How Continuous Testing Advances Your Business Goals
The goals of any successful business fit into two broad categories: driving higher revenue and greater operational efficiency. Finding solutions to achieve both of these is an organization’s goldmine. Considering the ease of access to new, alternate products from developers across the globe, competition continues to grow. In the software industry, customer expectations magnify cut-throat […]
Building Continuous Compliance into DevOps
“Continuous” is one of the operative words of DevOps. A major goal of DevOps is to make all processes continuous, which means having them proceed smoothly and constantly to avoid delays or pauses within the software delivery process. You’ve probably already heard of the importance of continuous integration and continuous delivery. But the importance of […]
27-Factor Assessments Lead to Success With DevOps
October 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary of the first DevOpsDays, where the term “DevOps” began to catch on. In the world of information technology, 10 years is a long time and it is quite evident based on the amount of change that has transpired since then. To name a few, we have seen the […]
Shift Left Without Fear: The Role of Security in Enabling DevOps
It’s the age of DevOps, and we all want to shift left, which refers to the idea of performing processes earlier in the CI/CD cycle. That includes security checks and audits. By starting security operations earlier in the delivery pipeline, it becomes easier to find problems, and teams have more time to address them before […]
How to Create Bug-Free Blockchain Apps
While all developers strive for bug-free code, it’s particularly crucial in a blockchain deployment where sensitive data or other confidential info is being exchanged, such as in health care or finance. However, some businesses have learned that lesson the hard way. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance recently revealed a devastating security breach that resulted in a loss […]
Tricentis Disrupts RPA Market with Resilient Model-Based Automation
Model-based automation technology trusted by 1600+ enterprise organizations now drives a dedicated Tricentis RPA offering Mountain View Calif., May 22, 2019 – Tricentis today announced the availability of Tricentis RPA, which is differentiated by its award-winning model-based automation technology and radically simplified bot pricing model. Tricentis’ model-based automation technology has over 12 years of research […]
The Essential Toolbox for DevOps Analytics
With DevOps teams under constant pressure to improve software delivery cycles while maintaining—and improving—quality, many have turned to continuous testing (CT), implementing it as part of their overall development strategy. CT offers a number of benefits to DevOps teams, but it also introduces new challenges, specifically infinite amounts of data that require analysis. As more […]
5 DevOps Trends Worth Knowing in 2019
DevOps today is more than the buzzword it was 10 years ago. Back then, the idea of combining development with production in your IT infrastructure was not common; the logistics were nonexistent and most of the time businesses decided it was far too much effort. However, if the last nine years has taught us anything, […]
Autonomous Testing’s Role in Agile DevOps
DevOps testing, as an Agile methodology, is key to delivering testing and integration on a continuous basis, including continuous feedback, to enable better collaboration and quality. For too long, testing has progressed by small incremental steps, creating a quality assurance (QA) winter. We think it’s time for a revolution, so we have written and published […]
Gremlin Brings Chaos Monkey Testing to Spinnaker CD Platform
Gremlin this week announced it will integrate its hosted chaos engineering service with continuous delivery platforms starting with the open source Spinnaker project developed by Netflix. Chaos engineering traces its roots to a resiliency testing philosophy that posits applications should be able to keep functioning regardless of any service or infrastructure failure. Most IT organizations, […]
Sauce Labs Combines Functional and Performance Testing
Sauce Labs announced it is now moving beyond functional testing, adding a front-end testing tool it has dubbed Sauce Performance to make it easier to accelerate testing within the context of a DevOps process. Lubos Parobek, vice president of products for Sauce Labs, said the goal is to enable developers or testers to begin testing […]
The New AI Overseer Role in DevOps
Robot overlords are the stuff of science fiction fantasy. Today, with more teams implementing artificial intelligence (AI), DevOps teams need a hard, continuous look at reality. An AI overseer watching apps at work could make the difference between sadness and euphoria in your efforts. We’re seeing AI misses more and more often. Facebook recently admitted […]
