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What if we invest in people and they leave?
As the saying goes, Quantox only hires the best, so if you can work here we already know you could easily get a job anywhere else as well.
That’s the nature of hiring top-tier professionals whose skills are envied by competitors. Keeping our team happy while encouraging the right kind of corporate culture is what we do best. After all, a web services company is only as good as the people who work to build it, and it can only succeed when everyone shares the same vision, with a common purpose fueled by a real passion for perfection.
“This year’s racing event was terrific, high performance,” said Vladimir, VP of Quantox. “Yes, it was fun and exciting to get the whole team burning up the high-performance track in cars with a trophy on the line… but in a larger sense, it was also exactly the right message for everyone who works at Quantox to take to heart.”
Winning on the racetrack isn’t about guessing or long wasteful thought processes that leave you meandering around the track as competitors pass you by. To reach the checkered flag first, you need to be efficient, smart, quick, adaptive and focused – which are all traits we put at a premium when hiring new team members for careers at Quantox!
Quantox Racing Is Team Building And An Efficiency Lesson
“The winner finds the right line to travel around the track, one that is the least congested by traffic, taking the shortest path from point A to B, and then defends that advantage by perfecting all the angles to stay ahead of everyone else, ” said Vladimir with a smile. “Adapting to the changing behavior of the other drivers, focusing on the goal without distractions from spectators on the sidelines or other racers, and always looking for a way to save time without compromising on the end results. If you can do it on the track you have the right mentality to do it in the office. At Quantox we compete to win because a good effort is ok in school, but in business, the best player is the one who consistently takes home the trophy.”
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If you have what it takes to compete the carting winner Milos at the next Quantox team building adventure and relish the opportunity to work with a team that is always hungry for new knowledge, contact us and let’s find a fit for you on the team!
Quantox Is The Easy Solution For Fixing Spooky Code
Holidays are times when most of the bugs in code come to the surface. Our dedicated team of exterminators fights them using best practices
As everyone prepares for Halloween and you start noticing all the ghouls, ghosts and goblins in your neighborhood, you are probably already thinking none of them are really that scary compared to the spooky feeling you get from poor code written by unreliable programmers, which we wrote about here. Here is how Quantox drives a wooden stake through the heart of bad code, along with the details of a new treat we are offering you this holiday season!
The Worst Of Them All
Code Ghosts:
Optimize your code and don't let Code ghosts surprise you on holidays
Bad code hides in your backend like a Ghost waiting to jump out and shout BOO when you least expect it! Your systems may seem to work correctly, but is everything tracking properly, are any resources being wasted and it is you really sure it isn’t all about to fail when you add a new plugin or feature for your end users? Quantox can review your existing architecture, or streamline your software line by line if needed to minify the source, enhance load speeds and remove all doubt about the quality of your network.
Code Ghouls:
Not rich enough to have cheap codebase
Nothing is more ghoulish than ransom schemes and backdoor access unethically installed by a fly-by-night coder you never should have hired in the first place. Security always starts internally, with good solid code written by a reputable firm that has a long track record working with known brands and caring for their infrastructure. When you work with Quantox, we supply plenty of references and testimonials from people you already know and trust. If you are nervous a ghoul may have already compromised your code security, contact us right away to discuss the many ways we can clean up your code and establish meaningful backup procedures to chop off that ghoul’s head before he ever gets close to anything of value!
Code Goblins:
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Incompetent developers are developing your site, why?
They don’t really mean any harm; they’re just a horde of completely incompetent monsters that run around claiming to be professionals. Did you try to save a few pennies by paying a goblin to pretend to do a good job when you could have hired Quantox and actually gotten great code instead? Relax, we aren’t mad, we're ready to fix whatever they left unfinished. Sometimes we can make use of their failed attempt, but more often we can write fresh code that gets the job done even faster and better than you ever expected. Hire us when you want to stop hiring goblins and start working with a team of real experts.
Trick or Treat?
At Quantox we don't believe in tricks. There isn’t one simple trick to make you trillions of dollars and clickbait doesn’t work when talking to business owners. What does work is focusing on providing honest, the quality code in a professional manner and that's what makes working with Quantox a treat! To make your Halloween even sweeter, we will add some extra to your goody bag that, on any work from a new client who needs help fixing the mess other companies have already made. We know it sucks to have to re-do something you thought was already taken care of, and that will never happen once you start working with Quantox, so this first time you want to get away from the monsters to step into the light with Quantox.com, we’re ready to help you at even lower price than usual.
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Have a happy and safe Halloween!- From Everyone At Quantox.com
PHP conference BGPHP is one of the best conferences for anyone interested in the PHP programming language. Speakers at the event covered topics for novices and experts interested in sharpening their PHP skills with there were a lot of interesting sessions aimed at improving the way programming is done on an everyday basis.
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“Many programmers come from all around Europe to be part of this conference,” said Dan of Quantox.com “and we were proud to send six of our team lead programmers to the PHP conference. “A lot of the workshops were centered on an arcade game theme this year. Pixels, video games, potions (beer) - even the music being played was from famous games. Overall it was a terrific experience and a first class opportunity for programmers to learn from each other as we shared our own experiences and heard from other top software engineers about their own programming style to better define best practices that benefit all of our clients.”
Quantox understands that the continuing education of each part of the team is essential to evolving our skill set and staying ahead of the curve. Our clients succeed in fast-paced sectors of the digital marketplace, and they rely on us to always know the best way to do things right now, and the most likely ways to future-proof build with an eye on what’s about to happen next. BGPHP began as an initiative by a small group of developers who started the first PHP User Group in Sofia two years ago.
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Sending half-dozen top-tier PHP programmers from Quantox to be part of the event is our way of supporting the creative culture that all digital professionals value. It also serves as a strong incentive for qualified employment candidates to come join the Quantox team because it’s easy to see that employee enrichment is a core component of Quantox DNA, backed by significant investment in each of our esteemed team members.
If you are seeking a career in Web Development, Programming, or Digital Project Management, and have a fascination with the new tools that are on the horizon, be sure to find a company that supports those initiatives and its staff effectively. It makes a world of difference for the way technology reaches the market and the way your career trajectory takes flight. At Quantox we are always hiring the right people to fill exciting positions in our dynamic production environment. Check out Careers at Quantox to learn more right now!
“Reset GIT branch to a specific commit” is the first topic we would like to address in the Help section. Since many of us find ourselves in a situation when we want to reset the master branch to a specific commit of the master- or some other branch, we'll take some time to write a short guide on how this can be done in a few steps.
RESET BRANCH TO A SPECIFIC COMMIT git reset –hard 87a9789447846c6ff3275f93589fbab3c7b801ec (commit hash that we want to reset the branch to)git checkout -b xx (we check out a fictive branch, which will become master)git branch -m master old-master (rename current master to something else)git branch -m xx master (rename fictive branch to master)git branch -d –force old-master (delete old master – not needed anymore)git merge -s ours origin/master (merge master branches, but prefer local data)make some changes to test git.git commit -m ‘test’ (if needed do git add . first)git push –set-upstream origin master (set local master branch to track origin master branch)git pushgit pullWe have also made a package that automates this process via artisan: https://github.com/ivanciric/artisan-git-toolsEveryone is invited to contribute to join the development of various commands that further facilitate our work.
As we announced in period from 30.06.2016 to 03.07.2016. Rafting Center Tara-Raft welcomed 72 people from Quantox Technology.We came to rafting center on Thursday around 2pm, and left it on Sunday at 11am, which means we spent around 70 hours hanging together.
Camp management estimates we had around 4 or 5 hours of sleep per person out of those 70 hours.Out of 72 people that came to rafting, 65 decided to go on adrenaline river ride on Friday. We were driven by 11 cars, and spread over 9 boats with 9 rafting skippers. All river boats went over 16km long riverbed of Tara river and another 4km of riverbed of Drina river. We got to finish in 3.5h spent on river. Out of which 3h were spent on water and 0.5h in pauses by the river.
By unofficial, but precise measurements of skippers, every boat made average of 1236 strokes. Taken care that every stroke spends 32 to 36 calories, we burned approximately 44000 calories per boat. Pretty impressive, no? We weren’t lazy and make a bit different calculation, every boat became lighter in average by 4 to 6 kg.This time of year around 500 cubic meters of water flows over Tara riverbed, which means for the time we spent on river approximately 324.000.000 cubic meters of water, which equals the capacity of Perućačko lake on the Drina.
We estimate each person had two sips of Tara river while, so we all took this natural beauty forever in ourselves.On Saturday, 58 people took safari tour through national park Sutjeska. Passengers were spread over 9 jeeps with 9 drivers. During the trip, we went over Tjentiste, rainforest Perucicu with view on waterfall Skakavac (71m) and climbed viewpoint Prijevor with an elevation of 1660m. As our camp is on 440m, it means we overcome 1200m altitude. Way to go crew!
