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Brian McKeiver to Speak at Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference

By Michelle Lentz on April 26, 2017

BizStream is excited to announce that co-owner of BizStream, Brian McKeiver, has been selected to speak at SoftwareGR’s upcoming Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference (GLSEC).

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BizStream Academy Registration Opens for Summer 2017!

By Chris Hamm on April 04, 2017

We have exciting news: registration for BizStream Academy 2017 is now open! Our BizStream Academy team have been busy looking at what worked well last year and identifying what needed improvement based on student and mentor feedback from previous sessions. Keep reading to discover what’s new for 2017!

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BizStream Academy Hosts Electronics Recycling Fundraiser

By Michelle Lentz on March 30, 2017

At BizStream, our world revolves around keeping up with the wants and desires of our clients’ ever-changing virtual worlds. Staying a step ahead of those demands means our need for newer and better technology is endless. For us at BizStream, that means that we may end up with piles of outdated computers, printers, servers, and cables...

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BizStream Named One of West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For Winner

By Michelle Lentz on March 28, 2017

March 29, 2017 – Allendale, MI – National Association for Business Resources (NABR) has honored BizStream, a software company specializing in web design, development, and custom software, as one of West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. This competition identifies and honors companies that deliver...

Advice

How to Improve Your SQL Server Database Performance with Indexing

By Ryan Zuwala on March 23, 2017

Many developers believe that database performance tuning is entirely the responsibility of a database administrator (DBA). After all, a DBA’s job is to administer database servers, right? And shouldn’t that responsibility encompass the smooth, efficient operation of the database? Well, yes, strictly speaking. But it’s important...

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Customer Support - How We keep Our Clients Happy

By Albert Hovingh on March 14, 2017

At BizStream, we pride ourselves on keeping our clients happy. One way do that is through our support process. Right now, our support process is lightning fast. The vast majority of our cases are looked at and responded to within one hour of a request. We even have automation that, in some cases, lets us see problems that arise in the...

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How to Boost Kentico Smart Search Results Relevance Score

By Tim Stauffer on March 02, 2017

Score boosting is moving the rank of a search result up and down based on a algoritm--much the same way Google uses an algorithm to determine which results are more relevant. Based on the boost factors you can change the importance of different elements of a document. For example, a user searches for keyword. This keyword is quite common on your...

Advice

4 Entity Framework EDMX Tips to Help You Out of a Jam

By Cory VandenBout on February 14, 2017

Have you ever tried to change the structure of your database, or include a new table in your database-first EDMX, only to find that when you go to rebuild your solution you get about 1,837 new errors? “How can this be?!”, you might ask. “The database is setup right! The code worked fine 2 minutes ago! I just added a new table...

Events

BizStream Academy Attends GR DevNight

By Chris Hamm on February 14, 2017

Even though BizStream Academy is a summer program, the Academy team continues to plan and network throughout the whole year. Last Wednesday three of our team members headed over to GRDevNight’s special event. This “meetup of meetups” event was geared toward connecting Meetup groups, nonprofits, and user groups that are working...

What Went Down at BizStream in 2016

By Michelle Lentz on February 07, 2017

BizStream is unique to its core. One of our favorite mantras in our workspace is that we work hard and we play hard. Which is why so many great things happen around here in a mere 365 days. Keep reading to discover what Team BizStream was up to in 2016.

We're a team of passionate people that love what we do. We're here to help customers improve their life by developing more efficient ways to do business.

We've worked with a number of organizations (great and small) to make their teams more productive. We design to meet the needs of real-world clients, we don't load you down with features that you won't ever use or need.

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