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For many IT leaders, the shift from self-run on-premises infrastructure to consumption-based infrastructure as a service (IaaS) represents a strategic opportunity. The promise of scalability, cost-efficiency and agility while maintaining greater control and security is undeniable. But so are concerns about reliability, control and governance. That’s where guarantees and service level agreements (SLAs) come in.

At Xray, powered by Sembi, we believe the next era of software quality will be shaped by intelligence, not just automation. Today, we're proud to introduce Sembi IQ, Sembi’s new AI platform built to help QA, development, and security teams deliver better software, faster. Sembi IQ is designed to work across the entire Sembi portfolio, including Xray, infusing intelligence into the tools teams rely on daily. This isn’t just an add-on or a buzzword-driven initiative.

The push for digital health innovation and patient-centered care has driven major updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program. One of the most impactful updates is G10 certification (G10), a requirement that ensures health IT systems offer standardized, secure, and interoperable APIs based on FHIR and SMART on FHIR specifications. G10 is a critical compliance requirement under the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule, issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

When building complex, interdependent projects, local testing and debugging often become challenging. This is a common situation for most internal developer platforms and large-scale deployments. Replicating a deployed environment locally is inherently complex, especially when the code depends on external services or specific platform integrations.

I’ve been on both sides of the table, as a CIO shaping enterprise strategy and now as a CEO delivering outcomes for thousands of customers. And one belief has never changed: your data should serve your business, not someone else’s agenda. That belief matters now more than ever. Salesforce’s intent to acquire Informatica is the latest signal of a growing trend: consolidation over choice.

The new ObjectRef data type helps to integrate unstructured data like images and audio into existing BigQuery tables.

Have you ever wished Python had a native switch-case statement like C or Java? It would make conditional logic so much easier to read, especially when you have more than 3 conditions to handle. While Python doesn’t offer a built-in switch-case structure, the good news is that there are clean and Pythonic ways to achieve the same behavior. In this blog, let’s explore three practical ways to implement switch-case in Python with real examples and how to make sure they work using automated tests.

Latency and throughput are the two most important metrics for API performance. If your API feels slow or struggles with heavy traffic, understanding these is your first step to fixing it. Latency: The time it takes for a request to go to the server and back (measured in milliseconds). Think of it as how quickly a single request is handled. Throughput: How many requests your API can handle in a second (measured in requests per second). It's about your system's capacity.

I don't have a degree in computer science, and it's okay if you don't either! Lots of us Rubyists don't have formal computer science credentials. So for a long time, I avoided learning about big-O notation. It looks a little too much like higher math. I mean just look at something like: O(N^2). Come on!