Prijevor is beneath Maglic, which is the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2386m). After Prijevor we visited the biggest open pool in Europe – Tjentiste. We crossed 140km during the safari and estimate loss of 6l of body liquid during the drive on the hot summer day.During our stay hosts organized 3 music bands to play and entertain us in night hours. Music spent a total of 18 hours playing, which is a total of 567 songs played. Out of these only 4 songs were a folk genre. Also in the night between Thursday and Friday, they played 10 heavy metal songs which were taken very well from hosts as well as Quantox team.
A couple of interesting facts come from Tara-Raft bar. For the time we spent in camp, we drank 13 barrels of beer, 146 bottles of beer, 98 bottles of juice and 9l of spirits. The part which will mostly be interesting for programmers is how much coffee was consumed. Well, here’s the number: 200 domestic coffees and 32 nes coffees. No one was drinking tea.Restaurant statistic says we had 22kg of meat during 4 days.
Approximately 80kg of meat was consumed during lunch, around 60kg was used for breakfast, and another 80kg was served for dinner. We also spent 20kg of milk products, cheese, and kajmak.Hope you enjoyed the read and facts and that we managed to present you part of atmosphere from teambuildingUntil next time…
Digital publishing used to include many small subcontractors and often required a lot of management supervision time from in-house executives, dealing with overages and missed milestones on project timelines. Worst of all, when anything went wrong, all the individual subcontractors would try to point fingers at each other as the way to avoid any level of accountability for their own errors. Quantox has helped to change all that by providing project continuity and the results are exceptional.
When you have Quantox build your digital property, you aren’t just getting a gifted designer, a talented coder, an experienced marketing team and each of the elements you need to succeed on the modern web – you are getting a coherent team of professionals. People who are used to working together and who understand that the sum total of their effort will be better than the individual effort of any one part of the whole.
More importantly, our supervisory staff and project management leads are familiar with every member of the team, are able to motivate and inspire their team, and significantly reduce the need for any outside resources being allocated to keeping the project ahead of schedule and under budget. That isn’t to suggest we are perfect, nobody is perfect, but we can guarantee you that if we do ever make a mistake, we are accountable directly to you and we will make it right quickly because our reputation depends on your satisfaction. We only point fingers at each other when we are complimenting one another, errors or mistakes that need to be corrected are the responsibility of every single person who is part of Quantox.
That continuity gets you the best results, with the least resources every time, and it is a key component of what your Quantox relationship is all about!
When you are starting up a new business, with a startup methodology, it’s best to do things right straight from the start. In 2008, entrepreneur, Eric Ries developed the LEAN method of creating a startup, and it’s a great methodology. Ries came up with this because he wanted to create something that would shorten product development cycles and create continuous innovation in startups.Ries came up with this idea through failures. His first startup, Catalyst Recruiting, ultimately failed because it was not agile enough to recover from the initial product launch to give their customers what they wanted. Ries experienced a similar failure with There.com, giving him plenty of learning material from his experiences.
What is Lean Start-up Method?
Ries took a look at something called LEAN manufacturing, which was developed by Taiichi Ono in the 1950s. This particular system of manufacturing helped to both reduce waste and increase productivity with a few methods, one of which being quality assurance checkpoints placed in key parts of the manufacturing process. The lean startup process takes this philosophy and moves it into the startup atmosphere.The basic gist of a LEAN startup is that companies must first create an MVP or minimum viable product - the product with the least amount of features needed to function correctly - and then test it and see if customers can actually use it. Like Ono’s many quality assurance checkpoints, the customer feedback then informs the future adjustments to the product, creating a continuous feedback loop. This helps to reduce waste created by companies who put too much effort into launching a product with many bells and whistles.Using the LEAN startup method can really help you to save money and be more efficient.
LEAN on Quantox To Bring Your Idea To Life!
Working with Quantox on developing your idea promises only steps forward, and very little or none going back. As we work toward creating an MVP from your initial idea, we are already a few steps ahead. With each upgrade of your product after the launch, we climb higher towards the success. One step at the time, building your brand with diligence and continuity that always bring the best results. Let's Talk!
In our vast experiences dealing with projects and project management, we have learned that it is best to KiSS. No, don’t worry, that isn’t a romantic come on, it is simply a witty acronym that stands for Keep it Simple Stupid. Complicated projects with multiple moving parts that all depend on one another rarely succeed, from what we’ve seen.
Start From Creating MVP
Our advice is to get to an MVP (minimally viable product, or the least amount of features your product or project needs to get started) as soon as possible, and launch. Once you are actually launched it is quite easy to work towards incremental improvements continuously throughout the life of a product. One of the biggest mistakes that we have seen in our experience is people who have an unclear vision for their projects, which doesn’t make for a clean and concise MVP.Another mistake that often hampers projects is when companies try to do too much and create too many features prior to launch so that your product is sitting around while competitors can easily take advantages of gaps in the market. Ambition is definitely good, but too much ambition can also be a killer.
How To Get From Idea to MVP?
How do you get the perfect MVP? It’s not that hard. Think about your product or project. List the features that are essential to it’s functioning, and get those features working flawlessly. Leave out anything that is extra, or not essential to the product you want to create. Those most basic features are the ones to launch within your MVP. After launching, think about any bells and whistles you would like to add to enhance or change your project.Remember, the thing that matters most is having a functioning product that does what you want it to do, not having the most elaborate product out there on the market.
Quantox- Keeping Software Development Simple Since 2006!
Quantox operates with the help of Kaizen mindset, meaning we achieve great results by first completing smaller, but equally important tasks. Each one of us, but working as a team, has a clear task to complete that will enrich your project and lead to project realization faster and without hassle. Task by task, we'll take your project from idea to MVP, launch your product and keep on improving it with new features and possibilities. Do you want to see simple and clear project development process? Let's Talk!
So, you have a project and you are going to create a request for an exterior company to get the job done. Keeping your project request clear and detailed will help you a lot down the line, and will also save you money. Project requests set the precedent for the entire project, and it is helpful to start it off on the right foot.
Disadvantages of Not Having a Clear Project Request
If you end up presenting a project with a confusing description and scope of work, it costs your team time, costing you money. There are a few ways that this will drain your pockets. First of all, all of the back and forth communication it will take to clarify your work request just isn’t worth it, when with a clear work request your project can get started right away. Each minute you spend communicating and clarifying is the time that is not being spent working on your project. What is even worse, is the second way that an unclear project proposal can cost your company money: unclear project requests can lead to drafts of your project being created that are completely misguided or simply not what you are looking for.
Advise With Your Team
In creating clear project requests it is also important to get your whole team’s input early on in the process, before making the request, rather than presenting them with a nearly finished project and getting their input then. This will also save you a lot of time and money because your team is smart and probably has great ideas that would improve any project your company is working on. Using their ideas early on will keep you from having to revise projects over and over to incorporate innovative employee ideas.Start your project off right with a clear and concise request that will lead the way to the project you are envisioning.
Quantox- An IT Solution Company To The Point!
Creating project request and presenting it to an exterior IT company is not an easy task, but with Quantox it can be a lot easier. The project managers working in Quantox know that the best developed ideas are presented in the clear and concise manner. So, when you're ''stuck'' and can't seem to organize your project, our PM's are there to help you determine the scope of work, requirements, timelines and deadlines of your project, thus helping you save money. You have a great idea, but don't have all the details ''polished-out''? Let's Talk!
Project documentation is an important part of any project, but especially those that create systems that will be used by people whether inside or outside of your company, which are either created by people outside of your company or will be used by outsourced employees. Proper project documentation can set the precedent for the way your company will manage that project once it is complete and the way that other related projects will get managed in the future.A job certainly isn’t over when a project is completed, especially in the sphere of web and technology.
Most projects in this sphere are development projects that will get used in the future either internally within a company or externally by consumers. These projects will need to be supported since your internal teams will need to learn new systems and get used to using them. You can really prevent problems down the road by having great documentation.When you use project documentation, it is best to use whatever best practices are suitable for your industry, because then it will be easier for your team to learn the new system, and any new team members who come on should be able to learn it easily, as long as they are familiar with your industry best practices already. In addition, should your team run up against any obstacles in the months or even years after the project was completed, having proper documentation can save your company a lot of money and time.
Without documentation, your company will have to spend money and use people’s time to figure out any issues, but with the project being clearly explained, you should see nothing but smooth sailing in your future.
Quantox Professional Project Documentation For a Smooth Sailing!
At Quantox we keep our organisational skills at the highest level. By having professional project documentation, but also company profile documentation and Quantox people documentation, we armed every Quantox member with a reliable source for solving problems and built bridges between our own people.
Outsourcing with Quantox gets that much easier when we present our documentation, leaving no questions unanswered. Still, error prevention may be the best outcome of our diligent record keeping of everything we do for our clients. Do you want to learn more- Let's Talk!
What Is The Difference?
When hiring someone for work that is not going to be done within your company, it can be hard to tell whether you should hire a freelancer or use an outsourcing company. What is the difference? Freelancers are typically individuals who provide specialized services on their own time while outsourcing companies have full-time employees who can provide many types of services under their direct supervision.
