The existence of software-based applications has become integral to our lives, so much so that we now expect most things to be now just a tap away. Customers are only concerned about the end product. They expect the products to make their lives easier and hassle-free, instead of being full of technical glitches that make them unusable. While [...]
Cloud computing is changing how the end users deploy, monitor, and use applications. Cloud offers a virtually–infinite pool of computing, storage, and networking resources where applications can be scaled as desired. However, it is important to measure the performance of these applications in the cloud. Performance is the utmost factor in testing a [...]
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 more important than programming. Testing requires a bigger budget for [...]
The last decade has seen an overwhelming evolution of the software testing industry, giving way to greener pastures. This rapid scale of development is keeping not just the testers, but also the developers on tenterhooks, making constant upskilling a necessity. Even businesses now need to be more aware of [...]
Icebergs can be deceptive when looked at! They encompass a huge mass below the sea level which is around 90% of its actual size, leaving only 10% for the naked eye. How is that related to banking? To answer this question, let’s look at an example: When a customer performs an action [...]
The definition and purpose for DevOps is unique to every company, varying with how it fits in with a company’s overall objectives and how it enables the company to optimize its software development practices. Cigniti had the privilege to host Chris DeGonia, Director of QA at International SOS, on our [...]
A recent study by CSI executives involved interaction with U.S. financial institutions where these institutions were asked about the banking industry – strategic priorities, budgets, planning, technology choices, current trends, raising concern areas, compliance trends and much more. During the course of the study when the executives rated their [...]
“The biggest challenge for a lot of brands is that they’re focused on quarterly results, rather than innovating for the future,” often because they need to meet the short-term expectations of stakeholders, says Augie Ray, Research Director at Gartner in a recent report. “Brands need to recognize that there [...]
Our smart Virtual Assistants Alexa, Siri, and Google Home have already proven to all of us how wondrous and helpful the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be. You must have come across numerous debates, discussions, and conferences around the globe that have woven around what AI can do [...]
It’s human nature to ignore things that haven’t impacted us yet. But that shouldn’t stop us from being prepared for the worst. Most CxOs of organizations across the globe still do not accept the criticality of software testing until their own organization faces the heat and threatens their bottom line, [...]
