 3.0 Foundation Workshop

Being part of the amazing Inflection Point team involves getting the proper training as it is always an important subject to empower teams and individuals with actionable knowledge to strengthen our team growth, our delivery capacity, and the value-added to our customers.

Leonor M.
November 22, 2019

Women Who Code Panel at WeWork Monterrey.

Women Who Code is a community of technicians formed in 2011 who decided to change the experience for women working in engineering.

Hiram P.
October 24, 2019

Sitecore vs WordPress

Sitecore is a Customer Experience Management company that provides web content management and multichannel marketing automation software. WordPress, on the other hand, is a Content Management System that can be used to develop any website, simple or complex.

Hiram P.
September 20, 2019

For Marketers: How can Sitecore 9.2 update’s help in the job’s performance?

Sitecore recently announced some enhancements to its Sitecore Experience Platform and Site Content Hub. These improvements are focused on benefiting cost controls in order to achieve the goals of the marketing departments.

Hiram P.
September 17, 2019

Sitecore’s new Training Courses

Continuing with Sitecore’s mid-year release we also got new training courses which I think is awesome cause up until now there was only a limited number of official courses you could enroll.

Mario G.
September 02, 2019

Sitecore vs EpiServer

Sitecore and EpiServer are WCMS with an enormous presence on the web. Both use .NET technology which only works on IIS and Windows based. Both have a great developer community on their developer sites. The main storage system is MSSQL but Sitecore also uses Mongo to manage analytics information. This content management systems are used to create complex websites because of their facility to build and manage new content.

Ricardo R.
August 30, 2019

Effective communication in the workplace

​In this blog post, we will talk about communication within the office, how we can improve it, what we can do to read and respond to emails effectively, how to create a more productive work environment and above all how to pay attention to our colleagues. At the end of the day, they are the ones we share most of the time with.

Hiram P.
August 12, 2019

My very first experience with Sitecore

If you want to know Sitecore for the first time, be prepared to be a close friend of the Powershell, Stackoverflow and the Sitecore Community. Coming from a background where the only technologies related to web development are JavaScript, HTML, CSS and PHP, it’s not too common to hear about a technology like Sitecore, and first impressions may be tough.

Gerardo G.
August 06, 2019

Sitecore’s mid 2019 product update

Sitecore just announced their mid-year product update this July 22, 2019 which features some upgrades and a few new releases mostly focused on giving marketers and developers a unified platform to own the entire content lifecycle.

Mario G.
August 01, 2019

Small steps lead to big results

When we want to build something, big or small, and we have a vision or a dream, even a goal, we always look for instant results or imagine ourselves reaching our goals at that precise moment.

Hiram P.
March 19, 2019

Sell yourself: How to impress recruiters step by step.

Stand out from the crowd by making a great “first impression” with your résumé’s appearance!

Andrea S.
March 07, 2019

Steve Jobs, the inventor, the designer, the entrepreneur.

I admire Steve not only because he excelled at what he did but also because he has inspired a lot of people and even whole industries to do things differently...

Sergio S.
November 22, 2018

Computer Scientist Views On Social Media

A Silicon Valley’s computer scientist’s views on social media.

Susana N.
November 08, 2018

Data Analysis Basics

This article will give the reader an introduction to the basic concepts of data analysis using statistical tools and how to implement them using the Microsoft Excel Analysis ToolPak.

Jorge E.
October 08, 2018

EF Core 2.2 Preview presentation

What’s new with EF Core 2.2-preview. How was the presentation of Entity Framework Core 2.2 Preview in .NET Conference 2018

Luis G.
September 26, 2018

An introduction to machine learning and data science for developers

Define what data science and machine learning are and how they can be used in software development projects. Identify tools and resources that will be of help to a developer that wants to get familiar with these topics.

Luis B.
August 17, 2018

Realm: Mobile Database

Realm Mobile Database is an alternative to SQLite and Core Data. Simple saving. Fast queries. Save weeks of development time.

Cristofer M.
August 13, 2018

Creating a simple IoT application using a RaspberryPi+ NET Core and Azure

Give an insight on the creation of a sample application that exemplifies what is the Internet of Things and how an application can be developed that uses the existing frameworks and resources provided by Microsoft.