Why People Prefer Outsourcing Over Freelancers?
Many professional companies and people prefer outsourcing companies because there is a single contact person that can give you access to a wealth of services. When you go with freelancers, you will have to contact different freelancers for different services, which will not only make your Rolodex quite large but can get confusing and often leads to scheduling conflicts that cascade if anyone freelance misses a milestone that the others were relying on having completed in time. This becomes especially problematic if you have a lot of projects happening simultaneously.
Outsourcing Companies Are Better For Project Continuity
Another reason why businesses prefer to use an outsourcing company is that it mitigates risk. If a freelancer gets sick or has some type of family emergency – that’s it - your project becomes delayed. Your work will not get done until they are better and back to work. However, if the person working on your product from an outsourcing company is ill one day, there is typically someone else there who can pick up the slack and keep your projects going full steam ahead. Thus, outsourcing companies tend to give you more complete coverage and usually get a job done faster.
Reputation Matters!
Lastly, with freelancers, there is no surefire way to vet them. Sure, there are online review sites, and they may provide you with references before you hire them, but if you choose an outsourcing company, they have already gone through the hiring process. Thus, they know their employees well, and typically know that they are quality workers who will finish the job in a timely manner because they have a reputation to uphold. Hiring a random freelancer off Fiverr may sound like a smart way to save money until you examine all the unintended consequences and learn to leave those risks on the shoulders of an outsourcing company with shoulders broad enough to carry them all for you.
Quantox- A Full-Service, Risk Free and Trustworthy IT Outsourcing Company!
If you don't need only one Java Developer or a web designer, but a whole development team, you should consider outsourcing a company like Quantox. You'll have access to all necessary staff members- from developers, to analysts to QA specialists. It you have any questions about IT outsourcing, we are glad to answer them and help you reach an inofrmed decision. Let's Talk!
When you hire an outsourcing company to get a job done, you may feel comfortable knowing that they have the experience to deal with your project, so creating some type of official agreement may not be on your radar. However, agreements are actually quite important, no matter how much you trust the company you are hiring to get the job done. It helps to protect yourself as the client and them as the vendor, should anything go wrong during the job, as small as that possibility may be.
Benefits of Having a Written Agreement
First of all, having an agreement is really the only way to make sure everyone truly understands the project at hand. It usually spells out the scope of work entirely, with specific details, so both parties know what is expected of them, and that includes you.
The company you hired won’t be waiting for a month to start the project because you didn’t know you were supposed to send them some photo assets, and they will be able to provide the results you need when you need them.Agreements can also help to avoid miscommunications during the work process, and also can avoid conflict when miscommunications do happen during the project timeline. If a miscommunication does occur, you can just refer to the agreement and quell the worries of both parties since the job will be spelled out plainly in the agreement.
Finally, agreements help to create a timeline and actionable checklist that the team working on your project can work from and check to make sure that all the work agreed upon is done in a timely manner and at the level of quality that you have requested.Basically, having an agreement always ensures that both the client and vendor are protected and covered, and prevents things from going wrong due to mistakes and miscommunications. While things hardly ever go wrong, agreements make it easy to smooth things over on those rare occasions.
Transparent Outsourcing Collaboration is Promised With Quantox!
Here at Quantox we understand how important it is for you to feel that your intellectual property is truly yours. Not only will we protect your idea from plagiarism, we will also ensure that every word of our written agreement pertaining to the development process is fulfilled.
Don't take our word for it- our promise are our signatures on the project detail and development process contract. Let's Talk!
Employing people in-house is the most costly option, and beyond the obvious costs of salary, benefits, and training there are many other expenses that come along with the challenge to continually motivate your own staff. Outsourcing is a good way to save some time and money by utilizing a fully managed team of personnel who already have exactly the kind of expertise you require.
Outsourcing also gives you the opportunity to save money by only utilizing the people you need for the specific tasks you wanted to take care of right now while letting someone else worry about all of the HR challenges and ancillary costs that come along with maintaining a world-class workforce.The main barrier companies have when starting to outsource workflow is the fact that choosing the right outsourcing company to work with can be a challenging and confusing ordeal in itself. However, if you follow some common sense tips, choosing an outsourcing company can be made easier and establishing a streamlined workflow that saves you resources while improving your results is an attainable goal.
When starting to think about choosing an outsourcing company, always get references from trustworthy brands in the industry. Just as you would get a reference for a good dentist from a friend you trust, an outsourcing reference about the team that seems to have everything together is the key to knowing the difference between an option that merely looks good and one that actually is great.Once you have a potential company in your sights, do the research necessary to get to know the company and the individuals you will be working with on your own projects.
Make sure the company has a good track record and can articulate a recent easy to verify trail of satisfied companies who have already had similar projects to your own perform. Most importantly, get examples of work they have already done.
Many outsourcing company sites will proudly display some of their clients, and they may even have a case study or two on their sites to show how using their services can positively affect your bottom line – but always be careful to vet those items by speaking to the actual clients being quoted and making sure they are recent examples rather than old work done by someone else who left long ago.
It is also important to make sure that any outsourcing company that you are considering is able to come up with a clear plan that has concise milestones for your needs. It’s one thing to be able to talk the talk, but can they walk the walk? Displaying the ability to set a plan in place is a good sign that they can also complete the work assigned. All too often you’ll notice the same people who failed to show you a workable plan are the ones who are unable to complete the work as well.
Benefits Of Outsourcing Quantox Technology!
There is plenty of work to be done in preparation of your project, and that phase of the relationship is also an excellent opportunity for you to evaluate the team you are hiring and the way they work with you.
Once you have the right people in place, from a company like Quantox, the scalability of an outsourced option gives you tremendous advantages over in-house employees, because unlike the arduous process to hire one person in your office, the outsourcing path opens up the possibility to acquiring a limitless pool of qualified experts at virtually any task you want to accomplish. Let's Talk!
In sports and virtually every other form of competition, the cliché is that speed kills, because getting to the goal first provides an undeniable advantage for one competitor over the other. That same principle applies to all forms of web development and it is becoming increasingly essential thanks to recent changes by Google and others to the way organic web traffic is allocated.
Even more importantly, the expectations of your customers are tied directly to the speed of your site, apps and digital products.
No Lag—No Inefficient Coding
In the dial-up era, it was common to wait for a page to load due to lag times caused by low bandwidth. This was also a blessing for inefficient developers because the slow loading times and resources squandered by their code were often covered up by the even slower download speeds available to customers. Now, with many clients having access to 1GB connections and mobile providers continually improving throughout while spreading the reach of public WiFi, even the smallest lag or latency is infuriatingly obvious to your potential customers or clients.
Test Your Website Load Time
Google had repeatedly expressed the fact that mobile load times are now a significant signal used in determining their search results, and that has even gone so far as to provide a simple tool to test your load times on desktop and mobile versions of your website. The tool is free and it assigns a 1 to 100 score for your site speed. Even more importantly, it makes simple suggestions of ways to improve your speed score, and it is critical to achieving a score of 85 or better for both Mobile and Desktop on nearly any website you publish.
What Is Mobilegeddon?
The so-called Mobilegeddon update Google made in 2015 underscored the importance of Mobile responsive design and echoed the significance of making sure your site loads lighting fast across any device that a viewer decides to use.
Quantox Smart Coding for Supersonic Speed!
Quantox helps many of our clients by cleaning up the antiquated code, refreshing the underlying database structures being used and making many other seemingly small improvements to incrementally optimize existing websites. We also use industry best practices and many proprietary methods to ensure that any new site we create for you is as fast as possible, to the delight of search bots and human visitors alike. Let' Talk!
Imagine if you walked into a brick and mortar store and were greeted by a salesperson who immediately asked, “What is your date of birth and credit card number?” A store like that wouldn’t get many sales or last very long, yet online site owners seem to think it is somehow more acceptable to create landing pages that abruptly demand all kinds of personal information from potential customers in a completely non-conversational way.Too often we are given site mock-ups or see sites designed by others that immediately request signup information from end users. Sure, having a signup button makes sense, or asking for a name and email address may be part of your business model, but the conversion ratios, time on site, bounce rates and other metrics can easily be improved across the board by engaging the viewer in a more conversational way.
The Right Time And Place To Ask For Personal Information
For example, instead of asking someone to enter their purchase information and then giving them access to a catalog of items for sale after they have registered, you will earn far more by allowing customers to browse your catalog as guests, let them choose the items that they want and only ask for payment details once they reach the cart page to complete their transaction.The psychology of this method is very simple. Once someone has already invested ten or twenty minutes of their time browsing items, choosing products or services, and building a basic level of trust with your brand by seeing how well your site satisfies their requests, they become far more likely to take action at the eventual point of sale. Exactly the same way a shopper is more likely to buy a pair of jeans at a clothing store after browsing the shelves, selecting the perfect pair, trying them on, interacting with a sales associate and then later being asked to pay at checkout by a cashier.
