The finding of the ‘State of DevOps’ report shows that the ability to develop and deliver software efficiently and accurately is a key differentiator and value driver for all organizations — for-profit, not-for-profit, educational, and government organizations alike. If an organization wants to deliver value, no matter how they measure it, DevOps [...]
In a typical episode of House M.D., a patient comes in with an unusual and puzzling condition, which Dr. House and his team try to figure out. Based on their traditional brainstorming session for identifying the possible causes and demystifying the puzzling condition, they strategize a treatment plan. The plan, [...]
As the eBook market flourishes over the years, there is a massive amount of data in store for retailers and publishers. There was a time when the publishing sector was not powered with such data, but digitization of the overall reading experience and marketing has killed all the inherent limitations of the sector. Last [...]
Edwards Deming had it right when he said, “Quality is everyone’s responsibility”. Quality of a product or service is seldom by chance. It can only be achieved through detailed planning and careful execution. Despite the efforts put in, except for in an ideal scenario, there are still bound to be [...]
In the early 1800s, the human race witnessed an astonishing new invention on the roads around them. The invention was then called horseless carriages, which we now call cars. “Horseless carriages” was a transitional term given to the cars while we got adjusted to the fact that we will not [...]
Web services provide a standard means of interoperating between software applications running on a variety of platforms and frameworks. These services form the basis of a connection technology such that services are connected together into a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Further, services communicate with each other using web services, the most–used [...]
Edsger Dijkstra, a Dutch systems scientist, programmer, software engineer, and pioneer in computing science says, “If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” We have awakened to the fact that testing is actually more important than programming. Testing requires a bigger budget [...]
The National Security Agency recently alerted Microsoft about a major flaw discovered in the Windows operating system. The bug could expose the users to significant breaches, surveillance, or disruption, reported Washington Post. Post the alert, Microsoft has released a security patch for the flaw. The bug was essentially a mistake in the computer code that would [...]
There is a German proverb that says, “To aim is not enough, you must hit!” One might aim for excellence, but hitting the target is a whole another story. Traditionally, teams measure their performance against the metric of speed. As a matter of fact, speed is one of the key factors causing the widespread adoption of Agile [...]
Gartner placed Hyperautomation amongst the top technology trends for this year. We are moving toward a future of everything-autonomous and everything-fast. In order to match the pace of this fast-moving ecosystem, software delivery times will have to be accelerated, but not at the cost of quality. As ‘quality at speed’ becomes an imperative, testing [...]