Luis B.
August 07, 2018

Kotlin: All you need to know before giving it a try!

A new official language for Android developers has officially arrived this year. Everyone talks about how good it is, is it true?

Cristofer M.
August 01, 2018

Wireframing is a useful skill you need to practice

When making a creative work, sometimes it feels like none of the ideas you visualize are good enough or if they're even going to work in real life. This is where sketching wireframes comes in. A smart process can make the real difference.

Anabel R.
July 24, 2018

Sending Emails Automatically and periodically Using C#

This article quickly explains how to send an email automatically and periodically using windows service, SMTP Server (for sending the emails), Event Logs and many more technologies or concepts.

Josue S.
April 09, 2018

The challenging corporate social media

Brands have types and subtypes, and we have to consider them when it comes to content creation for social media. Corporate brands are a type, and by experience, I can say those are the most difficult for creating engagement because the information has to be sober, educational and distinctive.

Susana N.
April 09, 2018

Achieve your goals

Invest time doing what is “Important”...

Cristofer M.
August 01, 2017

Generalization or Specialization? What Makes a Better Developer?

Develop into a specialist in multiple areas with a broad base of knowledge. The most valuable developers have deep knowledge in different areas.

Fernando V.
June 02, 2017

Sitecore Speak

An introduction to Sitecore Speak featuring a basic example application.

Jorge H.
May 31, 2017

Tips For Excellent English #3

Have you ever wondered if there are different ways to learn English other than textbooks and in normal schools?

Gabriel R.
May 29, 2017

Is Groovy groovy?

An introduction to Groovy's concepts.

Rubén M.
May 19, 2017

The Agile Business Analyst transition

Challenges of Business Analysts transitioning to an Agile approach.

Jorge E.
May 13, 2017

Interviewing QA Engineers

Important tips to help people have a good interview for a QA position.

Jose S.
May 03, 2017

What is SCRUM?

A brief introduction to Scrum and key concepts.

Diana S.
April 18, 2017

QA Soft Skills

What does it take to be an outstanding QA Engineer?

Jose S.
April 03, 2017

Financial Funds

Which are the different financial funds?

Diana S.
March 31, 2017

What is Software as a Service?

Is SaaS a good decision for my business over hosting my applications on local servers inside my offices?

Miguel D.
March 30, 2017

Workflows in Sitecore

Workflows used in Sitecore allow users to have an efficient system of the content publishing. Here is an example of how we use them at Inflection Point Systems.

Irasema F.
March 25, 2017

Connecting javascript with apex remote actions for a single page application

How to connect UI to a Salesforce backend.

Alfonso R.
March 23, 2017

Tips to improve your personal finances

Useful advice to improve your financial health.

Xóchitl H.
March 14, 2017

Sitecore Experience Platform from a Marketer's perspective

In this article I will tell you a bit about my experience using Sitecore Experience Platform for the Inflection Point brand and how it has helped directing our digital marketing strategy.

Irasema F.
March 07, 2017

Oracle PL/SQL fundamentals

We will learn the basics about this powerful tool and be able to manipulate a lot of data without affecting the application with multiple requests

Cesar M.
March 02, 2017

The content non-generators era is here, something big is coming!

New companies are not carrying any cost of providing the service but take a good portion from those millions of consumers which buy from them.

Elisa S.
February 27, 2017

Lost in the 2nd page of Google

"It is not a lack of publications on social networks, it is a lack of interaction and engagement."

Elisa S.
February 16, 2017

SMAC

Did you see this technology based sea change coming?

Elisa S.
February 14, 2017

Consuming a REST Service with Angular

In this article we will review an example of how to consume a REST service simulating that it will return the results in a JSON format.

Rubén M.
February 07, 2017

Millennials are changing Leadership

Millennials and their culture are shaping the way business are carried out.

Hadwin Z.
February 02, 2017

Best Working Mother Mexico

We are among the top 5 Best Working Mother companies in Mexico due to our working culture and scope towards mothers who work.

Laura G.
January 27, 2017

QA importance and cost of defects

What makes QA and testing so important in the Software process?

Atzin Z.
January 24, 2017

Gathering requirements for developers

Gathering requirements is a crucial task for a project to succeed, therefore documents must be precise, measurable, clear and understandable.