How DevOps Orchestration and Feedback Loops Can Enhance Your DevOps Pipeline
DevOps orchestration and feedback loops can significantly impact and improve your organization’s delivery pipeline. In this post, we’ll define and illuminate the importance of DevOps orchestration and feedback loops, and how together they can make a difference in your pipeline. DevOps Orchestration Although people widely use the terms “automation” and “orchestration” interchangeably, their scopes vary […]
5 Steps for Successful Continuous Testing Implementation
Continuous integration (CI) calls for code to be always working. Continuous delivery (CD) and continuous deployment mean that we must be able to roll out a working configuration to production at any time. As DevOps becomes the norm, bugs in production are now a developer’s personal problem. Developers (and their managers) want to know immediately […]
Tricentis Delivers Powerful, Intelligent Automation Features for Azure, SAP, and DevOps Environments
Enterprise customers will accelerate cloud migration, SAP S/4HANA adoption, and DevOps expansion with resilient Continuous Testing Mountain View, CA — February 26, 2019 —Tricentis today announced the latest release of Tricentis Tosca, the cloud’s number one Continuous Testing platform. As legacy testing tools from Micro Focus and Worksoft have failed to scale in DevOps environments, Tricentis Tosca delivers resilient Continuous Testing to over 1,600 enterprise customers. Tricentis’ industry-leading technology was recently recognized by Gartner in their Critical […]
CXOs Overestimating DevOps and Continuous Testing Maturity
More work is needed to achieve continuous testing, Forrester report shows Forrester recently completed an interesting new research project exploring what separates DevOps leaders from DevOps laggards. After analyzing data collected from 603 global enterprise respondents responsible for their firms’ DevOps strategies, Forrester learned that firms with the most mature DevOps practices do several key […]
DevOps Chat: Crowdsourced Continuous Testing with Rainforest’s Derek Choy
Scaling your testing is the scourge of many software teams. While test automation and continuous testing have made great strides, it still is difficult to automate every QA test. Also, engineering resources who can script these tests are difficult to find. Enter Rainforest. Rainforest has a unique crowdsourcing solution to continuous testing. It combines crowdsourcing […]
The 4 Keys to Effective Continuous Testing
In the digital era, products no longer can win on capabilities alone. Speed to market and buyer experience now matter just as much to customers as the extent to which a product meets a pressing need or outperforms competitive offerings. Against this backdrop, software developers find themselves under increasing pressure, left with no choice but […]
Reinvent Testing to Galvanize Digital Transformation
We’re well past software “eating the world.” According to Tricentis CEO Sandeep Johri, software has become irreversibly intertwined with the world. You can’t find a modern enterprise that doesn’t depend on software, or a business transaction that doesn’t require software at some point in the end-to-end process. In the new world of digital business, companies […]
Continuous Testing in the ‘2018 Accelerate State of DevOps’ Report
Here’s a peek into what continuous testing means to DevOps today The “2018 Accelerate State of DevOps” report is the brainchild of Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Gene Kim and Jez Humble at DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment). Based on five years of research, with more than 30,000 data points from thousands of companies, the project aims […]
Continuous Testing at More than 200 mph
“The old principle of tinkering with an instinctively designed car has long since been superseded by systematic testing of every major component and structure – both before and after the car is fully built and ready to race.” —“Understanding F1 Racing,” Formula1.com While speed is the most obvious shared goal between racing and software development […]
DevOps Leaders vs. Laggards: Continuous Testing is a Key Differentiator
New Forrester research, “The Definitive Software Quality Metrics for Agile + DevOps,” reveals what software quality metrics and practices differentiate DevOps/Agile leaders from DevOps/Agile laggards. The study was commissioned by Tricentis and led by Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Diego Lo Giudice. The study found that companies with the most successful Agile and DevOps initiatives […]
Tricentis, QASymphony Merge: The Age of Continuous Testing Is Upon Us
Big news in the world of continuous testing today as continuous testing market leader Tricentis announced it is merging with QASymphony. Tricentis, a leader of continuous testing, is adding QASymphony’s leading testing automation platform to the mix. The full text of the press release is below. With the worldwide testing market pegged at more than […]