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ETL, As We Know It, Is Dead

It’s a new world—again. Data today isn’t what it was five or ten years ago, because data volume is doubling every two years. So, how could ETL still be the same? In the early ‘90s, we started storing data in warehouses, and ETL was born out of a need to extract data from these warehouses, transform it as needed, and load it to the destination. This worked well enough for a time, and traditional ETL was able to cater to enterprise data needs efficiently.

A Balanced Approach to IT Services Vendor Selection: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

In today’s complex technology landscape, enterprises face the challenge of selecting the right vendors for their business needs. With so many options available, decision-makers often turn to industry analysts for guidance, and the vendor evaluation reports these analysts to write. These reports are highly regarded tools that categorize and evaluate vendors based on various criteria. But should enterprises rely solely on vendors positioned in these reports?

Four Strategies to Level-up Your Test Automation in Jira

For years, the traditional approach to automating tests relied heavily on scripted automation frameworks like Selenium, JUnit, and TestNG. While these tools are powerful and adaptable, they require a significant level of technical expertise. Testers need to write, debug, and maintain complex scripts, often leading to bottlenecks in the development process. Relying only on coded solutions limits test automation to a small portion of the team that has deep coding skills.

Gen AI for Marketing - From Hype to Implementation - MLOps Live #32 with McKinsey and Iguazio

In this MLOps Live session we were joined by Eli Stein, Partner and Modern Marketing Capabilities Leader at McKinsey, to delve into how data scientists can leverage generative AI to support the company’s marketing strategy. We showcased a live demo of a customer-facing AI agent developed for a jewelry retailer, which can be used as a marketing tool to offer personalized product recommendations and purchasing information and support. Following the demo, we held an interactive discussion and Q&A session. Enjoy!

Easily add chat to your React and React Native apps using our new custom hooks

We are excited to announce that the Ably Chat SDK for JavaScript now includes support for custom contexts and hooks for React and React Native applications allowing developers working with these platforms to integrate chat features in an efficient and idiomatic way. Ably Chat is designed to meet a wide range of chat use cases, such as livestreams, in-game communication, customer support, or social interactions in SaaS products.

A Comprehensive Guide to End-to-End Microservices Testing for Modern Applications

As part of gaining deeper insights into the rapidly evolving landscape of microservices testing and QA, I had the privilege of attending the Starwest 2024 conference, where one of the highlights was the insightful session led by Tariq King, CEO and Head of Test IO. His session on Full-Stack Testing for Microservices Architectures highlighted the growing leverage of microservices in modern applications and their seamless alignment with Agile and DevOps practices.

How to use the Reddit API for a JavaScript application

Reddit is a news aggregation, communication, and discussion application. If you want to get more information about a particular topic or have a question, Reddit is the place to be. The data on Reddit are provided to the public through both the website and its API. Learning how to use the Reddit API is beneficial if you want to integrate Reddit communications into your application or if you just want to use certain data on Reddit.