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Exploratory Software Testing

The future of software testing: It's a brave new world

It's a brave new world software testers. Expert Gerie Owen begins an 11-part series on everything you need to know about the future of software testing today. Continue Reading
Electric utility device testing in the smart grid era

Learn how to test your electric utility device, and why it makes sense to do this in the age of the smart grid. Continue Reading
Testing SMS texting applications: Key steps and considerations

A software testing expert describes approaches to testing SMS texting applications. She looks at how SMS testing changes perceptions of everyday texting, and explains key steps in the SMS testing process. Continue Reading
Ways remote software testers can best use bug tracking tools

Software testers with a background in development, understanding of source code and agile, can accelerate iteration testing and eliminate excess dependence on bug reporting tools, says an expert who excelled in software through development ... Continue Reading
Mobile, Web app QA testing tips for handling operating system changes

The mobile device application world is in consistent change via operating system evolution and in part to business and corporate influence. This tip will enlighten you on the changes and show you ways to ensure your app works on mobile devices. Continue Reading
Ten ways to improve testing, performance of Web 2.0 applications

Web 2.0 is forcing organizations to update their software development and testing strategies. Here are 10 things you can do to ensure that your QA testing is sophisticated, thorough and agile enough to keep up with the evolving complexity of Web 2.0...Continue Reading
Quality assurance tools from Gomez facilitate Web application testing

Gomez Inc. announced the industry's first on-demand quality assurance applications. Gomez On-Demand QA Solutions help Web development organizations reduce design cycles and perform true production-based testing for new Web applications.Continue Reading

Serverless vs. containers: What's best for event-driven apps?

Serverless and containers give teams new options to host event-driven applications, but each has pros and cons. Decide which ...

How to control state for so-called stateless microservices

How do you control state in a stateless microservices environment? Front-end and back-end state control can be two viable ...

Docker and Kubernetes monitoring tools for microservices

Learn more about what it takes to manage your containers, and explore a wide range of monitoring tools specifically suited for ...

TheServerSide.com

Attain Jenkins Git integration with a GitHub pull request

This Jenkins Git integration tutorial demonstrates how to create a freestyle build job that performs a Jenkins GitHub pull ...

Financial firms, vendors push self-service software delivery

Self-service DevOps automation appeals to enterprises that must push out new code as they adapt to changing requirements.

IT projects and software teams need to include Agile people

Not every idea deserves equal weight in a software development project, but Agile people know that garnering input from a wide ...

SearchCloudApplications

With progressive web applications, developers blur the lines

With progressive web applications, single-page apps, motion UI and other innovations, app development meets the moment, giving ...

Web app development morphs as apps and websites merge

The lines between web and mobile app and websites are blurring, so development silos are out, and boning up on building ...

Cloud-based applications pose tough integration challenges

Even though SaaS applications are now indispensible to many enterprises, their lack of flexibility still presents a challenge ...

SearchAWS

Assess AWS serverless costs and learn how to reduce them

Serverless architectures help teams deploy to production faster but also introduce an entirely new cost structure. Use this ...

Master AWS CloudFormation templates with these five tips

AWS CloudFormation enables businesses to automate much of their cloud infrastructure. Read this expert advice to ramp up with the...

Breadth of AWS features acts as a double-edged sword for IT

AWS offers a wide variety of cloud tools but, in some cases, still lacks the core IT management and ops features that enterprises...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Heat map view sets table for food warehouse optimization

Inspired by the vivid views of stadium heat maps, a Midwest food distributor worked with Information Builders to gain a better ...

Streamlining predictive analytics in retail marketing

Online flash-sale retailer Zulily uses BigQuery and Tableau to help power its predictive analytics, which, in turn, boosts its ...

Airbnb, Univision highlight best practices in BI

At the Real Business Intelligence conference, Airbnb and Univision execs presented some of the BI strategies their organizations ...

SearchHRSoftware

Automated recruiting solves Groupon's sourcing talent woes

Building a talent pool through effective sourcing is a major effort by Groupon. It is using a recruiting automation tool to find ...

New HR tools for hourly workers, employee retention announced

This week's news roundup includes an HR tool designed just for hourly workers, a new offering from Limeade to help with talent ...

Eight human capital management functions every HR department needs

Employee self-service and wellness portals are no longer enough. Now, you need a multipronged strategy that tackles the most ...

SearchHealthIT

CMS creates chief health informatics officer position

The newly created chief health informatics officer position for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will focus on ...

Cryptojacking emerging as a new threat to healthcare

Although cryptojacking attacks may appear relatively harmless compared to other cyberthreats, healthcare organizations should ...

A web-based approach to preauthorization for insurance

Most specialty medicine needs preauthorization for insurance coverage and it's a headache for providers and staff. ZappRX hopes ...

DevOpsAgenda

Satisfy GDPR standards and identify issues early in the pipeline

GDPR requirements are here to stay. Get your developers involved early and shift security left to make your pipeline secure. ...

Salary snapshot: Embrace an entry-level DevOps role

New DevOps engineers make much more than their software engineer counterparts. If you have DevOps skills, maybe it's time to ...

The cloud for DevOps: Tools and tips to consider

DevOps without cloud computing doesn't fly in today's digital technology landscape. One expert has advice for those who want to ...