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How to avoid causing the next global outage tip #3
Want to prevent your company from causing the next global outage? Here's tip #3.
S1.E13: Exploratory testing | QA Therapy Podcast
Contemporary exploratory testing brings a fresh perspective to the testing landscape, offering a dynamic approach that contrasts with traditional scripted test cases. Some of us may have caught wind of the buzz surrounding exploratory testing, while others may still be unfamiliar with its benefits. But, what exactly does exploratory testing bring to the table in a world dominated by scripted test cases?
Exploring the Limitations of Power Query
In today's data-driven world, Power Query has become an indispensable tool for professionals dealing with data analysis and manipulation. However, it's crucial to understand the limitations of Power Query to maximize its potential and complement it with more advanced tools when necessary.
Balancing risk with the need for speed
The pace of change in the world is rapidly accelerating. Technology companies must prioritize speed to market to stay ahead of this curve, but speed can sometimes come at the expense of risk. The recent CrowdStrike incident is a sobering reminder that even the largest and most capable organizations are not immune to errors that can lead to significant downstream impacts.
Mastering API Governance: Best Practices for Success
API governance sets the rules and practices to manage APIs efficiently, ensuring they remain discoverable, consistent, and secure. It’s crucial for businesses aiming to control API sprawl and enhance collaboration. This guide explores API governance, its role in effective API management, its benefits, and best practices for successful implementation.
Mastering API Modeling: Essential Concepts and Practices
An API model acts as a blueprint for building scalable and maintainable software interfaces. In this article, you’ll discover how to design, implement, and validate a robust API model, including the use of AI models. We’ll cover key concepts like API modeling, essential components, user identification, and best practices.
Qlik Answers - quick product demo - Do More with Qlik
Qlik Answers offers a solution with Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) allowing you to create conversational experiences with your data that exists in unstructured forms. Users can ask questions and receive reliable, consistent answers with links to source content, enhancing decision-making and business performance. Unlike other solutions, Qlik Answers is an out-of-the-box, self-service tool that simplifies deployment, reduces complexity, and ensures high security and compliance.
APIs and ERPs: A Match Made in Heaven | Dreamfactory
History is full of dynamic duos like peanut butter and jelly or Batman and Robin—but is it time to add APIs and ERPs to the mix? According to a 2019 study by Cloud Elements, APIs and ERPs are essential to modern business strategy. 55 percent of respondents believe that API integrations are “critical” to their operations. What’s more, the survey’s participants say that ERPs are one of their top three business use cases for API integrations.
What is Idempotency?
Idempotent operations produce the same result even when the operation is repeated many times. The result of the 2nd, 3rd, and 1,000th repeat of the operation will return exactly the same result as the 1st time. In this post, we will demystify the concept of idempotency—a fundamental property that ensures consistency, predictability, and reliability in APIs and distributed systems.
What Makes Data-in-Motion Architectures a Must-Have for the Modern Enterprise
Cloudera’s data-in-motion architecture is a comprehensive set of scalable, modular, re-composable capabilities that help organizations deliver smart automation and real-time data products with maximum efficiency while remaining agile to meet changing business needs. In this blog, we will examine the “why” behind streaming data and review some high-level guidelines for how organizations should build their data-in-motion architecture of the future.