Thanks to everyone who joined us for our April Tech lunch! We enjoyed eating delicious pita sandwiches, connecting with our fellow team members, and listening to informative and inspiring presentations given by some of our colleagues. First, Shawn Duffy gave a Consultant’s Corner presentation, “Becoming a Better Listener,” which was full of great tips that … Continued
On February 25, Axian celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary with an Open House Event, at which clients, business partners and employees gathered to enjoy this milestone occasion. Over the past 25 years, Axian has been built to last, shifting our business model to keep up with the market. Axian also encourages a culture of connection, which … Continued
We often describe Axian’s culture as a “connected community.” For example, a group of Axian employees and some of their families gathered to volunteer for the Oregon Food Bank. Together with other volunteers we bagged and boxed over five thousand pounds of food, enough for over four thousand meals. Tyler Holmes, Axian’s Software Practice Leader, … Continued
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our October Tech lunch! We enjoyed delicious Middle Eastern food, and listened to outstanding presentations from our fellow team members. First, Shawn Duffy gave a Consultant’s Corner presentation on “Building Equity with Our Clients” to help us build better relationships and communication skills when interfacing with our clients. … Continued
On Saturday July 25, Frank Helle (Axian CEO), in his role as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Technology Association of Oregon, welcomed 415 technology leaders, their guests, and elected officials to the 12th Annual “Party in the Pinot” at Oswego Hills Winery. This ritual of summer for our tech industry is an … Continued
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our July Tech lunch! We enjoyed delicious pizza, and listened to outstanding presentations from our fellow team members. First, Shawn Duffy gave a Consultant’s Corner presentation on “Crafting an Elevator Pitch” to help us better communicate what we do here at Axian, both as a company and in … Continued
Recently, Axian hosted a group of high school students from the School of Science and Technology, a local Beaverton School District Options School. For an internship project, they had developed proposals and wireframes with concepts to evolve a collaborative portal for all of the Teachers in the Beaverton School District. The students were divided into … Continued
What is Hadoop really? Hadoop is an open source development project managed by Apache. It is based on some technology originally written by Google. There are multiple modules (code bases) available and all perform different tasks, but all focused on the primary directive of Hadoop, processing large volumes of data in a highly available environment. … Continued
On Thursday, May 14, the Beaverton School district held their annual Signal to Noise Festival, sponsored by Axian. This event encourages kids to develop as whole people through the STEAM philosophy, which highlights the important roles of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math in our educational system. Frank Helle (Axian CEO) opened up the presentation of … Continued
Google’s decision to alter search rankings based on whether a website is Mobile-Friendly or not went into effect on April 21st, and has subsequently caused concern for many businesses. Why are they punishing us? They aren’t – According to Google’s recent statistics: “94% of people in the USA with smartphones search for local information on … Continued
