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Emergent Software Secures Spot on MSPBJ's Fast 50 for Sixth Consecutive Year

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Emergent Software, a software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is honored to be named for the sixth year in a row on the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ) Fast 50 list of the region's fastest-growing private companies. As companies grow larger, maintaining rapid growth and staying on the list becomes increasingly difficult — this six-year streak underscores Emergent's consistent momentum and market relevance.

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How Technical Debt Hurts Your Team, and What You Can Do About It

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Technical debt is the cost of putting off the right solution in favor of the fast one. It’s what builds up when teams make short-term choices to hit a deadline, skip documentation, delay maintenance, or avoid reworking something that isn’t quite right. Over time, those decisions create friction: messy code, patchy integrations, unnecessary manual work, or tools that no longer fit the way your team operates.

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GitHub Pricing Simply Explained

By Mike Allen -

GitHub is the world’s largest and most popular platform for version control and collaborative coding. But when it comes to choosing a GitHub plan, things can get confusing. With different pricing tiers, storage limits, CI/CD allowances, and add-ons like GitHub Copilot, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. This guide breaks down GitHub’s pricing structure, explains the differences between each plan, and helps you figure out which option best suits your needs.

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Cursor vs. GitHub Copilot: Choosing the Right AI Coding Assistant

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AI coding assistants have rapidly evolved into tools that developers now use daily. Among the most talked-about options are GitHub Copilot and Cursor. Both promise to accelerate development, reduce repetitive work, and make coding more enjoyable, but they do so in different ways.

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Why Master Data Management Is the Missing Link in Enterprise Growth

By Nik Green -

Most leaders know the frustration of unreliable data: reports that don’t match, duplicate customer records, or systems that don’t talk to each other. I’ve seen these challenges play out in organizations of every size, and I’ve also seen how proper Master Data Management can turn the tide. 

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From Brick Layers to World Builders – The Future of Software Development

By Mike Allen -

I stared at my screen, equal parts amazed and alarmed. I had just vibe-coded a solution to a code challenge that normally takes senior devs 3–4 hours to complete. I had done it in 10 minutes — and it passed 100% of our review checks. Software development is undeniably changing. The question on my mind is: what is it changing into? 

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Getting Your Data Strategy Off the Ground: Where to Start and What to Avoid

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Data strategy is inherently cross-functional. It lives at the intersection of business goals, operational workflows, technology, and user behavior. Without a shared definition of success, teams operate in silos and often solve the wrong problems with the right tools.  Here’s the question I always come back to with clients: What decision are you trying to support?  Everything flows from there. 

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Lessons from the Field: How Enterprises Can Move AI from Pilot to Production

By Marc Kermisch -

Artificial intelligence is moving fast, but most enterprises still feel stuck. A recent McKinsey study found that 70% of AI proof-of-concepts never make it past the pilot phase. At Emergent Software, we’ve spent the last few years deep in the AI trenches, helping organizations move from experimentation to tangible outcomes. Alongside my colleague Brian Anderson, we’ve gathered a number of lessons from the field that can help enterprises break through the common barriers and finally get AI into production. 

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