Carlos M.
December 27, 2016

Banking - Funds in Mexico

Are you going to save that extra cash under the mattress? This article may result interesting:

Fernando C.
December 27, 2016

Uploading test cases to ALM via Excel

A quick manual on how to upload test cases to ALM using Excel

Fernando C.
December 27, 2016

Time Estimation

The PERT technique is one of the best time estimation tools, widely spread to provide accurate estimates and schedule the tasks in a project by a Gantt chart.

Carlos M.
December 27, 2016

Consuming a Rest Service with Angular

An example of how to consume a REST service simulating that it will return the results in a JSON format.

Rubén M.
December 27, 2016

What is a Bond?

Companies might need money to expand their markets and government might need to fund projects, how do they borrow money?

Atzin Z.
December 27, 2016

IxD the "new" trend in user experience and interface.

Grasping the concepts of UI, UX and IxD might provide a better understanding with our coworkers and our clients.

Raúl S.
November 26, 2016

SkyQuest 2.0

This is how I lived the SkyQuest 2.0 experience.

Azucena G.
November 25, 2016

Stock Trading I

Are you curious about stock trading and learning how to buy and trade stocks? Then this post is for you:

Fernando C.
November 22, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 6

In this post I will wrap up some of the content we discussed on the last posts and include bibliography as reference.

Raúl N.
September 06, 2016

Most people don't understand what UX is

The basic concepts of UI and UX are commonly confused and even misunderstood, so let's break it down.

Raúl S.
September 05, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 5

More techniques and tools to aid agile development and lower technical debt

Raúl N.
August 24, 2016

Gathering requirements from business users

Requirements gathering has a stronger impact on the business than you might think of.

Carlos M.
August 23, 2016

Strategies for Good Time Management

Strategies to keep tasks on check

Atzin Z.
August 16, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 4

Owing to code is a strategy that can solve many use but must be kept in control.

Raúl N.
August 13, 2016

Tips For Excellent English #2

There's other methods to correctly speak rather than studying a bunch of rules

Gabriel R.
August 11, 2016

Developers, we need to talk

Not everything in life is coding.

Fernando V.
August 10, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 3

All about Scrum, how it's gaps can be positive for building a project and the G.R.R. Martin effect.

Raúl N.
August 01, 2016

A common JSF mistake

How to build code which prevents your Database from receiving too many hits.

Luis M.
July 22, 2016

Angular 2: Key Structural Changes

There are some changes on how Angular 1 and Angular 2 work, next we will show what we think are the key main updates made and how to use them.

Hugo C.
July 20, 2016

Facelets - JavaScript Parsing

One of the most common issues when starting a project for the 1st time with FACELETS (XHTML + XML) is that it does not handle very well JAVASCRIPT enclosed in a normal <SCRIPT> tag within the JSF file.

Luis M.
July 12, 2016

Angular 2: First Look

Angular 2 is built for speed: it has faster initial loads and change detection, plus improved rendering times. It takes advantage of features provided in the latest JavaScript standards, such as classes, modules, and decorators.

Hugo C.
June 28, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 2

Software development frameworks will provide you structure and direction to develop software in a particular or preferred way like “Agile” or “Plan-driven”, but it is up to you to decide what is the best way to do it; and that is the key difference between the two.

Raúl N.
June 14, 2016

Demystifying Agile, Part 1

Based on my 13+ years of experience as a professional software developer; I will like to discuss about “Agile”; its virtues and is dangers, its myths and misconceptions, its pros and cons; and also some of the common pitfalls I have encounter during the years.

Raúl N.
June 07, 2016

Tips For Excellent English #1

Have you ever wondered if there are different ways to learn English other than textbooks and in normal schools?

Gabriel R.
May 27, 2016

Using social media, how hard can it be?

It is this blur social networks have created between customers simply intaking publicity and customers reacting to publicity which has created a bliss/hell in many ways.

Azucena G.
May 23, 2016

How to develop assertiveness?

As we discussed on my last blog, assertiveness is a personal quality of being confident, direct and self-assured when communicating with others without being aggressive. Here are some strategic points on how to develop this useful soft-skill:

Miguel D.
May 18, 2016

Enterprise Service Bus Architecture

Most applications use data, information to work e.g. user information, financial data, weather data and so on. Any useful application consumes or generates data of any kind.

