Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

New Fivetran features help data teams jointly orchestrate Fivetran connectors and transformations using dbt Labs’ open-sourced dbt Core* to minimize data latency, monitor ELT pipelines in real time and reduce engineering time.

We talked to Dama Damjanović, Principal Engineer at N26 about how the regulations in finance and banking affect engineering teams behind fintech apps, how they can improve security, and what type of new technology will add the most value to the industry in the coming years.

The load test comparison feature build-in to LoadFocus Results allows you to compare the results of two different test runs of the same test for the cloud load testing service. You can visually compare the results between the test run set as baseline and the current test run, just by setting a test run as a baseline, and loading the other load tests runs. Baseline comparison is important because it allows to easily find differences in performance for the test runs.

ThoughtSpot provides a rich suite of APIs for search, user controls, and platform metadata. These APIs can be especially useful for sharing data with partners via webhooks, building native mobile apps, providing results in json format for third-party charting libraries like D3, or scripting ThoughtSpot configuration to support devops and continuous integration toolchains.

Customer focus is hugely important for the Appian product management team as we iterate on our solutions to keep pace with customer needs. Hearing directly from those who use the solutions every day is invaluable and offers our team insight into specific use cases and opportunities for optimization and enhancement.

Faced with skyrocketing consumer expectations and rapid industry shifts, 54% of development teams are struggling to keep up with software delivery. While organizations are turning towards automated testing to help bridge the gap between speed and quality, 64% of DevOps teams are struggling to find the talent needed to support those initiatives.

Data security is an important priority for every organization that handles customer or user data, especially those that fall under data privacy and protection laws such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Large volumes of personal data flow in and out of companies and their systems every day, and the threat of data breaches looms over these operations. How can organizations use their data to power critical operations without running afoul of regulations or privacy concerns?

As every traveler knows, even the best-laid plans sometimes go astray. Stuff happens. Trains are delayed. Storms cause outages. People forget their bags. A special event creates long lines. Transportation providers can’t take the uncertainty out of travel or make the world operate precisely on schedule — particularly during a global pandemic.

Matching the experience of your self-service analytics tool to your users' needs has often been difficult when ‘self-service’ is different for everyone. Here's how Guided NLQ tackles this.

The final month of 2021 brought new capabilities for data governance, expanded insights for Snowflake Data Marketplace providers, and several new providers added to the Marketplace. For the full list, see the Release Notes.