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Preamble You’ve probably seen some recent articles asserting that the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil—it’s data. New internet titans like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft look unstoppable. In fact, these internet titans are listed as the...

Preamble Software is buggy. It’s a bold claim, I know. Sarcasm aside, the battle to keep your applications up and running is ongoing. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a way to eliminate an entire class of bugs from your application?  Enterprise configuration...

Even since the agile manifesto was published in 2001, software development has never been the same. In a pre-agile world, software was released in monolithic packages every year or every two years.  The agile approach to development prioritized faster, more...

This year’s world quality report (2018) has once again identified Test Environment Management as a major challenge for Agile Development & Testing.   WQR Recap This year’s world quality report (2018) has once again identified Test Environment Management...

Enterprise Release Management (ERM) is a set of end-to-end practices that enable large organizations to effectively manage software releases. ERM is uniquely designed for the challenges of multiple teams building and releasing software simultaneously. ERM establishes...

"Test Environment Management Checklist." Yep, that sounds like a mouthful, but don't let that discourage you. The idea here is quite simple—adopting a checklist to evaluate the soundness of your test environment management approach. Even though the idea sounds simple...

SAP systems handle some of the most sensitive data in the enterprise: financial transactions, HR information, supplier records, customer profiles, operational details, and more. For that reason, copying production data into non-production systems without modification...

In the always-an-adventure world of IT service management, there are several key processes that are essential for delivering high-quality services to customers and end-users. Two of the most critical processes are release management and deployment management....

Application rationalization is the process of identifying which applications an organization should keep, update, consolidate, or retire. Think of it as a financial adviser, but instead of your investment portfolio, it's your application portfolio. Most companies take...

For many organizations, DevOps is the best practice for efficiency. However, this model doesn't come easily as the organization needs to put certain things in place. For example, the firm needs to incorporate the right tools to ensure its delivery pipeline and...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mistakenly added bugs to your codes and shipped them to users? For instance, let's say an IT firm has its primary work tree on GitHub, and a team member pushes codes with bugs to the primary work tree. The firm may also...

It's the normal case with software buzzwords that people focus so much on what something is that they forget what it is not. DevOps is no exception. To truly embrace DevOps and cherish what it is, it's important to comprehend what it isn't. A plethora...

Testing is an essential part of maintaining a healthy Guidewire environment. But because Guidewire applications handle large volumes of personally identifiable information (PII), simply copying production data for testing or training isn't an option. This is where...

Testing is an integral and vital part of creating software. In fact, test code is as important as your production code. When you create test code, you need to create test data for your code to work against. This post is about the different types of test...

In the world of enterprise software, release management is a crucial process that ensures the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of software releases. As the name suggests, release managers are responsible for coordinating various stakeholders, including...

As organizations collect, process, and replicate data across more systems than ever before, the risk of exposure increases dramatically. Sensitive information that's safely stored in production databases often becomes vulnerable when copied into test, training, or...