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Fivetran’s Connector SDK and Cursor AI enable you to rapidly build production-ready connectors from scratch.

You can never have too much data, right? But sometimes it feels like that’s the problem when you’re trying to get your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to play nice with Excel and quickly give you the reports you need. It’s a common challenge for finance teams, and you can fix it. Creating a bridge to make all that ERP data easily accessible in Excel is the key to getting the business intelligence (BI) reports you need quickly.

Katalon Studio is a famous tool for automated testing. Alongside other tools like Keploy, Selenium, Ranorex, TestComplete, and Apache JMeter, Katalon is gaining popularity among testing engineers. This platform supports automated testing for web interfaces, APIs, Windows desktop applications, and mobile apps on both iOS and Android. It offers various features, like test recording and can create analysis reports.

Most software testing aims to verify whether a system is functioning as intended. This is what is referred to as positive testing, or testing the "happy path." But what happens when users enter in the wrong input, skip required steps, or use your application in a way that you did not expect? That’s where negative testing comes in.

Few trends are capturing as much attention as agentic AI—autonomous systems that collaborate with humans, large language models (LLMs), and enterprise data to complete complex tasks. These agents are redefining work: handling customer service, streamlining compliance, conducting research, and orchestrating workflows across distributed environments. But as organizations scale their use of autonomous agents, one question looms large: How do we govern this power responsibly?

Jira is one of the most popular tools for Agile software development. But when it comes to managing test cases, Jira on its own is not enough. That is why teams use test management tools that integrate directly with Jira. These tools help QA teams create, organize, execute, and track test cases while keeping everything linked to Jira issues and user stories. They also provide real-time reporting, traceability, and automation integrations that make testing faster and more reliable.

Choosing the right test automation tool can feel overwhelming. There are so many options, each promising to improve quality and speed up releases. The best tools do more than just execute tests. They integrate with your CI/CD pipelines, provide actionable insights, and make collaboration easier for the entire team. This is why understanding the factors and criteria behind each tool matters. In this guide, we will walk through everything you need to know to make a confident decision.

June’s product updates focus on smarter test coverage and smoother execution. From spotlighting real user behavior with test gap analysis to improving manual and automated test workflows in TestCloud, Katalon continues to empower teams to test what matters most and do it faster. Here is what we delivered in June.

Data analytics boils down to a simple objective. To provide people – and increasingly AI agents – with the right information, in the right place, at the right time. That's it. It's easy to state. But historically difficult to achieve. The good news is the landscape is changing.