Rafael A.
May 13, 2016

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Maryland Award Finalist

Carlos Montemayor, Inflection Point’s founder & CEO, has been named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Maryland Award.

Azucena G.
May 10, 2016

An ode to working moms

Today, we are celebrating Mother’s Day, and it’s a great excuse to share a brief personal experience on being a working one.

Laura G.
April 25, 2016

New Trends in Business Analysis for 2016

Today as Business Analysts we are experiencing a huge change on our role in the organization, our main role has been characterized as tactical (strictly follow the process) but now the organizations are also using the Business Analyst role to align and drive organizational strategy.

Hadwin Z.
April 18, 2016

The Foundations of a Great Place to Work

Sometimes, when people find out that Inflection Point is in the top 50 GPTW in Latin America, they often ask: what the “recipe” is? The answer is simple and complex at the same time. For me, the key to be a GPTW is: The values.

Laura G.
April 08, 2016

How long does it take to corrupt something on the Internet?

At the end of the day there is something to be learnt from this, probably the most important lesson we can extract from it, is the dangers of crowd learning.

David R.
March 31, 2016

Being operational in the cloud

New technologies must be evaluated not only for what they promise they will do, but for the operation tasks they will change, tasks old technologies already know by heart.

Lazaro S.
March 30, 2016

QA & Testing is no longer just a technical issue, it is a Business issue!

QA & Testing is no longer just a technical issue, it is a Business issue that every QAT Engineer must have in mind!

Leticia B.
March 18, 2016

A marketer in a world of engineers

The traditional marketing era is moving into the digital and experience marketing and I’m glad I get to be in this challenging industry.

Irasema F.
March 16, 2016

What is assertiveness?

Assertiveness is a personal quality of being confident, direct and self-assured when communicating with others without being aggressive.

Miguel D.
March 15, 2016

The ultimate strategy game

No game is the same. No matter if you play with the same person all your life, each game has a different balance and rhythm, it feels different. Placing the first stone will have a consequence 100 moves later.

Azucena G.
March 11, 2016

Sky Quest - Payload

This was the key hardware custom made piece of this quest. Not only did it had to hold all the components in place, like the GPS transmitter or the antenna, it had to be just ideal for the camera to be able to shoot great video and the cell phone to take cool pictures from below. All of this while allowing the power bank to energize both of them.

Hugo C.
March 10, 2016

How I fought a common cliché on the IT industry

In the world and today’s society there are many clichés; I think clichés can be some of the most hurtful things as they prevent us from knowing a new person with different nationality, religion, skin color, or different musical taste. At the end of the day, we are just people who do the same things, eat the same things, think the same things, and feel the same things.

Jose S.
March 09, 2016

Robotics & Teamwork

Whoever works in a team must know how to listen to others, be generous, sometimes defend the indefensible and every now and then let go even when you are right all to achieve harmony and focus into the same objective.

Lazaro S.
March 01, 2016

Sky Quest - Planning the whole crazy thing

Sending a weather balloon to stratosphere is not as hard as it sounds.

Paloma C.
February 24, 2016

Microsoft SharePoint 2016 review

Last August Microsoft released the preview of the latest version of its collaboration tool SharePoint 2016.

Alfonso R.
January 30, 2016

What is stress at work and how to prevent it?

Did you know that "stress at work” is the number one occupational health treatments? So what can we do to control it?

Adrián G.
September 23, 2015

Scrum for the long term

A good recommendation for implementing scrum for teams and organizations.

Osvaldo G.
August 24, 2015

Our brand new website

Today we proudly present Inflection Point's brand new website. This initiative is of tremendous importance since it showcases the culture and capabilities of Inflection Point Systems.

Carlos M.
June 11, 2015

Li-Fi Light becomes data

A new and very promising technology that might be the end of Wi-Fi.

Waldo C.
May 27, 2015

IPS Extreme

We are a very diverse group of people at IPS, but some of us share the taste for adrenaline and others have acquired it.

Dorian G.
May 01, 2015

Mobile Application Security

Learn how to address the risks of the mobile environment to make stronger and more secure applications.

