Events Articles

QE Lead Ishara Abeyarathne recently conducted an Innovation Session for the Sysco LABS team under the topic “Paralyze or Parallelize”. The session covered; – Parallelizing Methods [Hardware, Software and Hybrid] – Pros and Cons of each method – How to pick the method that suits you – Distributed Test Execution Tools – Software Parallelization Implementation

When the US Library of Congress ranked history’s most important innovations, it gave a foremost place to the printing press. While the mechanics behind the printing press weren’t far more sophisticated than the other machines of its era, the consequences of its invention were world changing; finally, mankind had a means for the mass distribution

“Kids are born Scientists” – Neil deGrasse Tyson Kids are naturally curious, and this curiosity makes their minds perfect for learning. However, early childhood education rarely includes education in Science, Technology or Engineering, failing to take full advantage of their potential. IgniterSpace on the other hand, is an organization that specializes in teaching STEM subjects

The inaugural Engineering Nexus meetup was hosted at the Sysco LABS engineering center recently, marking the launch of another initiative to help grow and develop the software engineering and technology development practice in Sri Lanka. Unlike other meetups, the Engineering Nexus intends to solve tech problems by bringing together ideas and methodologies from different disciplines

To mark International Women’s Day, Microsoft launched the #MakeWhatsNext campaign and co-hosted a forum alongside Sysco LABS at the Sysco LABS headquarters in Colombo 7. The event illustrated the changing workplace roles of women, and the importance of young women pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Over a 100 people—from daughters and

Cloud, is a growing trend in the world of IT, with most systems now being made available via cloud. In fact Gartner states that public cloud services will grow by 18% in 2017. With the trend going towards cloud, security becomes even more vital. Cloud security is an extremely complex system, with several variables to

Asiri Liyanage from the Data, Infrastructure and Platform team speaking at the SLIIT Symposium 2016 on ideation and how sucess can be achieved in different ways.

The official installation of the CAKE LABS Toastmasters Club was held on the 25th of November. With an energetic executive committee to spearhead the club, and a keen bunch of CAKEsters inaugurated into the club, it proved to be a promising start. The Ceremony contained speeches from Distinguished Toastmaster Sudash Liyanage and Distinguished Toastmaster Arshad

The IoT Hackathon organized by CAKE LABS at the University of Moratuwa’s School of Computer Science and Engineering was a major success, seeing more than a few innovative ideas by the participant teams. The hackathon was themed around the concept of the Internet of Things, where six teams of finalists raced against time to innovate

On the 11th of November, CAKE LABS kicked off its first ever hackathon at the University of Moratuwa’s School of Computer Science and Engineering. The hackathon was themed under the concept of the Internet of Things; a proposed development of the Internet in which everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive

CAKE LABS’ Director of Engineering & Architecture, Hasitha Liyanage shared his ideas on the key factors of application performance at the GDG Dev Fest happening right now, organized by GDG Sri Lanka.    

In today’s business world, organisations are seeking to establish competitive security standards to mitigate risk in the face of increasing security breaches. CAKE LABS hosted the Colombo IT Security Meetup: Challenges to Information Technology. The focus of this meetup was to discuss how an organization should select a suitable security model and evaluate its effectiveness