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Bring your test data into the AI tools you use | SmartBear MCP Server for Zephyr

Not everyone who needs a read on release readiness lives in Jira. This video demonstrates how the SmartBear MCP Server brings trusted Zephyr test data into Claude, so anyone who needs access to testing data gets it without switching context. A QE lead checking coverage, a release manager confirming a ship date, a developer following up on a fix, and any stakeholder who just wants a fast answer has what they need.

10 Common API Performance Issues and How to Detect Them

Detecting API performance issues before they impact users is the difference between APIs that scale reliably and those that quietly erode user trust. When users encounter lag, failed requests, or timeouts, the consequences are immediate: lost transactions, customer frustration, and brand damage. Teams that build scalable APIs recognize that performance is not just a technical metric – it’s fundamental to business health and reputation.

I stopped re-explaining my test project every single morning

Before every session, I used to type some version of this: Sixty-two words of setup, and all of it gone the moment I closed the window. Here is the same request in week two, after the assistant had learned how my project works: That is the whole feature. Everything below is how it works and what I learned building it. THE SHORT ANSWER.

Bruno API Testing: A Complete Guide (2026)

Bruno is an open source, offline-first API client that stores your API collections as plain text files inside your Git repo. It gives you a fast GUI for building and sending REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSocket requests, plus a scripting layer for writing tests against the responses. This guide covers Bruno API testing from install to CI, so by the end you can build a request, assert on its response, and run the whole suite from the command line.

What Is Service Virtualization: Definition, Types & Tools (2026)

Service virtualization replaces real external dependencies (APIs, databases, queues, or third-party services) with controlled simulations that respond like the real thing. Tests run against these virtual services whether the real dependency is unavailable, expensive to call, or still being built. Keploy implements this by capturing real dependency interactions from live traffic and replaying them automatically in CI.

16 September Is Approaching! Is Your Bank Ready for CBUAE Compliance?

On 16 September 2026, the one-year transitional period under the UAE’s new Central Bank Law comes to an end. Federal Decree-Law No. 6 of 2025 came into force on 16 September 2025, giving licensed financial institutions exactly one year to bring their operations into line with a fully overhauled regulatory framework. That window is now closing.

Enterprise Accessibility Framework: Reducing Compliance Risk and Technical Debt Across the SDLC

Enterprise firms have changed how they evaluate software quality during digital transformation. Digital accessibility is not a “nice-to-have” design consideration or a “checklist” item before launch. This is a key measure of software architecture, enterprise readiness, and operational efficiency. When accessibility is an afterthought, it can lead to delays, costly repairs, product weaknesses, and immediate disqualification in business procurement processes.

Tricentis SeaLights: Coverage analysis

Coverage analysis brings your sprint, release, and daily coverage views into one customizable dashboard in SeaLights. It only takes a few steps to build a view: pick what you want to see, set your time range and scope, and get a live breakdown by service. Key highlights: One unified view: consolidate overall coverage, change coverage, and failed test tracking into a single customizable dashboard, built exactly for your team's workflow.

Digital Autonomy in the Cloud Era: Reducing Reliance on Hyperscalers

What would happen if you had to move a mission-critical application off your current cloud platform within the next year? In this webinar highlights reel, experts from Perforce OpenLogic explore why cloud portability, digital autonomy, and operational ownership are becoming strategic priorities for enterprise organizations. The panel opens with a simple but revealing question: How painful would it be to replatform a critical workload in the next 12 months? The answer often exposes hidden dependencies, operational risk, and the true state of an organization's cloud resilience.

Modernizing at the speed of AI: How state and local governments can keep quality in check

For the first time ever, artificial intelligence has topped NASCIO’s annual ranking of state CIO priorities, ending cybersecurity’s 12-year reign at number one. It’s easy to see why: public agencies – like their private sector counterparts – see real potential in AI to modernize operations, accelerate service delivery, and help lean teams do more with fewer resources.