As I sit on the little prop commuter flight heading home from Portland, I find myself exhaling a sigh of delight as I feel the sun shine through the tiny airplane window. It has been one of the rainiest Aprils in Portland history, I hear. The sunshine is a welcome surprise on this afternoon flight. [...]
2016 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is a high-impact annual conference for business and channel leaders across the globe. Steven Borg, Northwest Cadence Strategist and Co-Founder, has been asked to speak at WPC 2016 on an exciting topic – DevOps and the Cloud. If you plan to attend WPC 2016, you won’t want to miss [...]
Bellevue, WA— May 31, 2016 — Northwest Cadence announced they have been named a finalist in the 2016 Microsoft Developer Platform Award Category. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Awards were presented in several categories, with winners [...]
We were excited to learn that Microsoft is restructuring Pinpoint to build a more integrated and comprehensive online tool that will help Microsoft partners connect with customers. The new site enhancements will be unfolding soon! In the meantime, Northwest Cadence wants to thank all of you who have taken the time to provide real, candid [...]
Northwest Cadence was honored to be a featured Microsoft Customer Story based on some of our experiences with Microsoft Azure App Service. Excerpt from original Microsoft article on January 19, 2016- Microsoft Azure App Service’s scalable infrastructure and simple user interface was the catalyst that allowed Northwest Cadence, a dedicated Microsoft Partner of nine years, [...]
Last month was an exciting time for the Northwest Cadence team! We had a great time delivering the Pre-Conference Workshop: Fundamentals of Lean Software Delivery and Forum session Effectively Measure Your Teams without Subjugating Them during the ALM Forum at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, WA. We had even more fun launching Visual Cadence! [...]
Every time an ambulance passes by me with sirens ringing, the very next thing I do is say a quick prayer for the medics and families who are involved in whatever caused the 911 call. I have done this for as long as I can remember. Except for today. Today, as I was walking down [...]
For as long as I can remember, I have been passionate about team dynamics and positive team culture. Team environment impacts everyone involved: the customers on one end, the employee’s families on the other end, and the employees in the middle. It can also make or break a business. As a leader, I believe it [...]
Join Steven Borg on May 5-8 at the upcoming leadership conference: Modern Management Methods – Making Better Decisions in the Face of Complexity and Uncertainty. If you’re in a leadership role and are responsible for managing knowledge work activities, this conference is one that you don’t want to miss. The Modern Management Conference has extremely [...]
At Northwest Cadence we love helping our customers improve their practices and processes. Part of our passion comes from our deep love of technology, but it definitely goes deeper than that. We’ve released three short videos that will help you better understand who we are, why we do what we do, and what we can [...]