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Client Spotlight: Cardiac Solutions
Building Custom SoftwareTo Make Your Business Better Everyday at KEYSYS we build custom software to help business leaders get the important stuff done. This is part 2 of a 10 week series during which we’ll highlight a set of problems, people and technologies as they...
Client Spotlight: PickleballTournaments.com
Building Custom SoftwareTo Make Your Business Better Everyday at KEYSYS we build custom software to help business leaders get the important stuff done.This is part 1 of a 10 week series during which we’ll highlight a set of problems, people and technologies as they...
KEYSYS in the Courtyard!
This year we introduced KEYSYS in the Courtyard. On the third Thursday of every month, everyone wraps up the workday a little bit early and we head to the courtyard for drinks, corn hole, frisbee, and mingling. It's a perfect way to interact with people we don't work...
Halloween 2K19
Every year our Halloween party gets bigger and this year was the biggest and best yet! We had pizza, lots of sweet treats, the annual egg toss, corn hole, mummy wrapping, Halloween themed Pictionary, cookie decorating, tattoos, a photo booth, and we even broke out the...
Celebrating 12 Years
Thank you to all our clients, families, and teammates new & old who came out to help celebrate KEYSYS' 12 year anniversary. The work we've been able to do these past years wouldn't have been possible without all of your help and support. The evening was full of...
Visit From STREAM Innovations
This month we had the honor of hosting a group of kids from STREAM Innovations for the second year in a row. STREAM Innovations is a local nonprofit committed to helping students develop and explore their passions for Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts,...
THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION’S CHILI COOK-OFF 2019
The 15th Annual Exceptional Foundation Chili Cook-off was held this past weekend at Brookwood Village. This is a widely attended event with a diverse crowd of over 10,000 people and 140 teams competing for the title of Birmingham’s Best Chili. Families came out in...
Under the Big Top
KEYSYS is honored to once again partner with The Junior Board of Glenwood for their 15th Annual Under the Big Top event. The annual event helps to support children and families impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorder in Alabama. Over 700 people attended this black-tie...
Paper Jam 2K19
When your company's copier dies there are few better ways to dispose of it than taking out a little aggression as a team. This counts as team building right? And in case you haven't seen it please check out our first Paper Jam too!
Halloween 2K18
Our team at KEYSYS loves to celebrate Halloween and this year was no exception. On October 31st we all dressed out and competed in a decathlon of Halloween party events including a corn hole tournament, competitive egg tossing, a poker-run scavenger hunt, mummy...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Coding Bay
Being the new guy at work is always like being a character in an epic poem–even more so for a developer diving into exciting ongoing projects. The ancient Greeks wove tales of increasingly great feats, the charismatic hero starting from humble beginnings before...
Sometimes you can be too normal
We recently had some performance issues in an application that had been in production for almost 3 years. This application is highly transactional and had grown almost 5-fold in volume. It brings together data from multiple systems. It had already been through a...
Jeff Worford’s DevOps Breakout Session @ Cyber Now : Video
This week Jeff Worford, one of KEYSYS' DevOps Engineers, spoke at the Cyber Now Conference in Birmingham, Alabama. Jeff detailed how DevOps is changing the landscape of software development and deployments. Be sure to watch Jeff's talk below and listen for these...
DevOps Automation @ Cyber Now Conference
Cloud computing is easily one of the biggest trends at the moment due to IT budget constraints. Come hear how to optimize your IT infrastructure to ensure that your budget meets your key business needs without sacrificing security or data integrity. Jeff Woford from...
Welcome Zac! KEYSYS is happy to have you on our team
We are excited to announce the addition of Zac Bragg to our team at KEYSYS. Zac, a Birmingham native, has been working in Seattle for the past 9 years, most recently at Microsoft. Zac earned his B.A. in Business Administration with a focus in Management Information...
The Exceptional Foundation’s Chili Cook-Off 2018
The 14th Annual Exceptional Foundation Chili Cook-off was held this past weekend at Brookwood Village. This is a widely attended event with a diverse crowd of over 10,000 people and 140 teams competing for the title of Birmingham’s Best Chili. Families came out in...
TechBirmingham has a New Member
KEYSYS is pleased to announce Grant Woolwine as one of the newest members of TechBirmingham’s Board of Directors for 2018. TechBirmingham is geared up for an exciting year with new President & CEO, Deon Gordon, in addition to ten new members added to the Board. Board...
LinkDump of Awesome Stuff
During my time as a Junior Engineer with a former company, my supervisor and mentor would compile a list of links that he and other engineers shared between one another. He termed the knowledge “LinkDump of Awesome Stuff” and as an entry level developer, the info was...
Making the Road a Little Brighter
I’ve never been a car person. As long as a car can transport me safely from point A to point B, I’m content. My lack of interest in cars has resulted in a few instances when weird noises or flashing lights have sent me to the depths of the dark web and back, always...
Bigger Isn’t Always Better
Leaving a global technology company like IBM was a huge decision that I didn’t take lightly, and the thought of taking my next career move to a smaller company like KEYSYS gave me a lot to contemplate. While there isn’t a right or wrong when it comes to working for...
