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Technology Insights
Cloud Forensics and the Digital Crime Scene: How Investigation, Prevention, and Resilience Have Evolved
The digital crime scene has moved to the cloud, where infrastructure is dynamic, data is distributed, identity often defines the perimeter, and AI is rapidly reshaping both breaches and defence. Here’s how cloud forensics has evolved, and why prevention, visibility, and forensic readiness now matter as much as investigation.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 21, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
Your Mobility Data Problem Isn't What You Think It Is
Most enterprises don't have a mobility data shortage—they have a mobile data alignment problem. When carrier portals, finance systems, and IT inventories each tell a different story, teams drown in information but starve for clarity. Closing that clarity gap is what unlocks faster decisions, fewer audits, and confident mobility management at scale.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 19, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
Quality Isn't Vibes: How We Created a Practical Framework to Measure Software Quality
Software quality often gets treated as a vibe rather than something engineered. The AppDirect engineering team made it measurable using a 5-pillar framework: Security, Reliability, Performance, Responsiveness, and Issue Detection .By Mathew Spolin / AppDirect / May 13, 2026
Technology Insights
Navigating Technical Debt: How to Identify, Measure, and Manage it
Technical debt comes from taking shortcuts in software development that make systems harder to maintain, scale, and improve. Learn about the four categories of technical debt, what to watch for, how to measure it, and how to manage it before it derails your upcoming software and scaling efforts.By Mathew Spolin / AppDirect / April 27, 2026
Technology Insights
What’s Slowing Your Engineering Organization Down
Is your engineering team carrying hidden organizational debt? Issues like single points of failure, misaligned teams, vendor dependencies, and knowledge and documentation gaps quietly stall progress. Learn how to spot organizational debt, why solving it is an important proactive investment, and how overcoming it will speed up delivery and boost productivity.By Mathew Spolin / AppDirect / April 23, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
Take the Guesswork out of Selling Energy—A Clear Path to Recurring Revenue for Technology Advisors
Selling energy gives technology advisors a simple way to create fast, recurring revenue from existing customer relationships, while helping businesses lower one of their biggest ongoing costs. Here’s everything you need to know to get started.By Amanda Marquez / AppDirect / April 21, 2026
Customer & Partner Success
All the New Advisor Tools We Showcased at Channel Partners 2026
AppDirect brought a new suite of advisor tools to Channel Partners 2026. Explore how these new capabilities help advisors work more efficiently, strengthen customer conversations, and unlock growth across more opportunities and categories.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / April 17, 2026