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2025 is poised to be another year of significant advancements in business intelligence (BI) and analytics. Building on the momentum of 2024, which saw a surge in self-service BI adoption, our attention turns to newer, sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. As the data landscape evolves, it’s important to keep agile and adapt to emerging technologies to stay competitive and maximize the value of your analytics investments.

As advanced analytics and AI continue to drive enterprise strategy, leaders are tasked with building flexible, resilient data pipelines that accelerate trusted insights. AI pioneer Andrew Ng recently underscored that robust data engineering is foundational to the success of data-centric AI—a strategy that prioritizes data quality over model complexity.

Welcome to the latest edition of the Katalon Product Roundup, featuring updates from October 2024. This release includes significant updates across Katalon Studio, TrueTest, and TestCloud, each designed to improve your testing workflows and boost overall efficiency. Read on to discover the latest features!

When you publish a message to Ably Pub/Sub, you can be confident that the message will be delivered to subscribing clients, wherever they are in the world. Ably is fast: we have a 99th percentile transmit latency of <50ms from any of our 635 global PoPs, that receive at least 1% of our global traffic. But being fast isn’t enough; Ably is also dependable and scalable. Ably doesn’t sacrifice data integrity for speed or scale; it’s fast and safe.

‍ In our previous article, The Key to Unlocking QSR Growth, we discussed the guiding principles that lay a strong foundation for success in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry. We highlighted the importance of data analytics for improved decision-making, automation, and scalable growth.

Skaffold is a command line tool that facilitates continuous development by streamlining the workflow for building, pushing, and deploying Kubernetes applications. Skaffold handles the complexities of Kubernetes deployments, allowing developers to focus on local application iteration while managing deployments efficiently. Get started with our tutorial.

If you are looking to add intelligent test automation to your testing processes: AI agents are the answer. Unlike traditional testing tools, which depend on static programming scripts or fragile locators, AI agents learn and evolve with the software they test. That is why they are highly effective in dynamic environments. As a result, AI agents have an important role in maintaining software quality in Agile and DevOps workflows.

Recently we discussed how to boost testing efficiency with free test plan templates, QA professionals are better equipped to follow best practices and industry standards when there is standardization and consistency, which lowers the risk of supervision and guarantees that all required components are tested In the fast-paced world of software development, maintaining the quality and stability of applications is a top priority.

When you’re a popular name in the payment gateway market, like Stripe, you need to maintain a reputation for intelligent payment processing as well as strict payment security. Customers expect proactive fraud prevention and compliance management features to be inherently included in your offerings. Failing to do so will harm your brand, and you might not even get two more strikes to reaffirm your presence.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new DreamFactory API Tools Chrome Extension, designed to make API development faster and more efficient than ever before. This powerful tool brings all your favorite API testing capabilities right to your browser, allowing you to easily generate cURL commands, manage HTTP headers, and test endpoints on the fly. Whether you're working with REST APIs or handling JSON payloads, our extension streamlines your workflow, saving you time and effort.