[Term of the Day]: Bespoke Software
Term of the Day
“Bespoke Software”
Definition — What is Bespoke Software?
Bespoke Software is often called customized or custom-designed or tailor-made software. The term "Bespoke" comes from the United Kingdom where it originally referred to as tailor-made clothing. However, in recent years, the term has been applied to information technology (IT) and refers to customized services or products. Businesses usually involve two kinds of software types 'Off the Shelf' and 'Bespoke' software.
Off the Shelf software are standardized software applications that are mass-produced, available to the general public, and fit for immediate use. They are designed for a broad range of customers, offering a comprehensive set of features to streamline operations.
Bespoke Software are built to match a specific company’s needs, they provide the most efficient, fast, and user-friendly solutions, leveraging the company’s unique advantages. They allow you to take full control of your business processes. Bespoke, directly involves you in the development process, shaping the way the system is created, and making sure it fits your needs. They provide you a new platform to grow the business, develop as well as expand. One other advantage is Bespoke solution is customized to your individual business and you own the source code, the solution can be easily integrated with other Bespoke or packaged software, used to replace a legacy system, and can be updated and expanded in the future.
Few examples of Bespoke software:
- Student Portals for Schools/Colleges: At most learning institutions, students can sign up for classes, download learning materials, and check on things like grades or schedules all from simple custom software.
- Online Medical Patient Interfaces: Most of us have used an online portal of some kind to schedule a doctor’s appointment, update medical history, or otherwise interact with a healthcare provider. These tools provide convenience, time savings, and confidentiality that wouldn’t be possible in person or over the phone.
- Personalizing entertainment: Popular OTT's like Netflix is good examples of Bespoke software, their platform is created with user experience and technology in mind. Not only can users watch movies and television series seamlessly, but they can also view a dashboard of recommendations based on their viewer history, with over 130 million worldwide streaming subscribers, it’s also fair to say that Netflix is a testament to how the right, Bespoke software development can be advantageous to your business and customers alike.