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Requirement Gathering Blog Series, Part 1: Understanding Requirements

This is the Part 1 of the Requirement Gathering Workbook by Rahul Parwal. We’d like to thank him for sharing his expertise with the community through this information-packed piece. The purpose of this Workbook | Session Notes | Summary Document is to help testers understand the importance of requirement gathering and how it can add massive value to the testing process.

Bluepi CEO Discusses Strategies for Implementing A Data-Driven Business Transformation

When companies begin the process of moving their data to the cloud, they enter a transformative business journey that can seem intimidating and overwhelming. That’s where BluePi Consulting comes in. With offices in India and Australia, BluePi has extensive experience helping companies make that journey to the cloud. In this episode of “Data Cloud Now,” host Gautam Srinivasan chats with Pronam Chatterjee, CEO of Bluepi, about the challenges of that journey, the strategies employed to navigate it successfully, and the critical role that Snowflake plays in making the journey as seamless and painless as possible.

Educating ChatGPT on Data Lakehouse

As the use of ChatGPT becomes more prevalent, I frequently encounter customers and data users citing ChatGPT’s responses in their discussions. I love the enthusiasm surrounding ChatGPT and the eagerness to learn about modern data architectures such as data lakehouses, data meshes, and data fabrics. ChatGPT is an excellent resource for gaining high-level insights and building awareness of any technology. However, caution is necessary when delving deeper into a particular technology.

Process Mining vs. Task Mining: 3 Key Differences

Do you know how many steps it takes you to complete a simple task like adding data to a record? What about how long it takes to send a follow-up email? For most of us, efficiency in our work is something we strive toward but not something we track. That’s where task mining and process mining can help. These tools enable you to see how work can be improved and where to optimize the larger process in which it’s involved. The more complex the process, the more the benefits add up.

How to Choose the Right Visual Testing Methodology

Visual appearance is the first thing users notice when visiting a website or mobile app – before reading content or interacting with any elements. In fact, TopTal found that 94% of first impressions are design-related and judgements on a website’s credibility are 75% based on its overall aesthetics. So, even the slightest discrepancy could cost you sign-ups or conversions.

Open Data Lakehouse powered by Apache Iceberg on Apache Ozone

With minimal setup, it is this simple to get started with Iceberg on Ozone in CDP Private Cloud. This ability allows you to reap the benefits of both a powerful exabyte-scale storage system and an optimized table format for petabyte-scale analytics. In this video I'm going to demonstrate how to create, upgrade and use iceberg tables on Ozone in CDP Private Cloud. Iceberg is engine agnostic and it works with most analytic query engines like Hive, Impala, Spark and so on.

ThoughtSpot co-founder and CTO, Amit Prakash, on the release of ThoughtSpot Sage

ThoughtSpot co-founder and CTO, Amit Prakash, explains ThoughtSpot's new integration with GPT-3, including the launch of ThoughtSpot Sage, a new search experience that combines LLMs like GPT-3 with ThoughtSpot’s patented search technology. Here's a brief look at how it works.