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Just right, configurable products, product configurators

Desktop Configurators vs. Web-Based Product Configurators: Benefits and Limitations

Julie Russo
IoT platform development, IoT platform, IoT platforms, Cloud IoT Platform, comparing ioT platforms.

How to Prepare Your IoT Platform for Future Development

Kiran Patel
An Overview of Choice Architecture and Persuasive Technology

An Overview of Choice Architecture and Persuasive Technology

Jim VanderMey

The Benefits of Hiring a Digital Consultancy or Tech Consultants

Anna Wheeler
The Business Case for Infor LN Application Managed Services

The Business Case for Infor LN Application Managed Services

John Vancil
The words "for everyone" superimposed over a mobile phone; mobile app accessibility guidelines, strategy and examples

Mobile App Accessibility Guidelines, Strategy and Examples

Andrea Bloemendaal
Feature Image for Mobile Framework Comparison Article Xamarin vs. Flutter User Experience: Which Platform Is Better?

Xamarin vs. Flutter User Experience: Which Platform Is Better?

OST
Replenishment and IoT: Drive Value With Connected Products

Replenishment And IoT: Drive Value With Connected Products

Julie Russo
Mobile app challenges, Mobile app platform Building mobile app,

Avoid These Common Mobile App Challenges

Kiran Patel
CET Developer Onboarding

Successfully Onboard Developers in a Virtual Workplace

Julie Russo
Shadow IT, shadow IT definition

What Is Shadow IT? Explore the Definition of Shadow IT, Shadow IT Examples and More

Kiran Patel
When, not if - Malware, Cyber Threats, and Enterprise Cyber Security Strategy

Malware Is Inevitable — But Beware of IT Fatalism

Jim VanderMey
We've got just the thing for configurable products.

Getting Started With CET Extensions: 10 Things to Know

Julie Russo

How to Overcome 3 Modern Workplace Productivity Challenges

Anna Wheeler
Humanizing data

Unlock The Potential of Your Data by Humanizing It

Matt Smith

Video: A Look Ahead to 2021

OST
For Modern Cyberthreats, Immutable Storage Is Necessary

For Modern Cyberthreats, Immutable Storage Is a Necessity

Dave Chinn

What Does Building a Successful Connected Product Look Like?

Kiran Patel

OST Achieves Microsoft Gold Cloud Productivity Competency to Further Support Secure Remote Enterprise Work

Anna Wheeler

Video: 2020 In Review

OST

How To Lead A Digitally Heightened Workplace

Kiran Patel
Computer screens with code overlaid with the words "Tick Tock"

Immediate Steps for Ransomware Protection, Mitigation and Prevention

Richard Maloley
The Future of Telehealth Is Now - integrating digital health solutions

The Future of Telehealth Is Now

Kiran Patel
Feature image for the Normalization of Deviance article showing a wave creeping up on a shoreline with the word "Boundaries" overlaid

Normalization of Deviance: Definition, Examples and Solutions

Jim VanderMey
Start Saving on Your Business’ IoT Costs

Start Saving on Your Business’s IoT Costs

Kiran Patel
See ahead of your budgeting

Pay for Outcomes, Not Infrastructure: Consumption-based Business Models for IT

Anna Wheeler

OST Accelerates Business Growth in Minneapolis with a Partnership with Azul Seven, New Leadership and Office Expansion

OST
Image of a user testing group in the background with the words "Gut Check" superimposed

Identify and Fix Development Issues for New CET Extensions

Kyle Jansens and Jon Vinsko
Feature Image of New Normal With a Question Mark

A Few Things We’ve Learned Working Through Quarantine

Brett Fitzgerald
A Strong Foundation Requires a Comprehensive Look at the Network of Your Business Infrastructure

A Successful ERP Implementation Starts With Selection

John Vancil

Experienced Financial Executive Robin Kleinjans-McKee Joins OST as Vice President of Finance and Operations

