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Aviva France Optimizing Insurance Processes to Speed Claims Settlement

Aviva provides life and general insurance to 33 million customers in France. The company has been using Appian as a platform and orchestrator of intelligent automation to enable better communications and collaboration between departments, customers, and systems. Since 2015, Aviva has been optimizing processes for operational efficiency. In just one claims example, Aviva increased the number of same-day claims settlement from 1% to 25%, plus a 530% jump for claims settled within three days.

Load test WordPress + nginx on Kubernetes

Why this combination you ask? Load testing is my passion, and I am partial to Kubernetes. I challenged myself to share a use case that many could relate to, focused on a business critical application. Websites came to mind and WordPress is the world’s most popular website management system. Of course, nginx is the most popular web server so let’s throw that into the mix. And Kubernetes? With more than 50% of corporations adopting Kubernetes in 2021, what better system to run in.

The 4 main factors to consider as part of your test automation strategy

We recently talked to Angie Jones in a podcast episode dedicated to best practices in software testing. In this article, drawing on our previous discussion, we’ll share her thoughts about the main factors to consider to build a comprehensive test automation strategy.

How to Resolve the NoSuchFieldError in Java

The NoSuchFieldError is an error in Java that occurs when a specified field does not exist. It is thrown when an application attempts to access or modify a field of an object or a static field of a class but the object or class no longer contains that field. The NoSuchFieldError only occurs during runtime if the definition of a class has changed incompatibly. Since it is thrown at runtime, it does not need to be declared in the throws clause of a method or constructor.