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Data Streaming Awards 2024: Nominations Are Now Open

The Data Streaming Awards is back for its third year! Designed to bring the data streaming community together, this one-of-a-kind industry award event recognizes organizations that are harnessing the power of this revolutionary technology to drive business and customer experience transformation. If you know a company (even your own team) that is using data streaming technology to transform their business and provide amazing value to their customers and communities, the time is now to submit a nomination.

Best Practices for Confluent Terraform Provider

Managing Confluent Cloud infrastructure efficiently poses challenges due to the complexities involved in deploying and maintaining various components like environments, clusters, topics, and authorizations. Without proper tooling and practices, teams struggle with manual configuration errors, lack of consistency, and potential security risks. The Confluent Terraform.

Master Kotlin Enums: A Comprehensive Guide

In Kotlin, an enum (short for enumerator) is a special kind of predefined Kotlin data type used to store and represent a fixed set of named constant values, often simply referred to as constants. Each constant is an object, meaning they can have properties and methods, these are enums and are useful for representing elements that are fixed (for example days of the week) and don’t change.

Alternatives to Session-Based Test Management and how Xray Exploratory App fits

In our previous articles about exploratory testing, we focused on session-based test management (SBTM), one of the more popular approaches. SBTM aligns clearly with the Xray Exploratory App workflow and terminology. As a quick refresher, SBTM is a more structured technique for performing exploratory testing. The key idea is to organize delimited sessions which are uninterrupted blocks of reviewable, chartered test effort.

Enhanced Security, More Control with GitHub App

Blog post summary: We have a new, improved way to integrate with GitHub using a GitHub App. It offers a more secure connection and granular control of which repositories Bitrise can access. Full integration with GitHub Checks allows developers to quickly identify if their changes have broken any existing functionality, improving workflow efficiency.

What is OLAP (Online Analytical Processing)?

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is a computing technology through which users can extract and query data to analyze it from different points of view. These typically high-speed and complex queries are performed on massive data volumes stored in a data lake, data warehouse, or other large-scale repositories. Typical OLAP applications include business intelligence (BI) and forecasting and reporting.

Retail Media's Business Case for Data Clean Rooms Part 1: Your Data Assets and Permissions

It’s hard to have a conversation in adtech today without hearing the words, “retail media.” The retail media wave is in full force, piquing the interest of any company with a strong, first-party relationship with consumers. Companies are now understanding the value of their data and how that data can power a new, high-margin media business. The two-sided network that exists between retailers and their brands turns into a flywheel for growth.

Top 10 Regression Testing Tools and Frameworks That Boosts Automation

Regression testing is boring…if you are doing it manually. Indeed, it’s just not efficient when you have to manually repeat the same test steps over and over each iteration. Regression testing is best done with a regression testing tool. These tools allow you to create an automated regression test suite that you can run as a batch when the new build is available. Let’s check out the top regression testing tools on the current market. Here's a quick list.

Quality Engineering Meets AI: A Perfect Partnership

Artificial intelligence, or AI, can be seen as the intelligence powering many aspects of modern technology. It facilitates smart computer capabilities like autonomous decision-making and data-driven learning. However, with all this sophisticated technology, it is imperative to ensure that everything functions seamlessly and dependably. Quality engineering can help with that.