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July brings summer vacations, holiday gatherings, and for the first time in two years, the return of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Chief Data Officer symposium as an in-person event. The gathering in 2022 marked the sixteenth year for top data and analytics professionals to come to the MIT campus to explore current and future trends. A key area of focus for the symposium this year was the design and deployment of modern data platforms.

In this article, you’ll be introduced to two tools: Speedscale and NeoLoad. Both of these tools offer you a way to load test your applications. This post will compare their ease of setup, development experience, fit within a modern infrastructure, and integration into CI/CD. Load testing is not a new concept in any way: the term was common even before Google Trends started recording data in 2004.

In the Chartis Vendor Analysis: Client Lifecycle Management Solutions, 2022: Corporate and Investment Banking report, Appian is recognized as a Category Leader. The report noted the completeness of Appian’s offering, including our unified low-code platform, data integration capabilities, and ability to meet market-specific requirements.

Successful teams blend the art of sales with a data-driven pipeline strategy.

The customer journey is the decision-making process each buyer goes through before converting to a paying customer of your business. Mastering this journey will require an in-depth understanding of each stage and how you can continually improve your efforts. To understand this journey, you need to take a customer-centric approach, putting yourself in your customer’s shoes to understand their point of view.

The latest Elixir release introduces new features to improve your developer and debugging experience. In this post, we'll take a look at the new dbg() functionality, along with some improvements to Inspect and binary evaluation error messaging. All these changes come together to make you an even more productive Elixirist. Let's get started!

This blog post is the first in what we intend to be a series to detail Ably’s journey in building the next iteration of our global network. It focuses on the design and we will follow up with posts detailing the building, and finally migration from old to new. If you are interested in how you can network AWS accounts together on a global scale then read on! Ably operates a global network spanning 8 AWS regions with hundreds of additional points-of-presences.

Forms are a vital part of any digital solution, be it a gaming app or a simple online store crafting an interactive and easy-to-use form is a must to ensure user engagement. However, while working with core React preparing and managing forms with multiple fields usually becomes a hassle. As in core React, developers have to add lengthy lines of code to implement basic form features. This not only makes the code a hassle to work with but also complicates the overall codebase with unnecessary clutter.

To help you feel more prepared for your next interview, this post is a collection of some of the most frequently asked questions asked in manual and software testing interviews. You should still check it out if you're currently working in some part of the software development industry, with the purpose of improving your knowledge and abilities. Manual testing is essential in software development and should be used whenever possible instead of automated testing.

Security best practices remain a top priority for enterprises, especially as high-profile hacks and cybersecurity breaches pose increased risks. According to the 2022 Morgan Stanley CIO survey, IT spending is expected to reach 4.4%, with cloud computing and security software as the leading verticals. This rapid digital transformation across sectors presents organizations with opportunities, along with some new challenges.