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Language, framework and licence changes that decide what a software build costs.
Slack gave assistant_view a death date on 20 August 2026 and replaced its methods with the Agent Sessions API. The manifest switch cannot be undone, it forces a Marketplace review for distributed apps, and the new
Manu Shukla 
Oracle JDK 21 updates left the free NFTC licence with the 20 October 2026 Critical Patch Update. Oracle's subscription now starts at $100 a year, and three of the four ways out cost nothing.
Manu Shukla 
Go ships a security patch roughly every month and drops a major version out of support the day the next-but-one arrives. How eCorpIT builds and maintains Go services against that clock.
Manu Shukla 
Odoo stopped killing off old versions and started charging for them instead. From April 2026 a 25% surcharge applies to any release older than three, which turns the upgrade decision from a deadline into an arithmetic
Manu Shukla 
Microsoft's Power BI Premium P-SKU retirement has no fixed calendar deadline. It runs on a 30 and 90 day clock that starts when your own agreement expires, and the migration target you pick decides whether viewers need
Manu Shukla 
Rails 7.2 stopped receiving security fixes on 9 August 2026, nine days after its last patch. Ruby 3.2 was already end-of-life. How eCorpIT audits, upgrades and maintains a Rails estate.
Manu Shukla 
SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 both left extended support in July 2026, SharePoint 2013 workflows were retired from Microsoft 365 on 2 April 2026, and the standalone SharePoint Online plans are on a retirement schedule
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A first release in 2026 has to clear Google Play's API 36 deadline, a 14-day closed test, Apple's Xcode 26 floor and India's DPDP timetable. Here is how eCorpIT scopes a 12-week MVP around those fixed dates.
Manu Shukla 
Power Automate gives a Premium user 40,000 actions a day and one attended bot; unattended RPA needs a separate $150-per-bot capacity licence. Seeded AI Builder credits disappear on 1 November 2026. Where bots still beat
Manu Shukla 
Test management for 100 users ranges from $5,990 to $44,400 a year depending only on the licensing model. Meanwhile the famous 100x cost-to-fix figure traces to 1981 course notes with no dataset. This guide prices
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Staff augmentation is priced by the hour and costed by the liability. A 2026 guide to IR35 deemed-employer risk, the 6 April 2026 umbrella PAYE shift, and India's four labour codes.
Manu Shukla 
AWS and Google now charge identical extended-support penalties, EKS turns it on by default and will not let you turn it off once it starts, and Mumbai egress runs up to 60% above US East. The numbers that decide a 2026
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Published August 2026 seat prices from Salesforce, Zoho, HubSpot, Dynamics 365 and Freshsales, the API ceilings that decide what you can integrate, and an honest look at the CRM failure statistic nobody can source.
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Zoho ERP lists at Rs 999 per user per month, Dynamics 365 Business Central Essentials at $80, and ERPNext v16 charges no licence at all. A costed build-versus-buy decision for Indian mid-market operators.
Manu Shukla 
India's Copyright Act makes the author the first owner of commissioned software, and an assignment that omits duration defaults to five years. What foreign buyers should verify before signing.
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