Make Spending Money an Afterthought For Your Customers
The best sites do a terrific job making the sale seem secondary. As online marketers we are all focused on improving the CTR, maximizing revenue and preventing traffic leaks – but as a customer that all need to fade from your attention and be superseded by the fun and excitement of finding the site you want most, getting the attention you deserve and feeling as though the money being requested is more of an afterthought than the central priority of the entire user experience.
Upgrade Your Sales Funnel with Quantox!
Quantox experts are available right now to look over your existing sales funnel and to make actionable suggestions that improve the flow of traffic from your landing page to your join form or cart transaction page. The results are easy to track, and as any experienced marketer can tell you it is almost always easier to earn more by properly monetizing the traffic you do have than by inefficiently marketing to a new wave of visitors. Let's Talk!
The traditional spring CS:GO tournament is upon us!
Serbian IT companies will gather from the 3rd to the 6th of April at the CS:GO Vol.4 charity tournament.
Motivated by the important topic and achieved results from the previous year,
we decided to stay with the same goal - in 2023 the IT community will be playing for Serbian maternity hospitals and better conditions for the youngest and their mothers!
Companies can register up to 3 teams and donate the financial funds to the common fund. As in previous years, the start for one million dinars is provided by Quantox.
After the closing of applications, by public voting and filling out an anonymous survey, we will together decide which maternity hospital we are helping this year!
We hope that the HIT CS:GO crew will expand this year with new companies and teams that will compete, have a great time and show that the greatest victory is humanity.
Register your team by the 31st of March.
Link for team registration and more information: https://hitturnir.com/
It's time to play even harder!
Meet us on 29 - 30 March
We are looking for an exchange of experience and ideas that improve the digital world and shape our future!
Gathering together Haufe experts and IT companies, partners, and clients, the Haufe X360 Summit takes place at the Kameha Grand Hotel in Bonn from the 29th to the 30th of March.
Lecturers from Haufe and Acumatica - the platform on which Haufe is based- will discuss planned system innovations and software improvements.
We are looking forward to hearing from great people, meeting other Haufe partners, and sharing experiences and ideas.
The Quantox Crew will be there!
- Dušan Milojević / Head of Managed Services
- Thomas Priemel / ERP Consultant
- Darko Šarenac / Partnership and Business Development Manager
You can meet our people and find out more about our services, advanced digital solutions, and models of cooperation. We are happy to have a chance to network with new potential clients and all new partners ahead!
Summit Agenda and more info can be found at the link
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Petar Slović, Chief Innovation Officer @ Quantox Technology, will give a lecture at a workshop organized by DaFED at the Rectorate of the University of Novi Sad on March 1, starting at 6 p.m.
At Peter's workshop "Simplifying Full Stack Serverless Development with tRPC in NextJS" visitors will have the opportunity to learn how to use the power of the T3 stack and tRPC to create scalable full-stack serverless applications.
DaFED is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating educational workshops and networking events for designers, developers, and all tech and innovation enthusiasts.
Discover the benefits of using tRPC in NextJS and learn how tRPC can facilitate the creation of secure and efficient serverless APIs without burdensome infrastructure management.
The workshop is free, and you can find more information, registration, and a link to the live stream at https://dafed.org/
Propel Your Business and Find Your New Team Of Developers @TES Affiliate Conference
Lisbon | February 22-25, 2023
Are your software projects delayed due to a lack of developers?
Are you finding it hard to hire and retain good developers?
Are you trying to reduce costs and increase the flexibility to scale your project?
Are you looking for a partner you can trust?
Quantox Technology is coming to Lisbon with 50 developers available right now!
Complete software development from scratch and all-round IT support services.
Pinpoints!
- 16+ years of experience
- 550+ experts in the diverse technology stack
- 13 offices & 7 countries
- 250+ successful projects
- Super-quick scaling
- ISO 9001 and 27001
Boost Your Business!
- Thorough understanding and approach
- Flexibility & adaptability to each client and change
- Managed team & scaling resources to your project
- Efficiency, excellence, and trust
See You @ TES Affiliate Conference!
3 days, 2000+ participants , 75+ speakers, 200+ exhibitors, 80+ countries
The Oitavos Hotel, Cascais/Lisbon, Portugal
Quantox Booth Location: MMT6
And Meet Our People!
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Alek
If you are looking for a man who will answer your questions about potential partnership opportunities, look no further. Alek is our CDO with solid skills in leading teams and running projects developed over the years. Do you have projects that need reinforcement, and engineering support or do you need a partner for brand-new software solutions? Talk to Alek and find out more.
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Dan
He is your guy if you have a major project planned or ongoing but don't know quite yet how to ensure your software development is running smoothly. As our COO, with more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry, Dan can understand you and optimize your software development process.
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Welcome where ideas are made possible!
A new milestone in the IT world! Building the future with strong partnerships!
Quantox Technology and Sandberg Capital have signed a partnership for the further expanding growth of the company, bringing it to a higher level! A €20 million investment is aimed at making a significant leap for Quantox’s future sustainable development, talent acquisition, and strategic global expansion.
Sandberg Capital is a Slovak private equity company established in 2014 with an AUM exceeding €340 million. It focuses on investments in small and medium businesses in the Slovak Republic and the region of Central and Eastern Europe, including among investors institutional ones, such as the European Investment Fund.
This partnership is one of the top 5 investments in the region so far, signed with companies from Serbia.
With Sandberg’s support, Quantox Technology plans to make successful breakthroughs in new markets, building even stronger client relationships with greater freedom and creativity in creating new software solutions.
“By entering into a partnership, we want to broaden our expertise and further strengthen our position as a leading IT employer in the region. Also, this investment will enable us to have a greater presence in the European and US markets, which will mean a lot to our clients by increasing the range of services in delivering high-end digital solutions and providing comprehensive IT support”
Vuk Popović, founder of Quantox Technology
The company’s focus remains the same – discovering new perspectives and empowering the Q team. The partnership is an additional lift that will bring Quantox even closer to long-term growth, sustainability and stability.
“Given Sandberg’s multiple investments in the IT sector, we see an increasingly strong push for digitalization across the economy. At the same time, we perceive a severe shortage of IT professionals that may be preventing companies from growing and achieving their strategic goals. The investment in Quantox reflects our long-term strategy of partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs in sectors that directly or indirectly help with the digital transformation of the economy,”
Michal Rybovič, Partner at Sandberg Capital.
Matej Klenovsky, Investment manager at Sandberg Capital, believes that Quantox and Sandberg share a similar growth mindset and have the same ambitions and perspectives for future achievements.
“Quantox, in addition to employing a large number of IT professionals and having a great ability to attract clients from various industries, is truly committed to the development of the local IT community. We believe that this company is more than ready for the next step and we are eager to follow them along the way, giving support through our experience, knowledge, and capital.“
Matej Klenovsky, Investment manager at Sandberg Capital
Both partners will be focused on strengthening Quantox’s business – establishing a local presence, expanding the spectrum of services to respond to clients’ demands from all parts of the world, and improving internal processes and organizational structure.
“We are extremely grateful for the trust and support of our new partners – this is a kind of confirmation for everything we have done so far, as well as the opportunity to be even better and grow together. Following the shared vision for Quantox, we strive for global expansion and adoption of new knowledge, skills, and experiences while preserving the values and culture of the company itself”
Vuk Popović, founder of Quantox Technology
With 16 years of experience, Quantox is recognized as a reliable partner in the world of digital technologies. After three successful acquisitions in the last year, this is an important step and kind of “wind at our back” that will lead us closer to our vision – to grow in expertise, nurture people as the priority value and become one of the most trusted and efficient partners in the digital world.
Quantox was advised by Grubišič & Partners – Corporate Finance as financial advisor and Four Legal as legal advisor and Sandberg Capital was advised by ESFA as financial advisor, EY as financial & tax due diligence advisors, and BDK Advokati as their legal support.
A new digital era is at our doorstep. By supporting clients worldwide and developing IT potential in our region – we continue making ideas and vision possible!
Proud to announce that our team has received another reinforcement! We are introducing Marko Nikolić – the New Head of Finance at Quantox.
With many years of experience in various senior positions and expertise in the financial sector, Marko brings a unique set of skills. He is highly creative, innovative, and well-versed in the latest financial trends and strategies.
His passion for finance and enthusiasm for achieving results and high goals make him the perfect person for this position at Quantox. With his expertise in the financial sector, Marko will bring fresh ideas that will help the company develop and grow even more.
What are the expectations, and what is the biggest challenge in working in an international IT company like Quantox?
My primary expectation is to grow professionally together with the company. The biggest challenge of working in a large company like Quantox is coordinating activities with many colleagues from several countries.
In what way will your experience contribute to Quantox in further business?
My experience is complementary to colleagues from the finance sector. I expect that it will contribute to the realization of new initiatives, such as, for example, the implementation of the new budget.