Fernando V.
April 23, 2015

Design Patterns: What and Why, 2nd Part

Understanding big balls of mud, a common Object Oriented world software problem, and how to defeat and avoid them.

German M.
April 16, 2015

12 years

May this be only the beginning of a long and prosper path that will keep amazing us.

Azucena G.
April 09, 2015

Design Patterns: What and Why, 1st Part

Understanding big balls of mud, a common Object Oriented world software problem, and how to defeat and avoid them.

German M.
March 31, 2015

Testing Principles

When testing there are 7 main principles that should be followed.

Ivan V.
March 26, 2015

Sharing the knowledge in sake of better code

It’s easy to share when you have the attitude: listening and encouraging people to contribute is basic in our culture. Seasoned fellows coach new members about code quality, architecture, best practices, user experience as well as code versioning, task tracking and other tools. At the same time, those seasoned peers learn from younger guys, form their impetus and fresh wisdom.

Luis G.
March 24, 2015

JAXB, the Java tool to parse XML to Objects (Part 2)

Learn how to use the JAXB tool to facilitate the usage of XMl in Java.

Rafael A.
March 13, 2015

JAXB, the Java tool to parse XML to Objects (Part 1)

Learn how to use the JAXB tool to facilitate the usage of XMl in Java.

Rafael A.
March 10, 2015

Mobile User Interaction Design at IPS

The main things to pay attention when designing a Mobile app for a customer.

Mirna R.
March 03, 2015

Next Generation JavaScript Testing

Get an interesting insight about the jQuery conference talk on Next Generation JavaScript Testing.

Raúl N.
February 26, 2015

Software development, craftsmanship or engineering?

A constant debate for both workers and industries, which is the best approach? is there a balance between both?

Raúl N.
February 24, 2015

ES6 Right Now

A review about the ES6 Right now conference by John Paul.

Jorge H.
February 19, 2015

JavaScript under the hood

A very complete review on the fundamentals of how is JavaScript built and executed by web browsers.

Luis B.
February 17, 2015

There's more than one way to skin a cat

Explains how this conference helps you to better analyze the decisions made regarding frameworks during software development.

Flavio P.
February 12, 2015

Chasing Waterfalls: Real world Front End Optimization

An overview of the video by Lon Ingram, which walks us through the process of performance optimization and why should we do it.

Waldo C.
February 09, 2015

Mobile Development Best Practices: Usability

The challenges of mobile application usability are several, but numerous best practices can be applied across all platforms, here are some of them.

Fernando V.
February 03, 2015

Android Studio 1.0 RELEASED

We'll go through some of Android Studio's highlights and new features.

Waldo C.
January 29, 2015

R.I.P. Technologies that died in 2014

A quick review of the most relevant technologies that ceased to exist this 2014

Waldo C.
January 28, 2015

Requirements: A glance from all team role perspectives (Part 4)

Understanding requirements concepts that will be useful and applicable for BAs, Developers and QAs.

Leonor M.
January 20, 2015

Requirements: A glance from all team role perspectives (Part 3)

Understanding requirements concepts that will be useful and applicable for BAs, Developers and QAs.

Leonor M.
January 19, 2015

Jenkins CI overview

Jenkins is a free Continuous Integration tool which can be very useful for writing quality code.

Alejandro C.
January 13, 2015

Requirements: A glance from all team role perspectives (Part 2)

Understanding requirements concepts that will be useful and applicable for BAs, Developers and QAs.

Leonor M.
January 09, 2015

Requirements: A glance from all team role perspectives

Understanding requirements concepts that will be useful and applicable for BAs, Developers and QAs.

Leonor M.
January 07, 2015

.NET Framework Guidelines and Best Practices

A brief summary and some handy links and information to get started on .Net best practices for all development stages.

Osvaldo G.
December 18, 2014

Web Optimization Minification and Bundling Resources

Review Minification and Bundling of resources like CSS and Javascript and the tools that are available at the moment for doing it.

Mario G.
December 16, 2014

Chronicles of the trip to Pico de Orizaba

Chronicle about the trip of some of our team members to the highest peak of Mexico.

German M.
December 11, 2014

A Business Analyst's view about Planning (Part4)

Check out the last part of the Decision and Risk Analysis techniques for planning.

Sergio H.
December 09, 2014

A Business Analyst's view about Planning (Part3)

Learn more about the Decision and Risk Analysis techniques for planning.

