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July 2024

Analytics Testing: Ensuring Data Integrity

Ensuring data integrity is crucial for accurate decision-making and regulatory compliance. Poor data quality costs businesses an average of $15 million annually. This highlights the need for robust analytics testing. This article explores the importance of analytics testing. It discusses key use cases and common challenges. Strategies to improve analytics testing processes will be provided. These will help maintain data integrity without expanding the in-house QA team.

End-To-End Testing vs. Regression Testing: How To Decide Which Is Best For Your Needs

End-to-end (E2E) testing and regression testing are critical aspects of software testing that play very different roles. E2E Testing evaluates the entire application, simulating real user experiences. In contrast, regression testing checks if recent updates or changes have inadvertently disrupted existing functionality. Choosing the right testing strategies is as important as testing frequently.

The Rise Of Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS)

Engineering and product leaders often struggle with balancing speed, quality, and cost in software testing, especially with the rapid evolution of technology and increasing demands for efficiency from executives. To address these challenges, many are turning to Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS). This outsourcing model uses expert partners to scale testing capabilities dynamically without requiring extensive in-house resources.

What Is E-commerce Testing: 2024 Guide

E-commerce has transformed the way we shop and conduct business. With global retail online sales expected to reach $8.1 trillion by 2026 and digital buyers accounting for 33.3% of the global population, the e-commerce industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. However, this rapid expansion creates a critical need for robust e-commerce testing.

21 Essential QA Statistics For DevOps

In the fast-paced world of software development, quality assurance (QA) and DevOps are crucial for delivering reliable and high-performing applications. This article covers 21 essential QA statistics highlighting the importance of DevOps testing. The software testing industry now exceeds $45 billion, reflecting its critical role. Key trends include continuous testing, automation, and advanced tools. These statistics showcase the practices that enhance software development.

Localization Testing Best Practices

Did you know that users worldwide downloaded approximately 77 billion mobile apps in 2023? With the rise of global digital markets and a growing smartphone user base, making your app stand out requires more than great functionality. It demands cultural relevance and linguistic accuracy. Global app developers must ensure their app is accessible to all types of users regardless of language and location. However, successfully adapting a product to a different language and locale can be challenging.

Enabling DevOps with Test Automation

DORA’s 2023 State of DevOps report affirms that 84% of the surveyed organizations use at least one DevOps practice in their development workflows, and the most common integration for 80% of the companies was the CI/CD pipeline. Further, Gartner’s recent survey reported that industrial cloud platforms will emerge as a business necessity for around 50% of organizations by 2028.

Top 10 Mobile App Security Threats

With mobile apps expected to reach more than 183.7 billion installations globally, there has also been an increase in mobile app security threats. Today’s cyberattacks are highly sophisticated, requiring constant vigilance due to many unknown or emerging threats. These threats require a proactive approach to mobile application security. End users can take steps to protect sensitive data on their devices, such as avoiding unprotected public Wi-Fi and setting up multi-factor authentication.

Testlio Secures 51 Badges in G2 Summer 2024 Report

Our Journey of Excellence and Leaders We’re thrilled to announce that Testlio has been awarded 51 badges in the G2 summer report, a true testament to our unwavering commitment to industry leadership and customer support. The G2 summer report provides an unbiased, comprehensive look at companies’ performance in the software testing industry, based on verified user reviews.

Testlio Clients Achieve Estimated 5x ROI on Payments Testing

Company drives effort to reduce $1.1 trillion in failed digital payments. Austin, TX, July 9, 2024 – Testlio, a leading quality management company, today announced that its clients achieve an estimated 5x return on investment (ROI) through its payments testing services. This milestone underscores Testlio’s pivotal role in mitigating the critical issue of failed digital payments, which cost businesses an estimated $1.1 trillion annually.

Transforming QA Into a Strategic Value Added Initiative

Quality assurance (QA) activities are often seen as a necessary yet time-consuming and expensive process. This outlook can often limit the potential and impact of good QA. In reality, QA is not just about finding and fixing bugs; it’s a strategic value-add that can drive innovation, improve product stickiness, accelerate time-to-market, and enhance overall product quality. Yet, finding the balance between a necessary task and strategic impact can be challenging for many organizations.

Understanding the Differences: Smoke Testing vs Functional Testing

Quality and functionality are critical factors in software development. This is where testing methodologies like smoke testing and functional testing come into play. Smoke testing is a high-level, preliminary testing process to ensure that a software program’s most critical functions are working correctly. In contrast, functional testing is a more detailed and thorough testing process.

The Do's and Don'ts of Regression Testing

The modern-day SDLC methodologies such as agile, CI/CD, and DevOps are flexible enough to incorporate change requests in each sprint, which increases the probability of introducing errors in existing functionality. This makes validating existing functionality, detecting newly introduced bugs, and resolving them mandatory in each build release. Whether manual or automated, such software testing is widespread and referred to as regression testing.