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Oracle Cloud applications offer powerful capabilities, but testing them effectively is far from plug-and-play. Many organizations stumble into costly pitfalls during implementation due to the complexity of their business processes, gaps in test coverage, and inadequate planning. Based on our extensive experience in Oracle Cloud Testing, here are the top 5 pitfalls we’ve seen – and how you can avoid them.

You may have noticed that the phrase “Let’s take that offline” is gradually being replaced by “Let’s connect async.” Both expressions are a type of white flag, surrendering to the reality that a tricky issue needs to be resolved in a private conversation rather than in a group call. It’s often music to the attendees’ ears because it means the meeting is almost over.

Nowadays, efficient and integrated testing tools are essential for delivering quality quickly. Forrester's 2025 Total Economic Impact of Xray report illuminates how Xray helps organizations streamline testing processes, improve collaboration, and gain significant cost savings.

Long polling and WebSockets are two common techniques for delivering realtime data. While both have been used successfully in production systems, they differ significantly in how they perform, scale, and integrate into modern architectures. This guide compares long polling vs WebSockets to help engineering teams and technical decision-makers choose the right approach for delivering realtime experiences reliably and at scale.

The rise of large language models (LLMs) and AI-powered applications brings incredible potential, but also poses significant security challenges. These applications have gotten much more useful with the emergence of agentic approaches and the ability to call out to different libraries, systems, and most importantly, to different APIs in order to take actions. They have moved from being a question answering resource to being able to do work, shop on your behalf, book travel, and update code.

Today, we're excited to officially release the Asgardeo MCP Server, enabling developers to securely manage their Asgardeo organizations using natural language—right from their favorite code editors like VS Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible clients. Asgardeo already supports Login Flow AI and Branding AI, making it easier to build secure, customized login and registration experiences using plain language.

Assertion errors in Java are like your code's internal alarm system. When an AssertionError goes off, it signals that a fundamental assumption you made about your program's state is no longer true. It's your code telling you, “Hey, this isn't supposed to happen!" Unlike exceptions that might handle predictable runtime issues (like a file not found), an AssertionError specifically flags a breakdown in your code's internal logic or design assumptions.

Data visualization is one of the most important capabilities of any business intelligence (BI) and analytics solution. It helps people translate complex data into a visual context, like a chart or a graph, identify trends numbers alone can't easily reveal, and discover hidden patterns in your dashboard. Data visualization also provides a wealth of additional benefits for data analysis, such as enabling easier understanding of the correlation between operations and results.

Global enterprises HubSpot, Saks, DocuSign, and Oldcastle Infrastructure modernized their data infrastructure on Fivetran and Snowflake, achieving AI-driven innovation, scalability, and millions in ROI.

Since the first vehicles were sold to customers, automakers have competed to deliver the newest features and the greatest benefits to the driving experience. Today, that competition is less about shaping a car’s physical characteristics and more about making cars smarter and more connected to the world around them. With thousands of car models and trim levels available worldwide, there is a fierce need to find new ways to stand out from the competition.