Sergio H.
December 04, 2014

A Business Analyst's view about Planning (Part2)

Review the Work Breakdown Structure and Estimation techniques for planning.

Sergio H.
December 02, 2014

A Business Analyst's view about Planning

Learn what planning is from a BA point of view, pick up some keyconcepts and review the advantages of it.

Sergio H.
November 27, 2014

Unit testing in Android

Learn how Unit testing can improve your code and how they can help you afterwards in the maintenance of the app.

German M.
November 21, 2014

The future of mobile application development

Find out what to expect and explore from the evolving mobile application development industry from a business perspective.

Fernando V.
November 13, 2014

Working at a Great Place to Work

Learn about the experience of working in a GPTW and discover some of its main features.

Lorena J.
November 06, 2014

iOS 101

Hints and tips about where to find resourceful information to learn about iOS development.

Ernesto T.
September 29, 2014

Tips on: Technical interviews

In this article we give you advice on Technical Inteviews for developers. Learn to show your technical skills with confidence.

Ernesto T.
August 20, 2014

Game Jams

Get that extra push with these tips to make your simple video games something awesome.

Ernesto T.
August 13, 2014

Making videogames

Learn the basics of Video game development, know how they work and check out our favorite making tools.

Ernesto T.
July 14, 2014

UX Mission archives: Notigape

The mission was to successfully re-design Notigape news app for iOS (iPhone and iPad).

Mirna R.
June 11, 2014

A day in the life of a Software Tester

Testing, a power so great that I began to concern those around me, fortunately I discovered that I was not alone, there were others like me, “Software Testers”.

Aarón H.
May 26, 2014

Methods in .NET - Generic constraints on type parameters (Part 4)

In this article, we will see the details regarding constraints on type parameters at method definition.

Osvaldo G.
May 12, 2014

Methods in .NET - Extension methods (Part 3)

As the name indicates, extension methods is the mechanism to add (or extend) methods to existing types without having to inherit or recompile the assembly/project where the type resides.

Osvaldo G.
May 05, 2014

Methods in .NET - Parameter with variable number of arguments (Part 2)

The ref and out keywords are often used to change the behavior of parameters in a method. However, there’s a keyword that is much less known, but which is quite helpful: params. When using params, before any parameter declaration, it will allow us to provide a variable number of arguments when calling the method. The parameter using the params keyword contains the restriction that it has to be declared as an array.

Osvaldo G.
April 28, 2014

Methods in .NET - Overview and default values (Part 1)

The .NET framework offers a lot of functionality in the definition and handling of methods. Besides the typical behavior of methods/functions in any programming language, .NET provides extra features when creating and using functions. This article is intended to describe and explain some of the possibilities around method signatures.

Osvaldo G.
March 11, 2014

Getting Combres to Work on Sitecore 7

Combres is a tool that lets you minify, compress and set some useful headers to JavaScript and CSS files. This improves performance by creating smaller pages and making use of browser cache, when available.

Eduardo M.
March 03, 2014

Sitecore Performance

In these days, user experience (UX) is very important. We could have a cool website, but if it is slow, people will go away and never come back to our site. Performance is a main component of UX, so it is imperative that your website is as fast as it can be.

Eduardo M.
February 28, 2014

Duplicate Code and how Visual Studio can help you

In any cases, duplicate code should be avoided, because code reuse, encapsulation and maintainability are not accomplished. If encapsulation/code reuse is made properly, then we know for sure that we won't revisit that working code (unless we need to extend it). Writing good code and following best practices avoid technical debt.

Osvaldo G.
October 02, 2013

Sitecore Query error: End of string expected at position

A couple of weeks ago a coworker experienced a serious issue while working with Sitecore Query. He spent a lot of time trying to run a query for an easy search but it was not working. My friend was pretty sure the syntax was well formed but when the query was executed the result was an error: End of string expected at position ##

Luis G.
September 05, 2013

Inflection Point's Weekly Project Status tool

The Standard Software Development Process of Inflection Point (SSDP of IP) fits using methodologies such as CxOne and Six Sigma, simplifying operation and project management in a way that will allow us to respond quickly to our customers without sacrificing quality into the development of our products and services.