OST
best iot platform, switch iot platforms, iot platform advantages

7 Mistakes to Avoid When You Switch IoT Platforms

Kiran Patel
Improve Alignment Between Your Steering Committee and Project Team

Improve Alignment for Your Steering Committee and Project Team

John Vancil
Cyber Recovery - Bounce Back From Being Hacked, Cyber Attack

You’ve Been Hacked: What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting a Cyber Attack

Anna Wheeler
Walk Before You Run

Walk Before You Run: Develop a Catalog CET Extension Before PGC

Kyle Jansens and Jon Vinsko

Accelerating Digital Business Models

Kiran Patel
comparing iot platforms, iot platform comparison

Why It’s Time to Break Up With Your IoT Platform

Kiran Patel
How To Be a Future Minded IT Leader

How to Become a Future-Minded IT Leader in Your Organization

Kiran Patel
Laptop with overlaid text: Remote tools of the trade

Great Tools to Empower and Connect Your Remote Workforce

David VandeWaa
Woman with phone, fitness watch, and water bottle

An Introduction to All the Basics of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Matt Brickner & Taylor Brushwyler
What Do You Need To Unlearn to Succeed?

What Do You Need To Unlearn To Succeed?

Kiran Patel
Roundtable Takeaways With Notebook in Background

An Honest Look: How Can Businesses Maintain Velocity in This Pandemic?

David VandeWaa

Technology Engineer Veteran Erik Toth Joins OST as Vice President of Professional Services

OST
On-Prem Solutions With More Financial and Operational Agility

Before Your Next Capital IT Purchase, Know All Your Options

Tony Stauffer

OST Partners with Kent County Health Department on KeepMIHealthy, a COVID-19 response initiative

OST

The Essential Connected Products Dictionary

Kiran Patel
CAPEX OPEX

How IT Can Talk to the Finance Team

Kiran Patel
Bob Nemeth Principal Interview

Bob Nemeth: Why Digital Transformation Matters Now More Than Ever

Kiran Patel

Lasting Business Success Requires Smart Decisions in a Crisis

David VandeWaa

3 Missed Revenue Opportunities in the Connected Product Customer Journey

Kiran Patel
Image of an Agile Project Board

Keep Your Agile Ceremonies Effective, Even With Remote Teams and Workers

David VandeWaa
Different Mobile App Features on Different Phones

A Developer’s Review of Popular Mobile App Frameworks

Taylor Brushwyler
Automation in Manufacturing

Automation in Manufacturing: If You Can, Should You?

Kiran Patel
A clock with "Hype" as all of the numbers

The Tech Hype Is Real — And So Is the Tech Fatigue

Jim VanderMey
Xamarin Forms Tutorial Blog

Xamarin Forms Tutorial: Customize Xamarin Forms With Open Source Code

Mike Rampanelli
The Future of Design in 2020

Where Is Design Headed in 2020 and Beyond?

Kiran Patel
Principal Interview: Ryan Moseman

Interview with Ryan Moseman: A Conversation on the Future of Hybrid IT and more

Kiran Patel
Smart Product Process Diagram

Getting Familiar with the Smart Product Development Process

Laura Vaughn
Todd Jacobs

Recession Strategies, Digital Transformation, and More: An Interview With Todd Jacobs

David VandeWaa
Preparing for the New Year: Manufacturing

Preparing for the New Year: Manufacturing

Kiran Patel
Digital Transformation 2020

Preparing for the New Year: Digital Transformation and More

Kiran Patel
Always-On Consumer

Understanding the Demands of the Always-on Consumer

Kiran Patel
IT Disciplines Relevant Image

Are the IT Disciplines of the Past Still Relevant Today?

Jim VanderMey
Rob Kellner

Interview with Rob Kellner: Connected Products, predictions for the future and more

Kiran Patel
Products to design, advantage of iot platform, benefits of connected products

Building a Smart Device? You Need to Make the Shift From Products to Platforms

Kiran Patel
Smart Product Feature Image

Can Your Smart Product Address (and Overcome) Human Behavior?

