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Imagine you were suddenly transported to a foreign city where you don’t speak the language—in fact, every person you encounter speaks a different language, and you aren’t even sure which one they are. That’s the situation faced by many developers and users today as they try to integrate different software and systems. One of the greatest challenges of modern computing is its complexity.

It’s the eternal struggle for any business to add more value while keeping costs down. Luckily, modern business technology makes this a little easier with the employment of the right API. An API ecosystem revolves around software that specializes in linking together incongruent apps, products, and services. The API is more than middleware – it’s grown into an innovative business concept that can transform your business and digital strategy.

Amid the rapid pace of change felt by organizations this year, it’s no surprise that digital transformation projects have been high on the agenda for CIOs across the globe. To achieve both their organizational and transformation goals and become digitally agile as a result, CIOs are often tasked with creating the conditions needed to enable an intelligent and flexible digital core.

Building on the announcements made at this year’s Summit, Snowflake has released a number of new enhancements, especially in the areas of data programmability, global governance, and data sharing. Read on to learn more. For additional details and to see some of these new capabilities in action, be sure to check out the on-demand sessions from Summit.

Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an Agile software development process encouraging collaboration between developers, QA and non-technical participants in a software project. Cucumber is an example of a JavaScript (JS) methodology that enables BDD. It helps to lay a test automation foundation by embracing coding standards and design patterns that will be used in the automation development process.