Custom software is our passion

At the Bright Side of Life it’s in our blood to help clients to think about their needs, and to work with them to define the features needed in a first release. Going for an all singing and dancing first release is rarely the right approach. Focus on what you need – an MVP demonstrating great value to your users. It will save you money, gain insights into your users’ needs, and help to create a better product.

Our summer event this year was an opportunity for Martyn (Director, BSL) to finally experience a little Dutch culture. He’s not yet ready for the full Marco Borsato/Andre Hazes experience. So on June 6, we tore ourselves away from our work, and stood in the sunshine outside the office, waiting for a coach. A coach that was going to take us all to Katwijk, and the Soldier of Orange!

Recruiting talent for IT service providers is not easy. Good developers and designers are scarce. BSL uses our own website and several social platforms to find new talent. But when you’re a multinational, looking to recruit talent across Europe, you need to “Think Different”. And that’s just what the Keylane Careers team has been doing.

In February, BSL received an invitation to take part in a charity Business Run during the NN Rotterdam Marathon on 7 April. Participants could sign up for a 10K (1/4 marathon), with the goal of raising money for a good cause – the Linda Foundation. This charity helps make life a little brighter for less fortunate children in the Netherlands.

BSL has a lot of experience with Oracle databases and has been an Oracle partner for years. We were recently invited by Oracle to a MySQL Bootcamp held in Dusseldorf. The purpose of the Bootcamp was to learn more about the MySQL Enterprise edition, the commercial edition of MySQL. Two of our developers want to share their experience…