The events of the last few years have led to sudden turbulence in the global market. We see them even today, and they are, to some extent, the cause of changes in how many IT companies work. In your opinion, which strategies of financial adaptation to such changes have given good results, and which could be applied in Quantox – bearing in mind the spread of the company over seven markets?
Quantox has a concrete and straightforward business model, and we should stick to it – “back to basics”!
This can be a competitive advantage in the current global financial trends and can be used in both cases – to expand in the markets where Quantox already operates and to win new ones.
How do digitization and accelerated development of technology affect the role and work of the financial sectors? Do methods and approaches change, and how?
In the Finance and Accounting sector, a sudden jump in the application of Business Intelligence tools for reporting to management and investors was noticeable in the previous years. As a result, CFO-s and their teams had to adapt and improve their reporting. Modern platforms and programs help them in these endeavors; technology is progressing and taking an important place, so constant adjustments are also needed in this sector.
Many factors influence decision-making, especially now. What are the biggest risks, and what are the biggest opportunities you currently see for Quantox’s business?
I believe that the current global situation on the market is simultaneously the biggest risk – it can lead to a decrease in demand for our services – but also the biggest opportunity to expand into new markets under more favorable conditions than before.
What is your main motivation and inspiration in business – what drives you again and again?
I like to innovate, propose and create new things, and constantly look for ways to improve and upgrade that creation.
New Head of Managed IT Services opening new paths and opportunities for Quantox
Quantox is dedicated toward providing organizations with a solution for system monitoring and management that will help dispose of the break-fix approach. As a managed IT services provider, we aim to simplify IT management for other companies efficiently and affordably.
Dušan Milojević has the expertise and experience to make Quantox a leading managed IT services vendor in Europe, implement new IT technologies and build worldwide-applicable solutions with his team.
From Microsoft to Quantox – can you describe your career journey and what does it mean for you to further develop your expertise at Quantox?
I started from the university and Microsoft Academy, and then went through the positions of Consultant, Developer and Analyst. Right now my official role means leading three different teams for the implementation of various products. The biggest challenge for me to get the company as a leading vendor for managed services as Quantox is for custom development.
What are the goals of the managed IT services department and what do those goals bring to the overall business process of Quantox Technology?
The goals of the managed IT services department are to accumulate as much expertise and projects from various vendors like Microsoft, Salesforce, even IBM, and Oracle. The people in our department and their work are very strongly connected, no matter which team they depend on.
In the future, Quantox will expand its business areas and build solutions that can be implemented worldwide. So, the power this department gives to the company is being able to cover all needs that come from one customer. Custom development and managed services have a great tendency to work well together and bring new opportunities to each other.
After the first month at Quantox, what are your impressions?
I’m thrilled to be a part of Quantox. At the moment, I’m still trying to get all procedures lined up and getting to know the on-boarding team members while working with other colleagues on our first potential projects.
Why would a company need managed IT services and what parts of its environment would Quantox’s managed IT services department look after?
Companies in some sectors, like Fintech and Telco, use more than fifty systems in their daily business. All of those need to be integrated into one place, and that’s where we come in – we can fully cover all these processes with our team. Having a corporation as a client is a great opportunity that can lead us to long-term partnerships.
The IT industry is fast-paced and constantly evolving and at the moment we have many new technologies present at the scene. In your opinion, can those new technologies be implemented in the processes and what benefits would that bring?
Of course, we need to follow all new approaches and technologies. From the last conference in Munich, I’ve realized that we can integrate PowerApp with Business Central as an app that can be the solution for warehouse management with fewer costs instead of building the app by itself from scratch. We also plan to get RPA (robot process automation) part of the integration team and start working with machine learning. Quantox’s managed service department is pretty good at keeping up with the latest technology trends.
What do you think is the most interesting part of your job, and what are some of the biggest challenges Quantox managed IT services department may be faced with?
The most interesting things about working in Managed Services will be the projects and the possibility of having a proven team working for one of the biggest customers in their branches globally. However, the biggest challenge will be to put Quantox on the managed services market for this part of Europe which is our goal for the next two years.
What is your main drive, motivation, and inspiration in business – what drives you over and over again?
What drives me forward is having new opportunities on a daily level – new employees, technologies, countries, projects, and approaches. I also firmly believe that people can improve their skills only if they step out of their comfort zone, which is what my team and I are doing right now.
QLab is Born!
Having ideas is great - getting know-how is a step to another level!
QLab Accelerator aim is to support fresh ideas, build strong teams and make innovative startups possible. And we are starting from our own house!
Quantox launched an internal call for Quantox people with the most promising start-up ideas with a goal to support it and transform it into marketable digital solutions.
From professional guidance and mentoring support, specialized business & start-up knowledge, through networking and funding opportunities - QLab is designed to give major support during the idea development from scratch.
By joining the contest and submitting their ideas, our people have a chance to get an opportunity for a 3 months educational program this summer, specially designed to turn their brainchild into a successful product, and get a chance for funding.
The most promising concepts and teams will be chosen for the program to gain essential business, expert, technical knowledge, and guidance from experienced mentors from all core fields, needed to kick off their start-up idea. Furthermore, the best idea on the final pitch will get a grant of 10.000 EUR to provide a smooth start and push for further development.
Lead by the mission to be a generator of internal knowledge, skills, and ideas to create value and make a leap in the digitalization era, and create an environment that encourages quality and innovative approaches to digital challenges, Quantox decided to start QLab Accelerator as an innovative tech nest for all those who aim to go further.
It is possible to turn ideas into reality with proper support and experienced people behind you. We believe in the ideas and knowledge that make a difference!
We truly believe in the potential of this program to discover remarkable solutions from our people and we are thrilled about the possibility to expand it beyond the internal hub in the future.
It’s not just about ideas.
It’s about MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN!
Dare to innovate, we are here to support you!
When I came to the office this morning, I had one really pleasant surprise waiting for me on my desk. And, the most of you would probably ask what kind of surprise an employee can get on Wednesday, right? Well, let me tell you a short story about it...As you already know and as you have already experienced on your own skin (if you have some kind of full-time job), we live in a very fast and advanced age. Some of you may not see it that way, but just imagine how things were done just a 20 or 30 years ago and how they are done now and you will see that this age is far more advanced than all the others ages in the history of mankind combined! Our age, our (I can freely say post-modern and technological) age is something we can't fight against. We have to dance by the notes of the age and these notes are crystal clear: A lot of work in order to achieve success and earn as much money as you can and a not so much free time!
OK, we, as a generation, have accepted this concept and we are going shoulder by shoulder with our age. But, at some point of your life, you simply have to ask yourself is this enough? Success and money, expensive cars, exclusive restaurants and similar stuff... Is that enough for you to be happy on a long term basis? Sometimes, the only thing we need is another person's company, a warm word, and a pleasant hug! Money can't buy these things, but we can not live without the money, right... So, what is the best option for us? What can we do to have both free time for love and the friends and success in the business?Maybe answer to this question lies in the words of the famous Chinese sage, Confucius: "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life". The job is one of the most important things nowadays and if you choose it wisely, it's like you've won the lottery! That's exactly what we in the Quantox Technology can say about our job! This is not only our job, this is a way of life and that's why my colleagues and I come to the office with a big smile on our faces! So, I can finally talk about this great surprise I found on my desk.
It's Wednesday (I mean, Wednesday, the most unimportant day of the week), I come in the office and I find beautiful and delicious donuts on my desk! Early in the morning! To make my coffee better! How cool is that? This small thing, this little sign of appreciation and respect for employees is what makes our company so great! That's why we all have it all here: Sucess in the business, friends and warm words! We are more a family than a company and that makes us fight our age with ease!
Sometimes, I think we can even win this fight...
Quantox is a full-service web technology firm that can make just about anything you need. One thing that some businesses tend to neglect in their creative process is coming up with a mobile app or even simply a mobile version of their website.They focus a lot of making their website really awesome but hardly give a passing thought to those small devices that people use every day. More and more people access the web solely from their smartphones, making them even more relevant. Plus, in their more recent updates, Google and other search engines have announced that they have started to give higher priority to sites that have their mobile game in order. That means that fixing your site’s mobile presence can even help your search engine standings.
That is something that we here at Quantox can help you with. We have available and experienced developers who can make iPhone and Android apps, and those who are also familiar with how to make a website look A+ on a mobile device or tablet. This will allow your users to browse your site or use your product while they are on the go just about anywhere, which is becoming more essential to running a functional business these days. Pretty much anything and everything can be turned into an app, simply to allow users to have better and easier access to your products, whether you’ve got an online service or a retail product that people can buy online.
Don’t neglect your company’s mobile presence and remember to get some mobile work done to improve your business’ online presence.In this day and age, it is something that really needs to get done and some would even say that if you don’t have at the very least a mobile website going, this may be an important priority for improvement, even before updating or upgrading a normal website. Of course, our consultants can help you find the exact right services that you need and can advise you on what would be best for your company.
THINK ABOUT PROCESSES. THINK ABOUT THE NEXT IN THE PROCESS.