David VandeWaa
A Product Company's Guide to Launching a Connected Product Blog

Free Ebook: The Product Company’s Guide to Launching a Smart Product

Laura Vaughn
Change Management Title Image

How to Leverage Change Management for Your Business

David VandeWaa
The Role of Communication in Change, Digital Transformation, and Innovation

The Role of Communication in Change, Digital Transformation, and Innovation

Kiran Patel
Pumpkin Spice as a Service (PSaas)

OST’s New Pumpkin Spice as a Service (PSaaS) Offering

David VandeWaa
Panelists at the Women in Leadership: Gaining Influence and Inspiring Innovation Event hosted by OST

Recap: “Women in Leadership: Gaining Influence and Inspiring Innovation”

Kiran Patel
What is Digital Transformation?

Placing Customers First in Digital Transformation

Kiran Patel
XaaS Graphic

Drive New Business Value and Profits With XaaS

David VandeWaa
legacy healthcare IT systems, legacy application modernization, egacy systems in healthcare

Why Migrate On-Prem and Legacy Healthcare Systems to the Cloud?

David VandeWaa
Graph of Rising Costs and Increasing Ideas

Reduce Your Enterprise IT Costs and Let Your IT Experts Innovate

David VandeWaa
smart connected products, what are smart connected products, how do smart connected products help achieve a competitive advantage, smart connected products definition

Distinguishing Between Smart Products, Connected Products, and IoT

Kiran Patel

Culture at OST: Community & Unconventionality

Talia Bronk
"Run AND grow." 2-pronged plug-like cloud hovering above an outlet-like silos.

Five Pillars: The OST Hybrid IT Methodology

OST
Are You Stuck with Legacy Virtualization Requirements?

Stuck with Legacy Virtualization Requirements?

OST
Disaster Recovery Services for Hospitals

Disaster Recovery for Healthcare

Jim VanderMey
Financing Innovation

5 Tips to Get Your Innovation Project Funded

OST
IoT Device Communications Blog — LoRa, LoRaWAS, and The Things Network

A Short Introduction to LoRa, LoRaWAN, and The Things Network for IoT Device Communications

Allen Derusha
What is Cloud Networking? Blog Post

What is Cloud Networking?

OST
Cloud IT Infrastructure Blog

IT Infrastructure for the Internal Customer

OST
Interoperability in Healthcare

The State of Interoperability in Healthcare

Jim VanderMey
"It's you." doodled geese flying in "V" formation

Technology Is Not Transformative

Jim VanderMey
OST is part of the AWS Partner Network

OST Achieves AWS IoT Competency Status

OST
Stratus as a cloud strategy part 2

“Stratus” as a Cloud Strategy: Part 2

OST
Bicycle on Grass

Blockchain in Healthcare: Hip or Hype?

Jim VanderMey
Four Kinds of CIOs by Jim VanderMey

The Four Kinds of CIO

Jim VanderMey
Identity Management Roadmap Tile

Establishing a Roadmap for Your Identity Management Solution

Chad Willaert
"Run AND grow." 2-pronged plug-like cloud hovering above an outlet-like silos.

It’s not Infrastructure. It’s Hybrid IT.

OST
Eddie Guy - Scalable Empathy

Healthcare and AI: Systems of Scalable Empathy

Jim VanderMey
Avoid IoT Failure team drawing

Failing to Connect: The Three Reasons IoT Projects Fail

OST
Riskiest Assumption Test

What’s Your RAT?

Aaron Kamphuis
hybrid IT

Hybrid IT – A Compromise for the Future with Cloud Computing

Tony Stauffer
Stratus as a Cloud Strategy Part 1 of 2

“Stratus” as a Cloud Strategy: Part 1

OST
Problem Framing

Three Ways You’re Thinking About the Problem Wrong

Brian Hauch
IoT Foundation: The Essential Starter Kit for AWS IoT

Introducing the IoT Foundation: Get Your Connected Product to Market Faster

OST
Structured insights model

How to Keep Insights Alive After Your Team Leaves the Workshop

Brian Hauch
Groups of people

How to Rally Your Team Around Insight-Focused Strategy

Brian Hauch
Paper Planes photo

As an Organization Matures, IT’s Role Shifts

OST
Hawaii Palm Trees

The Best IT Conference No One Goes To

Jim VanderMey
Meredith Bronk, President & CEO and Jim VanderMay, CIO of OST

Changing How The World Connects. Together.

