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Key Takeaways: Gherkin acceptance criteria transform user stories into executable specifications that bridge technical and business teams. Writing gherkin acceptance criteria has become essential for modern software development teams seeking to bridge the communication gap between business stakeholders and technical teams. The 2024 World Quality Report shows that over 60% of agile teams have adopted BDD practices to enhance collaboration and ensure software behaviors align with user needs.

One such industry that has been on a growth trajectory since then is the Retail/ Shopping Industry. So, if you’re looking for a way to boost your sales and take your business to new heights, then one thing that should be on your radar is to create a shopping app. When eCommerce hit a jackpot in 2020, everyone wanted to be the next Amazon. So, it’s clear that you won’t succeed in this cutthroat market by creating a low-budget Amazon clone, rather you need something extraordinary.

Writing a bug report sounds simple. But when done wrong, it leads to one outcome: the report gets ignored. And it happens more than most QA teams admit. Engineers read vague summaries, unclear steps, or missing context, and just reply with a cold: “Can’t reproduce.” That’s why we created this bug report template. It’s the one we wished we had early in our QA careers. It helps you provide the right information to help developers fix bugs faster.

In the steel fabrication industry, operational efficiency is defined by how well you manage data. Tekla PowerFab is the undisputed heavy lifter for estimating, production control, and inventory management. It is robust, reliable, and deeply integrated into shop floor workflows. However, as steel fabricators look to digital transformation—building custom mobile apps for site managers or feeding data into modern analytics platforms—they hit a roadblock.

Over 875,000 providers work with Cognizant’s TriZetto healthcare and insurance administration solutions. That means all 875,000 should be taking precautions to secure data on these platforms and stay compliant under HIPAA and GDPR, relevant to the healthcare industry. Yet, I still see TriZetto users allowing sensitive data into non-production environments. TriZetto data masking is key to preventing noncompliance and its consequences.

The Fivetran binary log reader optimizes change data capture for superior performance and lower impact when replicating from SQL Server.

Companies are rapidly adopting AI, but it's not all roses. The excitement comes with significant risks, such as shadow AI, runaway costs, and security nightmares. This post explores the real challenges organizations face in AI governance today and highlights how forward-thinking companies are beginning to tackle them. Companies are charging headfirst into AI, with research around agentic AI in the enterprise finding as many as 9 out of 10 organizations are actively working to adopt AI agents.

The messaging and data streaming industries are constantly evolving, with major shifts such as large vendor purchases. If your company relies heavily on a platform such as Apache Kafka and you recently discovered that your vendor was acquired by a competitor, you are most likely dealing with a combination of uncertainty, budgetary risks, and technical difficulties.

In today’s fast-paced software environment, getting product features out the door quickly is the minimum. Getting features out the door quickly + with reliability is what separates high performing teams opening up larger opportunities. This is where DevOps testing comes into play, testing not just at the endpoint of the development + operations lifecycle but as an integrated process throughout every step of the life of the product.