The process is one of the most mysterious terms and notions nowadays. Although it is now so new but exists for a long time, it has never been demystified, so for most people, it sounds so scary.Nevertheless, it is very important everybody to understand what the process is, how it functionates, as well as that our complete life and work happen through processes. Yes, everything we perform in our life, every day, takes place through processes or sets of processes. As Edward Deming said, “if you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you are doing”. If you think over about your activities, you will see that it is quite right.Although you can read that one of four Agile principles says that individuals and interactions are over processes and tools, that definitely doesn't mean that processes and tools there are not or that are not important.
So, first, let's demystify what the process is.
The simplest, we can say that the process stands for transforming input into outputs, using necessary and appropriate resources, as well as by someone`s managing. For example, you have whole bread as an input, so you want to get slices as an output. Therefore you will use a knife as a resource, but you will manage the resource and whole the process, moving the knife in a proper way or at an appropriate speed.Ok, that's nice… so, have a look everything you do- processes are everywhere around you. For everything you have some input- sometimes that is Manager's order, sometimes Customer's demand, technical specification or global standard. Also, input can be something your colleague did, some output of his work. Well, that is interesting- someone's output can be your input.
Definitely, you will work easier if your input is better, simpler or such that can facilitate your work.But, it seems it doesn't depend on you but on your colleague… amiss. Don't surrender, think about what you can do in order to get as good input as possible, to get desired inputs. Yes, you can go to your colleague who will deliver you his work and tell him what you need, in what form, what will be the best for you. Try to be polite, but detailed, concrete, and to define your needs in a structured way.
Remember, you are not alone
There is someone in the process after you - your outputs will be his inputs, so take care of that. As you wish and need as better inputs as possible, such next in the process has the same needs. Before start doing your job, ask next in the process what he needs, try to understand why that is important for him, so align your process and your activities with that.Well, that means there are many people who will be included in that stream to the ultimate customer, who can be somebody from the market. So, that means, we should start creating processes backward, thinking what is to be previous activity in order to deliver expected result, so to create processes in that way. It sounds reasonable- you can`t make a roof if you don`t have walls. Start from a roof, start thinking about your processes. Start from the Customer, start from next in the process, help him, understand why some your output is important as his desired input.Go to the mirror and you will understand, it is important for someone else like it is important for you in another situation.Think about processes, think about the next in the process, start building processes from His Majesty the Customer.
We Are Always in The Process of Becoming the Best in The IT Industry!
We understand that process is at the core of everything we do at Quantox. And because we master at all types of processes we are adamant in explaining every part of our software development process to our clients. With Quantox, transparency and understanding is the paramount for a good business relationship. So, Let's Talk!
When digital commerce began online there was a period of time dominated by Do It Yourself webmasters who worked hard to build and refine their businesses by hand with little or zero external help. As things became more complicated, the trend was toward establishing your own core competency and outsourcing narrowly defined responsibilities to outside consultants or independent contractors. Recently there is a new shift in the way business is being done, and Quantox is at the forefront of the modern web development evolution.
“Doing it all yourself just isn’t practical anymore, with so many systems to learn and maintain, complicated codes to create, design trends to account for and the speed at which everything keeps changing. The idea of a one-man shop running a major online business is obsolete,” explained Vuk of Quantox.
“Similarly, clients are now hesitant to hire several independent contractors on their own because they have already experienced the frustration of watching each blame the other whenever anything goes wrong of ends badly. The holistic approach is the most sensible way to handle web development these days, and that is why we have built Quantox from the ground up with comprehensive product management in mind.”
Holistic web development involves having a single point of contact, to handle all of the outsourced elements of any digital product. Whether you want an entire platform coded as a new backend, and need the design of the front end done as well, are seeking to be sure your site is properly optimized for search engines, want your email campaigns and stat tracking to be seamlessly integrated or are seeking custom solutions to any other aspect of your web-based business, having your own project manager overseeing an experienced team of experts is the only realistic way of getting your business to move forward under budget in the time frame allotted.
Quantox employs more than 100 coders, designers, project managers, technologists and experts in their respective fields – capable of providing you with all of the work you want to be done, and we do not outsource any part of your projects or require you to find separate contractors to handle other aspects of the work.
“By working in a holistic way we are responsible for the entire project and we can ensure the strictest quality control while giving our clients a truly scalable solution for virtually any digital challenge being faced. We don’t point fingers, we don’t make excuses and we are always easy to reach. That saves you time, saves you money and in the long run… it also makes Quantox the obvious choice.”
As all of us know, today's market is very demanding and competitive in every industry. When talking about IT industry, that is significantly more expressed, especially when we know that while the World is connected and that IT companies and professionals are available everywhere around us.If you want to exist on the market in such conditions, you are to be better and better from day to day, to rise continually.Yes, from day to day, not from year to year!No one has so much time to wait for improvement, especially if want to grow and increase own standards, providing the best quality to clients, as well as improving an internal organization, developing employees and increasing their satisfaction. Yes, sounds very difficult, like climbing… actually, it is some kind of business climbing.
Comparing business with climbing may sound strange, but there are a lot of similarities actually.Climbing has never been easy- it demands significant efforts, you can`t reach the top of a mountain in a day or in short period, but through many steps.Setting and reaching the small next goals and making base camps for next steps are crucially important for the success of that project, so that approach demands appropriate (specific) mindset from the start. Small goals/steps are very important, as well as base camps, in order to whole the team be accommodated and prepared/ready for next ascent. This is the best way that ensures whole the team to be successful and to achieve the goal through that exciting journey.As our goals are very high, we in Quantox don`t waste time waiting for something to be improved on itself, nor leave things to be on the same level for a long time. Instead, our approach is proactive and progressive, directed to continuous improvement, such that direct all improvements and implement all incremental solutions in a flexible way, adapting to our current level of organizational development and our next business goals.
Understanding that nothing can be moved to extremely high level over the night, we are continuously building positive environment and mindset, systematically helping every of our employees to be better from day to day, cherish concept that our employees are our the most significant and the worthiest resource, so inspire them and consider their ideas and proposals as the best resource for continuous improvement.Using that synergy, we are making small improvements every day, implement and test them, facilitate every change and enable our employees and organization to adapt to change and make fine-tuning. It really makes amazing results, strongly motivates all to continue improving herself/himself and whole the organisation. Kaizen is one of our secret sauces of the success!
We are developing and applying philosophy, culture, techniques, and tools of Kaizen consistently. We have deep necessity to improve ourselves and the company, it lies in our genuine commitment to excellence. Simply, we don't talk about Kaizen, nor try to imagine what that could be- we really live Kaizen every day.
Let me tell you something about working here, in Quantox Technology! It is not standard, boring job! It's a way of life! How many times have you been in a situation that you would give everything just to stay in the bad for a few hours more rather than go to the work, but you can't do it because you have to be in the office at the precise time? I know, you can't even count all these situations, right? Well, guess what, we in Quantox don't have that kind of problems.
Our working time is flexible!And that means that we can really be in the office whenever we want, with no consequences at all! So, if you are tired, you have something private to do, or you just had a long and interesting night with your friends, don't worry. Wake up whenever you want, grab a cup of coffee, get ready and then go to the office! That's how we do it!Of course, this is just a one of the many good things that working in Quantox Technology brings! I'm gonna turn to the science to make this easier for you to understand, so pay attention. They say that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. This statement is often attributed to the ancient Chinese sage Confucius, and many scientific researchers have proven it! If you love what you do, and if you enjoy your work, your results will be outstanding. One more crucial ingredient for the success in the work is a team of people that surround you, and we can really say that this is the part of our company that we are most proud of.
We have all the support in work we need, and our team of administrators, project managers, team leaders and quality assurance will give their best to help you improve your skills and be successful. I must mention that we have a really wide range of projects that we are working on, from smart TV apps, Java, Laravel, Objective-C, Angular 2 to PHP, MySQL, MongoDB, XCode, JavaScript, you name it... We got the most of the industries needs covered by the experienced people and some of our projects have over 60 million of views daily.
And all of that we are managing to achieve in the fantastic offices we have. Cooking a lunch or a dinner and eating with the friends in the comfortable dining room, is a normal thing in our office. We also like to play football, basketball, and many other games during our breaks. Of course, all of this is just to encourage our staff and to create the best possible conditions for their best results.For the end, let's talk about the bond we all have in the Quantox. As I mentioned it before, this is not a just a regular job, this is a way of life. We are spending time together not only in the office, but outside also, and we are having such a great time. Our trips and team buildings are something that we are remembering with the joy and smile on our face and every member of our, now pretty large, team has something special to offer to the collective!
Because of all above mentioned, I can proudly say that we have managed to create the perfect environment for every talented person who wants to work and to be successful. After all, our motto "work hard and play hard" really is our guide!
Artistic Talent- Important But Not Crucial
There are artists in the world that can create magnificent masterpieces that evoke emotional connections with otherwise inanimate objects. Quantox Technology does not hire any of them. While we appreciate artistic talent, that isn’t what makes someone a great designer for commercial applications.