OST

Configuration Services: Bringing Designs to Life for Clients

OST

Simplify Furniture Specification With Configura’s CET Designer and OST

OST
Jim VanderMey's Innovation Book List Part 5

A CIO’s Book List, Part 5: Interesting Trends and Thoughts on Technology

Jim VanderMey

We Are OST: Aaron Nienhuis

Danielle Haskins

A CIO’s Book List, Part 4: How Do I Lead and Manage through Organizational Change?

Jim VanderMey

A CIO’s Book List, Part 3: Books on Analytics & the Current Trends in Technology

Jim VanderMey

We Are OST: John Vancil

Danielle Haskins

We Are OST: Danielle Haskins

OST

A CIO’s Book List, Part 2: How Can Design Thinking Be Applied to Discrete Business Problems?

Jim VanderMey

A CIO’s Book List, Part 1: What Should I Know about Innovation?

Jim VanderMey

We Are OST: Guillermo Rangel

OST

We Are OST: Matt Glenn

OST

We Are OST: Frances Close

OST

We Are OST: Ethan Dunnum

OST

We Are OST: Tony Stauffer

OST

We Are OST: Josh Juzwik

OST

Q & A: Herman Miller Live OS + OST; Building an IoT Cloud Architecture and Data Analytics Platform

OST

We Are OST: Sung Yi

OST

We Are OST: Andrea Houg

OST

How Old Is Your Baan/LN Corral?

Dave Trayers

Designing for Viability: Business Journey Maps

Brian Hauch

Automate Your Mobile App Builds

Lee Flannery

The Value of Unlearning, and the Joy of the Novice

Jim VanderMey

Design in Tech with Automattic’s John Maeda | OST

Andy Van Solkema

Catching Up to the Cloud

Jim VanderMey

Recruiting in the Motor City; A Metropolis Climbing Back to the Top

Danielle Haskins
Graphic with technology symbols such as desktops, cords, computer mice, power buttons, keyboards, and disks.

Security Series Part III: The Story of Solving a Security Hack at a Fortune 500 Size Customer

Matt Glenn

Security Series Part II: How Unfinished Projects Create the Best Security Holes

Matt Glenn

Security Series Part I: Ransomware Survival Guide

Matt Glenn

Apoptosis: What System Architectures Can Learn from Biology

Jim VanderMey

Happy National Pizza Day

OST

Grab the Steering Wheel and Drive

John Vancil

What Being in a Garage Band Taught Me About Business

OST
Man using Configuras VR Technology and CET Designer to Experience a Workspace

Herman Miller Inspires OST-Configura Partnership

OST

Embracing Change for Dynamic Software Development

OST

Cross-Platform Mobile Developer’s Introduction to Bluetooth LE

Matt Brickner & Taylor Brushwyler

Microsoft HoloLens Brings Mixed Reality

Karl Sanford

The Bags ’n’ Bagels Eggstravaganza

OST
Boston Massacre

Mistakes Were Made: What the Freedom Trail Taught Me about Empathy

Andrew Powell

Strategic Design Workshops 101

OST

IoT Series Part VII: IoT Projects Require a Different Approach to Security

Aaron Kamphuis

Schrödinger’s Project: The Details are Inside

Andrew Powell

IoT Series Part VI: IoT Platforms: Black-box, SaaS, PaaS…Which Type is Right for My Product?

Aaron Kamphuis

Part V: Selecting the Right Platform is Critical to the Success of an IoT Product

Aaron Kamphuis

What ‘Design to Data Center’ Means to OST

John Vancil

Part IV: Utilizing a Layered Testing Approach is Key in Building an IoT Platform

Aaron Kamphuis

Part III: How Do You Justify an Investment in IoT?