Lyzett U.
August 29, 2013

Awareness in the use of Information Technology

One night, I was watching TV and saw an ad that I found quite interesting. It’s called “Disconnect to Connect” which was produced by DTAC, a mobile phone provider in Thailand.

Osvaldo G.
August 06, 2013

Problems with .NET Framework version

When the .Net Framework is uninstalled - in my case the .NET framework 4.0 was removed after I uninstalled VS 2012 -, the Application Pools for the Sitecore instances are change to map to .NET Framework version. v2.0.

Raúl G.
August 02, 2013

10th place in Great Place to Work (IT&Telecom)

Inflection Point Systems ranks among the top 10 companies to work for in Mexico in the category of IT and Telecom in 2013.

Carlos M.
July 23, 2013

Why a CMS? - The Sitecore Experience

Why a CMS? Well, because your CMS is the key to move a great deal of operational complexity out of your day by day making your department a more strategic player to ease the collaboration between all these people.

Lazaro S.
July 16, 2013

Multi-Line text field ignores new lines

Probably your site is going crazy, it’s wrongly displaying multi-line text fields and you’re asking yourself, who stole my new lines?

Luis G.
June 11, 2013

Over-the-Air Enrollment and Distribution on iOS4

Inflection Point was hired by an International company to develop a solution for managing their employees iPhones using configuration profiles to make them work with their enterprise system.

Pablo N.
June 04, 2013

Escaping Field name in Sitecore Query

This time, I want for current post to summarize some field name escaping recommendations for Sitecore Query.

Luis G.
May 31, 2013

26th place in Great Place to Work Latin America

Inflection Point Systems is proud to announce its 26th place in the ranking of the Best Companies to Work For in Latin America in 2013, in the category of 50 to 500 employees.

Carlos M.
May 27, 2013

Adding Custom Fields to Sitecore User Part 2

Now its time to cover the access of customized fields using the Sitecore’s API; we will see how a couple of classes help to set, read or even remove the fields in user profile.

Luis G.
May 20, 2013

Adding Custom Fields to Sitecore User Part 1

If you invest some of your time researching at Sitecore documentation, you would find there is a pretty easy way to handle custom fields for Sitecore’s users... and if the situation is favorable you could achieve the goal without a single line of code.

Luis G.
April 26, 2013

We are the 4th Best Company to Work For in Mexico

Inflection Point Systems was ranked 4th among the Best Companies to Work For in in the category of 50 to 500 employees by Great Place to Work Institute. The company also was granted the top award in the category of Respect among more than 100 certified companies that competed in this ranking.

Carlos M.
April 18, 2013

Mobile App Development

When developing an app of any kind, there are many decisions to be made. One of the first and most important of those decisions is which technology or technologies to use when implementing the app. In the case of the mobile market, that particular decision forces us to decide whether we should go with a native app, or whether we should go for a more generic approach.

Guillermo C.
April 17, 2013

Inflection Point marks its 10th Anniversary

We founded Inflection Point with the dream of creating a software company with strong emphasis on developing quality technology solutions that had an impact on our client's business performance.

Carlos M.
April 01, 2013

Content Strategy – Performing an audit on your content

A content audit is pretty much as any other audit – “is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product” (Wikipedia, Audit, Last checked on March, 2013) – but only focused on your organization’s content.

Lauro B.
March 26, 2013

Sitecore 7 Sneak Peak

Among other things, Sitecore 7 has been rewritten to leverage .NET 4.5 API. It has also updated third party libraries to the latest version and it has a new implementation of the Item class. But the biggest improvement IMHO is in their search. The refactored search and index architecture allows you to:

Eduardo M.
March 25, 2013

Sitecore Advanced Training - No longer Padawan

My experience taking the Sitecore Advanced .NET training was like learning the tricks behind a magic performance. Sitecore Rocks provides a useful set of tools to edit content, templates, logs and even pipelines; so it was not a surprise that we quickly stopped worrying about Sitecore Desktop and started to love Sitecore Rocks.

