Jay McCall
As Co-founder of DevPro Journal, Jay McCall combines 25 years of experience in journalism and IT content creation with a passion for thought leadership. With a sharp focus on creating engaging, practical content, the publication addresses the unique needs of software developer leaders, offering strategies to build sustainable and fulfilling businesses.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is your cue to check readiness
October's spotlight on cybersecurity is a good reason to tighten access controls and update your incident response plan before the holiday freeze.
Customer-installed AI tools can now attack your software
Your customers control which AI tools touch your software. A capability jump in one of those tools can expose you overnight.
Build business continuity into your software. Here’s why and how.
Outages cost your customers revenue and trust. Build business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) into your roadmap.
Funding and M&A news for ISVs & Devs: Fall 2026
A look at recent acquisitions, funding rounds, and consolidation trends affecting ISVs and software developers.
Upcoming API sunsets every ISV should have on the calendar
A practical look at the platform and API changes hitting cloud, payments, and e-commerce integrations this fall.
Choose the right mobile hardware for your healthcare software platform
Hardware choices shape adoption, support costs, and compliance. Here's what to weigh before you recommend a device to a customer.
Your product roadmap needs a 2026 privacy strategy now
Twenty states have active privacy laws in 2026, and enforcement is real. Here's what devs need to build before customers ask.
An M&A playbook for ISVs
Entrepreneur and M&A guru Tom Bronson explains how buyers and sellers can protect value throughout a deal.
Turn AI experiments into measurable gains
RetailNOW panelists offer VARs, ISVs and MSPs a practical playbook for provable AI ROI – and it starts with saying no to complexity.
Identity is retail’s new security perimeter
As AI and cloud adoption accelerate, protecting identities has become the next growth opportunity for every solution provider.
Five AI services every solution provider should be building today
How IT solutions providers can transform AI buzz into high-margin, repeatable managed services for retail clients.
How to lead the next era of retail point of sale
Explore the crucial retail tech trends driving unified commerce this year, from SoftPOS to security.
Turn user data into a major growth engine for your software
Embedded analytics and business intelligence offer software developers a powerful way to increase platform value and build new revenue streams.
The dev’s guide to healthcare mobile computers
A guide for software leaders evaluating enterprise Android handhelds to ensure integration ease and clinical compliance.
How to choose the best mobile printer for your software
Evaluate integration ease, cloud connectivity, and linerless media to ensure your mobile workforce software runs on reliable hardware.
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