OST

Part II: UX in the IoT Era, Designing for Complexity

Andy Van Solkema

Part I: Internet of Things… Are We All Doing It Wrong?

Aaron Kamphuis
Blue wave graphic

When to Engage an Outside Design Team

Andy Van Solkema

Let’s Talk Ketchup

Laura Vaughn

Design in Tech 2016

Andy Van Solkema

ERP Systems or Your Kid’s Bedroom…Nothing Improves without a Little Extra Work

Dave Trayers

The Data Doesn’t Lie

Andrew Powell

What Role Does Empathy Play in the OST Culture?

John Vancil

The Design Strategy Toolbox

Andy Van Solkema

How to Embrace the Principles of Agile Software Development

Andrew Powell

When Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Come Easily

John Vancil
Blue wave graphic

How to Plan a Successful Enrollment Fair for the Adoption of a New Technology Solution

Richard Maloley

Why Hosting an Enrollment Fair is Crucial to the Adoption of a New Technology Solution

Richard Maloley

How Software Developers Learned from the Food Service Industry

Andrew Powell

The Great Feeling of a ‘Click’

Jim VanderMey

Start Somewhere

Andrew Powell
Competitive Advantage

IT as a Competitive Advantage – The Real Imperative for Managed Services

John Vancil

Disruptive Innovation: Disrupt Your Industry or Be Disrupted

Jim VanderMey

The Smartphone as the Personal Health Assistant: The ECG Chapter

Jim VanderMey

The Smartphone as the Personal Health Assistant: The Breathing Chapter

Jim VanderMey

Seeking the Non-Obvious Insight

Jim VanderMey

Internet of Things. Big Data. What’s All the Buzz about Data Analytics?

Aaron Kamphuis

Wireless: 5 Tips for Keeping It Secure

OST

Legacy Systems: The (Often) Necessary Evil

OST

Viruses and Malware: The Key to Avoiding Infection (Part 2)

OST

Viruses and Malware: The Key to Avoiding Infection

OST

90% in 2020

John Vancil

Protecting Our Children from the Internet (Part 1 of 3)

OST

Data Can Help Us Know What Not to Do…

OST

Privacy is an Illusion

OST

Is Credit Card Technology Improving?

OST

Leadership in the Creative Industries

OST

Regin Malware: What It Means and How It Affects You

Danielle Haskins

The Rise of Spearphishing (Part 2)

Danielle Haskins

The Rise of Spearphishing

Danielle Haskins

GR GiveCamp 2014

OST

Fun Facts about OST

OST

Using Motivational Passwords

OST

West Michigan Woman Magazine Features OST’s Meredith Bronk

OST

Bitcamp GR

OST

A Trip to the Lake

OST

OST Recruiting Solutions: It’s All About the People

OST

OST London: Open for Business

OST

Fleegen Florp Flop: An SEO Test Regarding Indexing

David VandeWaa

OST Application Developers at GiveCamp Grand Rapids

OST

Top Ten Ways to Protect Our Children from Technology

OST

OST’s Joel Vanderveen Writes about His Experience as “The Match”

Joel Vanderveen

Professor Turned Intern? Dr. McFall Enrolls in App Dev 101 at OST for His Fall Semester

OST

OST’s Magic Recipe for Chicken (Dancing)

OST

Never Get Too Big for the Little Things

OST

4 Leadership Skills That Define ‘Servant Leadership’

John Vancil

Top 10 Security Mistakes a Company Can Make

OST

VMworld 2012: A Consultant’s Point-of-View

Richard Maloley

Think Big Winners Announced!

OST

Braving the Heat for Habitat for Humanity

OST

16,170 Juiceboxes

OST

GLITR Tech Tour across Michigan Coming to OST Today « CBS Detroit

OST

Servant Leadership

John Vancil

Lessons from a Softball Coach

OST

5 Keys for Successful Software Application

Danielle Haskins

Going Paperless

OST

How Do You Upgrade an iPod?

Jim VanderMey
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