Oil Painting Won't Work On Your Computer Screen
“Our clients want to overcome a frustrating obstacle in their business plans, or are seeking to expand their operations, ” said Vuk of Quantox. “They may want to refresh the look and feel of a website to be in line with the best converting designs currently trending, or they may want to improve the efficiency of their sales funnel with a simpler, more obvious path to making purchases.These are time sensitive tasks that can’t be done by moody or overly sensitive artists. When our clients contact us, our goal is to earn them more money with clean, effective and entertaining designs that improve retention without any unnecessary expenses. Every designer who works at Quantox is great at that, regardless of whether they work well with oil paints and marble chisels or not…”
How Design Portfolio May Be Misleading?
Many business owners are lulled into a false sense of confidence when they are shown the portfolio of an amateur designer who has made a few outstanding pieces of art in the past. Keep in mind, that portfolio likely took them years to create, was probably done when their mood inspired them, and each item in that portfolio may have earned zero dollars for any client no matter how nice it looked.
“When I start to work on the UI/UX of a website, I’m not looking at it while pretending to be Michelangelo,” said Milan, Lead Designer for Quantox. “What I’m doing is putting myself in the mindset of being your potential customer or recurring member. My goal is to increase the number of signups your site brings in, to keep your existing members recurring and present your content in ways that have the best impact on the financial health of your company. If I feel like drawing for fun, I can do that during my lunch hour or on the weekends, professional design isn’t about fun and whimsy, it’s about earning dollars, euros and the trust of your consumers.”
State-of-the-art Digital Design is Found in Quantox!
We look forward to having the opportunity to show you why our design team wins awards from business communities and appreciation from the CEOs, even if it isn’t likely to ever adorn the walls of a famous museum (unless that museum is trying to improve revenue from its ticket sales). Quantox Technology provides free price quotes for design work and can also fully integrate any of the other back-end services your company needs to provide you with a top quality fully-functional digital property faster and better than you ever expected. Let’s Talk about your project!
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE CUSTOMER? FIND OUT MANDATORY.
Many companies deliver products, services or business solutions. But customers are not interested in them. Today`s Customers are more demanding, they want to participate in creating solutions for them, want customized solutions. But, then, if they don`t want products, services, solutions, what are they interested in?
Value!
Value? What is the Value? And, who defines the Value?
Value is that for what a Customer is willing to pay, something valuable to him. When defining the Value, it is very important to start and watch from the Customer`s point of view, from the Customer`s perspective.
That can be a significant problem in many situations- misunderstanding the notion of the Customer`s perspective or a way to be on the Customer`s point of view, in order to understand Customers` needs, requirements, wishes, expectations in the best way. In an intuitive way, many consider Requirement and Customer`s Value as synonyms. But, it is very important to understand that for every Requirement we will have or should have defined Value. Just imagine that you were hired by someone for painting some room in green color.
That is a Customer`s Requirement - the room to be painted. But, Value for him will be that those walls are clearly green, without any accessorizing. If you paint that room just based on his Requirement, maybe you will find adding other colors or details as nicer, better, more interesting. For example, you will probably put some wall in dark red, because of contrast; on some another, you will add a picture of a flower, Sun, or similar.
And, what then? The situation is quite simple - Customer is right. So, what will you do next? Customer will certainly expect to deliver him what required- a green room. For you that means additional work, rework, spending time and materials, delaying next planned or agreed assignments… that means losing possible business opportunities and money. Terrible!
So, is Customer always right?
If we start with an idea that Customer is always right, we will definitely have a problem. Thus, let`s say that the Customer is right for that what is specified, agreed.
Oh, that is a step ahead. Now, we have to make that specification with the Customer, actually to come together to an agreement about Customer`s needs, expectations, wishes… That definitely doesn`t mean just to hear and write down his requirements but to do your best to understand and find out what actually for the Customer represents Value, what is significant for him. Ever you said “I suppose…” you had already made a mistake and had more possibility of project failure and conflicts with Customer, Team, Managers, etc. Instead, to start do everything to avoid such situations, doing all activities that will help you to find out and understand Customer`s requirements, but Values that he considers, as well.
How to find out as much as possible?
There are many ways - actively listen to your Customer, try to understand him, as many questions, include relevant team members, draw, make some models or mock-ups, make a wireframe, give them some predefined questionnaire... do everything you have. There are many situations when Customers actually don't know what they really want or need.
In some situations, they know, but don't formulate that completely. Therefore, responsibility for defining Requirements and Values is yours. Responsibility and interest. Yes, that sounds demanding, but it is such- you have to provide them all necessary help because such you will help yourself. You have to be a very good listener, an Active Listener, in order to understand what Customer's idea is, what he wants. Additionally, you have to be a Facilitator, to help Customer to state all his ideas. Also, an Investigator, as you have to research, investigate Customers minds and needs.
That what you are doing creates the value for the company, eliminates wastes, saves time, resources and money, makes a strong base for next processes, improves quality, but increases Customer's trust and satisfaction, as well as a reputation of your company.
Enough, isn't it? Go and find out what the Value is. Just deliver Value.
What if we invest in people and they leave?
As the saying goes, Quantox only hires the best, so if you can work here we already know you could easily get a job anywhere else as well.
That’s the nature of hiring top-tier professionals whose skills are envied by competitors. Keeping our team happy while encouraging the right kind of corporate culture is what we do best. After all, a web services company is only as good as the people who work to build it, and it can only succeed when everyone shares the same vision, with a common purpose fueled by a real passion for perfection.
“This year’s racing event was terrific, high performance,” said Vladimir, VP of Quantox. “Yes, it was fun and exciting to get the whole team burning up the high-performance track in cars with a trophy on the line… but in a larger sense, it was also exactly the right message for everyone who works at Quantox to take to heart.”
Winning on the racetrack isn’t about guessing or long wasteful thought processes that leave you meandering around the track as competitors pass you by. To reach the checkered flag first, you need to be efficient, smart, quick, adaptive and focused – which are all traits we put at a premium when hiring new team members for careers at Quantox!
Quantox Racing Is Team Building And An Efficiency Lesson
“The winner finds the right line to travel around the track, one that is the least congested by traffic, taking the shortest path from point A to B, and then defends that advantage by perfecting all the angles to stay ahead of everyone else, ” said Vladimir with a smile. “Adapting to the changing behavior of the other drivers, focusing on the goal without distractions from spectators on the sidelines or other racers, and always looking for a way to save time without compromising on the end results. If you can do it on the track you have the right mentality to do it in the office. At Quantox we compete to win because a good effort is ok in school, but in business, the best player is the one who consistently takes home the trophy.”
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If you have what it takes to compete the carting winner Milos at the next Quantox team building adventure and relish the opportunity to work with a team that is always hungry for new knowledge, contact us and let’s find a fit for you on the team!
Quantox Is The Easy Solution For Fixing Spooky Code
Holidays are times when most of the bugs in code come to the surface. Our dedicated team of exterminators fights them using best practices
As everyone prepares for Halloween and you start noticing all the ghouls, ghosts and goblins in your neighborhood, you are probably already thinking none of them are really that scary compared to the spooky feeling you get from poor code written by unreliable programmers, which we wrote about here. Here is how Quantox drives a wooden stake through the heart of bad code, along with the details of a new treat we are offering you this holiday season!
The Worst Of Them All
Code Ghosts:
Optimize your code and don't let Code ghosts surprise you on holidays
Bad code hides in your backend like a Ghost waiting to jump out and shout BOO when you least expect it! Your systems may seem to work correctly, but is everything tracking properly, are any resources being wasted and it is you really sure it isn’t all about to fail when you add a new plugin or feature for your end users? Quantox can review your existing architecture, or streamline your software line by line if needed to minify the source, enhance load speeds and remove all doubt about the quality of your network.
Code Ghouls:
Not rich enough to have cheap codebase
Nothing is more ghoulish than ransom schemes and backdoor access unethically installed by a fly-by-night coder you never should have hired in the first place. Security always starts internally, with good solid code written by a reputable firm that has a long track record working with known brands and caring for their infrastructure. When you work with Quantox, we supply plenty of references and testimonials from people you already know and trust. If you are nervous a ghoul may have already compromised your code security, contact us right away to discuss the many ways we can clean up your code and establish meaningful backup procedures to chop off that ghoul’s head before he ever gets close to anything of value!
Code Goblins:
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Incompetent developers are developing your site, why?
They don’t really mean any harm; they’re just a horde of completely incompetent monsters that run around claiming to be professionals. Did you try to save a few pennies by paying a goblin to pretend to do a good job when you could have hired Quantox and actually gotten great code instead? Relax, we aren’t mad, we're ready to fix whatever they left unfinished. Sometimes we can make use of their failed attempt, but more often we can write fresh code that gets the job done even faster and better than you ever expected. Hire us when you want to stop hiring goblins and start working with a team of real experts.
Trick or Treat?