Luis G.
March 12, 2013

Software Security Concepts - Part 1

As the first post of a series regarding the concepts around software security, I have compiled a list of common terms you will typically find in literature related to software security

Ramiro C.
March 08, 2013

Content Strategy (Part 2)

Content Strategy is relatively new in the digital media. Is definitively not for the faint of heart since it requires effort – and a very big one – from it’s planning up to its execution and measurement, but the payback is huge and very rewarding. In this article, I tried to go back to the very beginnings of the discipline and went all the way to the current state by highlighting the need to implement a strategy for organizations.

Lauro B.
March 08, 2013

Partnership with Coveo

Coveo has connectors for seamless integration with Sitecore (our CMS partner), as well as Salesforce, and many other data sources. We are very excited to be working closely with Coveo and look forward to offer this revolutionary enterprise search solution to our clients.

Carlos M.
February 28, 2013

Thinking outside the box (Part 2)

DO RESEARCH, RESEARCH and DO EVEN MORE RESEARCH!: All great ideas have a basis, it´s very cool to be able to be creative but we also aim to be effective. Research about what you are thinking, about if it has been done before, if someone already worked on it or if there is something else that can help you to be on the right direction.

Mirna R.
February 28, 2013

Content Strategy (Part 1)

Content is king! Probably we’ve heard this phrase quite a lot in the last months or even within the last couple of years – can’t be more than three years because 2009 was the year when the definition was originally coined. For me, it was actually around six or seven months ago, after downloading the September 2011 edition of .NET Magazine.

Lauro B.
January 25, 2013

CMS - Sitecore Training, Day 4

A Sitecore Website can be any website you can think of with the particularity that is developed using sitecore technology, which gives the developer some nice tools to build content, templates and layouts - sometimes in a much easier way - that bind together to create the site.

Gustavo C.
January 24, 2013

CMS - Sitecore Training, Day 3

We already had the chance to see the fundamental part of Sitecore as a Content Management System; we’ll now see what’s so special about Sitecore and what are the advantages of developing websites using a CMS such as Sitecore. Also, I’ll cover a little bit about the certification exam.

Gustavo C.
January 23, 2013

CMS - Sitecore Training, Day 2

During this session, it was the turn to take my role as a developer and focus on how to create the already mentioned content using the .NET environment. This second session highlight was - in my opinion - the different layers that are involved in the development of a Sitecore Website: Content, Presentation and the Binding of those two. Let’s see how it went...

Gustavo C.
January 22, 2013

CMS - Sitecore Training, Day 1

For those of you who don't know, Sitecore is a Web Content Management System software company that provides all the necessary tools to enterprises and developers to build proper content management systems (CMS).

Gustavo C.
January 22, 2013

Thinking outside the box (Part 1)

Well, first things first, what is this "box" anyway? The box is the square and methodical thinking that we always follow to reach a goal, from which we already know the result and well, if we already know that it works and that someone many years ago integrated this system and it worked; I mean, why fix something that is not even broken?

Mirna R.
January 21, 2013

Clean Code

"Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship" is a very interesting book, since it contains a lot of best practices and advices for programmers. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve his/her code. Here’s a fragment from the book which I find very compelling:

Osvaldo G.
January 16, 2013

Digital Marketing Jargon

I will talk about the basic terms that are used by digital marketing people regarding e-commerce and in general, web applications.

Eduardo M.
January 16, 2013

The Brightest Technological Ideas of 2012

Every beginning of a year there are thousands of lists trying to put together the highlights of the previous. This 2013 is no exception, and I’d like to use this space to highlight a New York Times article that came across my reading a few days ago.

Gustavo C.
January 16, 2013

Fastest Growing Companies

Congratulations to our client, VidSys, which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America on 2012 Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.

Carlos M.
December 20, 2012

Not only Custom Software Development...

Dec 17th was a different day at Inflection Point Monterrey. It was 10 AM and some of the employees of our company started to move to their cars to pack them up with all the presents that were accumulated during weeks.

Lazaro S.
December 19, 2012

Happy Holidays!

We are now presenting a holidays animated comic that was produced by employees from different areas of Inflection Point.

Irasema F.
November 27, 2012

Tree of Life - Mexican Heritage

November 20th is a reminder of a milestone in Mexico’s history: The commemoration of “La Revolución Mexicana” (Mexican Revolution).

Irasema F.
November 27, 2012

Mexico's Competitive Advantage

Business opportunities for Mexico and the American manufacturing.

Carlos M.

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