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How to improve risk management and resiliency - Kelly Hereid

This episode features an interview with Dr. Kelly Hereid, Director of Catastrophe R&D at Liberty Mutual Insurance in the Corporate Enterprise Risk Management Group. Prior to Liberty Mutual, Kelly was a research scientist at Chubb in their primary side natural catastrophe unit. She has a Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of Texas – Austin, focusing on climate science. On this episode, Kelly talks about using historical data to create catastrophe models, taking a strategic standpoint to invest in resiliency, and reducing vulnerability to changing hazards.

Test Automation for ARIA: What it is and why it matters

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Tosca 16.0 and its support for ARIA! Coming in 2025, the European Accessibility Act will require the usage of ARIA semantics, meaning that more and more web applications will be built using it. Tosca 16.0 is one of the first testing tools to support this! We are excited to extend our leadership in inclusive automation including offering the industry’s broadest technology support. But what is ARIA, and why is it important? Read on to learn more.

What's new in Tosca 16.0?

Tosca 16.0 is here! With this new release, we deliver several capabilities that strengthen automated testing for packaged applications from Oracle, Workday, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. The release also includes new mobile testing features that ensure smoother connectivity and a better mobile testing experience. Read on to learn more.

Katalon Platform Announcement | Letter from the CEO

Building software is a complex and challenging task that involves many people in the organization. Creating software that people love is even more challenging. Poorly built and improperly tested software creates a negative digital experience for the end user, which is why in today’s world, the success of businesses and products is directly impacted by the quality of that experience.

Top 5 Python REST API Frameworks

Python is an extremely popular programming language for building RESTful APIs. Choosing the right framework to create your APIs with is a crucial factor in the initial build phases. In this post, we will explore 5 of the most popular REST API frameworks for building web APIs with Python. These frameworks all leverage Python but have varying levels of complexity and customization. First, let’s dig into some key factors in deciding which framework to begin building with.

Cloud Complexity and the Need for Tighter Security Grow Together

Whether on-premises, private, hybrid or multicloud, or at the edge – working in the cloud is complex. And as the enterprise expands, so too does the threat surface for cyberattacks. Ransomware, in particular, is among the biggest risks organizations now face and cloud-based data is accounting for 39% of successful attacks.

Database Performance Optimization and Scaling in Rails

Web applications usually rely heavily on databases, for the most part. And as applications grow, databases grow too. We keep scaling web servers and background workers to keep up with the heavy load. But eventually, the database needs to keep up with all the new connections from these processes. One way to tackle this is to grow a database with an app using vertical scaling. This means adding more CPU power and memory to the database server. But this is usually slow.

Migrating a Flutter app to Material 3

At Google I/O 2021, Google announced the next evolution of Material Design, Material You, along with Android 12. The Material Design system’s biggest overhaul yet brought redesigned components, new colors, a wide range of shapes, simplified typography, new elevation, better accessibility, and many other tweaks. With this update, Flutter apps can have a consistent design across multiple platforms.