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Hotels face constant pressure from thin margins, shifting demand, and guest expectations. Labor costs rise while teams juggle more channels and more data than ever. Software alone cannot keep pace without help from systems that can reason, decide, and act across the stack. This article explains how AI agents change that reality for hospitality. It is written for ... Read the article >

Margins are thinner, competition is sharper, and guest expectations keep rising. Restaurants need more than just software that records transactions. They need systems that can sense, decide, and act in the moment. AI agents bring that shift by turning everyday apps into tireless teammates that chase outcomes, not screens. I’m Iurii Luchaninov, a Solutions Archite... Read the article >

AI dynamic pricing is becoming the new baseline for hospitality software. Guests book faster, channels shift overnight, and localized events swing demand by city block. If your SaaS platform cannot learn in real time and publish confident prices with clear “why,” your users will feel it in RevPAR and churn. I’m Diana Yevdokimova, an AI Engineer at MobiDev. My bac... Read the article >

The Internet of Things has connected fleets of devices, machines, and sensors into always-on systems. But connectivity alone isn’t the finish line. Add AI to those streams and you create an AIoT system, moving from dashboards to decisions — faster, safer, and with less human effort. This article is for CTOs and IT security leaders at software companies adding LLM... Read the article >

Software development is always wasteful. It’s expensive, and timing the market is difficult. As the months drag on, leadership wonders when they’ll see that promised ROI shine through. The truth is that most MVPs and pilots fail because they take too long or don’t meet objectives. Rather than committing more time and more money, why not just reduce waste? We’re d... Read the article >

AI demand planning is no longer a nice-to-have for retail and hospitality. Volatile demand, thin margins, and rising service expectations make manual planning too slow and too risky. AI-based demand planning delivers robust forecasts and then turns those predictions, plus your historical data, into prescriptive recommendations—what to price, purchase, stock, and ... Read the article >

Bringing a new product to life is a race against time. For serial entrepreneurs, fast decisions are not so much a luxury as they are a matter of survival. If you miss your timing, you usually need to brace for lost opportunities, wasted funding, and investors’ frowns. That’s why speed is so critical in MVP development for startups. A fast MVP build doesn’t just c... Read the article >

Building products with large language models can unlock efficiency, quality, and speed that traditional software alone cannot deliver. Yet every gain you unlock with GPT-class models, Perplexity-style agents, or Gemini-powered pipelines arrives with new attack surfaces and compliance obligations. This guide helps you capitalize on those capabilities while keeping... Read the article >

Generative AI has moved from novelty to necessity, raising a practical question for leadership: how do you use AI in software development to create real business value, not just demos? The promise is faster delivery and lower costs, but results vary by context. In this guide, you get the combined perspective of Iurii Luchaninov and Rustam Irzaev—a view where arch... Read the article >

The retail industry is arguably one of the most complex and rapidly growing ones. Customers’ expectations are shifting, multi-channelism is on the rise, and the overall high fulfillment complexity makes it hard to choose the right strategy. These challenges are often enhanced with stockouts, delayed shipments, manual errors, and disconnected systems. In search of... Read the article >

Modern automation in supply chain operations is no longer a moonshot but a pragmatic route to measurable efficiency. Companies compete on time-to-fulfillment, cost-to-serve, and resilience under stress, and rigorous process optimization directly moves those needles. When proven planning methods align with real workflows, the result is fewer stockouts, smarter rou... Read the article >

Retail has never moved faster. You’re making decisions in real time, managing stores and digital channels as a single ecosystem, and facing shrinking margins that leave no room for error. In this landscape, business intelligence (BI) is no longer a “nice-to-have” tool. It’s the foundation of competitive advantage. This guide is written by Serhii Koba, Solutions A... Read the article >

If your monthly AWS, Azure, and GCP invoice is getting out of control, you’re not alone. Flexera’s 2025 State of the Cloud Report indicates that 84% of tech leaders put “managing cloud spend” at the very top of their pain list. Even with aggressive FinOps programs, 27% of IaaS/PaaS spend is still wasted. This is a significant issue for retail and hospitality busi... Read the article >

The restaurant and bar sector has evolved at breakneck speed due to hospitality technology advancements. Guests now expect more than just basic service, and technology threads through every part of the business, from kitchen screens to payment tablets. Yet many owners and even tech companies still struggle to keep up with these new demands. For some, off-the-shel... Read the article >

The Internet of Things has kicked the doors off hospitality, swapping cookie‑cutter stays for hyper‑personal moments in real time. Picture this: you tap a mobile key, the suite drifts to your perfect 70°F, Coldplay fades in at just‑right volume, and the lights slide to a warm amber that says “welcome back.” Guests now grade properties by how invisible the tech fe... Read the article >

Predictive analytics begins with anticipating customer needs and leads to improving inventory flow, optimizing prices, and preventing churn. It helps you make smarter, faster decisions across every touchpoint. Long past are the days when retail predictive analytics was a high-tech luxury. Today, it’s a must-have for businesses that want to thrive in their niche. ... Read the article >

Regional retail market leaders, SaaS innovators, and vast omnichannel empires crave the answer to one universal question: how will your business stay relevant in the future? Retailers need to make sure they’re offering what their customers want, while SaaS providers need to make sure their clients are succeeding in that mission. MobiDev’s expertise in retail soft... Read the article >

My multiyear experience in developing software solutions has convinced me that security can either contribute to the success or result in the failure of a product. Retail Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products exist in ever-changing environments where sensitive client information, payment data, and inventory management are among the usual daily activities. This me... Read the article >

AI-driven demand forecasting and planning software is a powerful tool for retail and hospitality operators struggling to manage demand shocks and tighter margins. Fluctuations in demand, especially for perishable products, are often a major budget leak because it is difficult to predict demand accurately, in a timely manner, and regularly. The ReFED/2023 data sho... Read the article >

Retailers on the bleeding edge have one common characteristic: awareness. Their ability to understand their inventories and supply chain disruptions in real time, optimize store layouts and hyper-personalize customer experiences could be likened to be supernatural. Companies virtually mirroring their operations with digital twins are leaving their competitors beh... Read the article >