At Quantox we don't believe in tricks. There isn’t one simple trick to make you trillions of dollars and clickbait doesn’t work when talking to business owners. What does work is focusing on providing honest, the quality code in a professional manner and that's what makes working with Quantox a treat! To make your Halloween even sweeter, we will add some extra to your goody bag that, on any work from a new client who needs help fixing the mess other companies have already made. We know it sucks to have to re-do something you thought was already taken care of, and that will never happen once you start working with Quantox, so this first time you want to get away from the monsters to step into the light with Quantox.com, we’re ready to help you at even lower price than usual.
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Have a happy and safe Halloween!- From Everyone At Quantox.com
PHP conference BGPHP is one of the best conferences for anyone interested in the PHP programming language. Speakers at the event covered topics for novices and experts interested in sharpening their PHP skills with there were a lot of interesting sessions aimed at improving the way programming is done on an everyday basis.
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“Many programmers come from all around Europe to be part of this conference,” said Dan of Quantox.com “and we were proud to send six of our team lead programmers to the PHP conference. “A lot of the workshops were centered on an arcade game theme this year. Pixels, video games, potions (beer) - even the music being played was from famous games. Overall it was a terrific experience and a first class opportunity for programmers to learn from each other as we shared our own experiences and heard from other top software engineers about their own programming style to better define best practices that benefit all of our clients.”
Quantox understands that the continuing education of each part of the team is essential to evolving our skill set and staying ahead of the curve. Our clients succeed in fast-paced sectors of the digital marketplace, and they rely on us to always know the best way to do things right now, and the most likely ways to future-proof build with an eye on what’s about to happen next. BGPHP began as an initiative by a small group of developers who started the first PHP User Group in Sofia two years ago.
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Sending half-dozen top-tier PHP programmers from Quantox to be part of the event is our way of supporting the creative culture that all digital professionals value. It also serves as a strong incentive for qualified employment candidates to come join the Quantox team because it’s easy to see that employee enrichment is a core component of Quantox DNA, backed by significant investment in each of our esteemed team members.
If you are seeking a career in Web Development, Programming, or Digital Project Management, and have a fascination with the new tools that are on the horizon, be sure to find a company that supports those initiatives and its staff effectively. It makes a world of difference for the way technology reaches the market and the way your career trajectory takes flight. At Quantox we are always hiring the right people to fill exciting positions in our dynamic production environment. Check out Careers at Quantox to learn more right now!
“Reset GIT branch to a specific commit” is the first topic we would like to address in the Help section. Since many of us find ourselves in a situation when we want to reset the master branch to a specific commit of the master- or some other branch, we'll take some time to write a short guide on how this can be done in a few steps.
RESET BRANCH TO A SPECIFIC COMMIT git reset –hard 87a9789447846c6ff3275f93589fbab3c7b801ec (commit hash that we want to reset the branch to)git checkout -b xx (we check out a fictive branch, which will become master)git branch -m master old-master (rename current master to something else)git branch -m xx master (rename fictive branch to master)git branch -d –force old-master (delete old master – not needed anymore)git merge -s ours origin/master (merge master branches, but prefer local data)make some changes to test git.git commit -m ‘test’ (if needed do git add . first)git push –set-upstream origin master (set local master branch to track origin master branch)git pushgit pullWe have also made a package that automates this process via artisan: https://github.com/ivanciric/artisan-git-toolsEveryone is invited to contribute to join the development of various commands that further facilitate our work.
As we announced in period from 30.06.2016 to 03.07.2016. Rafting Center Tara-Raft welcomed 72 people from Quantox Technology.We came to rafting center on Thursday around 2pm, and left it on Sunday at 11am, which means we spent around 70 hours hanging together.
Camp management estimates we had around 4 or 5 hours of sleep per person out of those 70 hours.Out of 72 people that came to rafting, 65 decided to go on adrenaline river ride on Friday. We were driven by 11 cars, and spread over 9 boats with 9 rafting skippers. All river boats went over 16km long riverbed of Tara river and another 4km of riverbed of Drina river. We got to finish in 3.5h spent on river. Out of which 3h were spent on water and 0.5h in pauses by the river.
By unofficial, but precise measurements of skippers, every boat made average of 1236 strokes. Taken care that every stroke spends 32 to 36 calories, we burned approximately 44000 calories per boat. Pretty impressive, no? We weren’t lazy and make a bit different calculation, every boat became lighter in average by 4 to 6 kg.This time of year around 500 cubic meters of water flows over Tara riverbed, which means for the time we spent on river approximately 324.000.000 cubic meters of water, which equals the capacity of Perućačko lake on the Drina.
We estimate each person had two sips of Tara river while, so we all took this natural beauty forever in ourselves.On Saturday, 58 people took safari tour through national park Sutjeska. Passengers were spread over 9 jeeps with 9 drivers. During the trip, we went over Tjentiste, rainforest Perucicu with view on waterfall Skakavac (71m) and climbed viewpoint Prijevor with an elevation of 1660m. As our camp is on 440m, it means we overcome 1200m altitude. Way to go crew!
Prijevor is beneath Maglic, which is the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2386m). After Prijevor we visited the biggest open pool in Europe – Tjentiste. We crossed 140km during the safari and estimate loss of 6l of body liquid during the drive on the hot summer day.During our stay hosts organized 3 music bands to play and entertain us in night hours. Music spent a total of 18 hours playing, which is a total of 567 songs played. Out of these only 4 songs were a folk genre. Also in the night between Thursday and Friday, they played 10 heavy metal songs which were taken very well from hosts as well as Quantox team.
A couple of interesting facts come from Tara-Raft bar. For the time we spent in camp, we drank 13 barrels of beer, 146 bottles of beer, 98 bottles of juice and 9l of spirits. The part which will mostly be interesting for programmers is how much coffee was consumed. Well, here’s the number: 200 domestic coffees and 32 nes coffees. No one was drinking tea.Restaurant statistic says we had 22kg of meat during 4 days.
Approximately 80kg of meat was consumed during lunch, around 60kg was used for breakfast, and another 80kg was served for dinner. We also spent 20kg of milk products, cheese, and kajmak.Hope you enjoyed the read and facts and that we managed to present you part of atmosphere from teambuildingUntil next time…
Digital publishing used to include many small subcontractors and often required a lot of management supervision time from in-house executives, dealing with overages and missed milestones on project timelines. Worst of all, when anything went wrong, all the individual subcontractors would try to point fingers at each other as the way to avoid any level of accountability for their own errors. Quantox has helped to change all that by providing project continuity and the results are exceptional.
When you have Quantox build your digital property, you aren’t just getting a gifted designer, a talented coder, an experienced marketing team and each of the elements you need to succeed on the modern web – you are getting a coherent team of professionals. People who are used to working together and who understand that the sum total of their effort will be better than the individual effort of any one part of the whole.
More importantly, our supervisory staff and project management leads are familiar with every member of the team, are able to motivate and inspire their team, and significantly reduce the need for any outside resources being allocated to keeping the project ahead of schedule and under budget. That isn’t to suggest we are perfect, nobody is perfect, but we can guarantee you that if we do ever make a mistake, we are accountable directly to you and we will make it right quickly because our reputation depends on your satisfaction. We only point fingers at each other when we are complimenting one another, errors or mistakes that need to be corrected are the responsibility of every single person who is part of Quantox.
That continuity gets you the best results, with the least resources every time, and it is a key component of what your Quantox relationship is all about!
When you are starting up a new business, with a startup methodology, it’s best to do things right straight from the start. In 2008, entrepreneur, Eric Ries developed the LEAN method of creating a startup, and it’s a great methodology. Ries came up with this because he wanted to create something that would shorten product development cycles and create continuous innovation in startups.Ries came up with this idea through failures. His first startup, Catalyst Recruiting, ultimately failed because it was not agile enough to recover from the initial product launch to give their customers what they wanted. Ries experienced a similar failure with There.com, giving him plenty of learning material from his experiences.
What is Lean Start-up Method?
Ries took a look at something called LEAN manufacturing, which was developed by Taiichi Ono in the 1950s. This particular system of manufacturing helped to both reduce waste and increase productivity with a few methods, one of which being quality assurance checkpoints placed in key parts of the manufacturing process. The lean startup process takes this philosophy and moves it into the startup atmosphere.The basic gist of a LEAN startup is that companies must first create an MVP or minimum viable product - the product with the least amount of features needed to function correctly - and then test it and see if customers can actually use it. Like Ono’s many quality assurance checkpoints, the customer feedback then informs the future adjustments to the product, creating a continuous feedback loop. This helps to reduce waste created by companies who put too much effort into launching a product with many bells and whistles.Using the LEAN startup method can really help you to save money and be more efficient.
LEAN on Quantox To Bring Your Idea To Life!
Working with Quantox on developing your idea promises only steps forward, and very little or none going back. As we work toward creating an MVP from your initial idea, we are already a few steps ahead. With each upgrade of your product after the launch, we climb higher towards the success. One step at the time, building your brand with diligence and continuity that always bring the best results. Let's Talk!
