I often wonder about Steve Wozniak’s claim that the first computers were built to help “common people rise.” Correlating the evolution of software with the upheaval of our human society brings a very hopeful sentiment. Now, software engineering methodologies cater to more nuanced requirements of our “rising,” such as allowing space to correct mistakes (agility) and openness to feedback (adaptability).

While still in its early days, artificial intelligence is becoming a driving force behind innovation in software testing. While automation has improved testing efficiency, AI can take it further by influencing critical decision-making. Rather than reacting to issues as they arise, teams can now identify potential problems earlier in the development cycle. In this article, we’ll explore how artificial intelligence can help teams rethink their testing strategies.

API testing is an essential aspect of contemporary software development, ensuring that the interfaces between various components and systems function correctly. In this blog post, we will dive into some of the top free API testing tools that every developer should know about! From basic HTTP clients to comprehensive testing suites, these tools cover a wide range of needs and skill levels, helping developers create more robust and reliable applications. Get ready to supercharge your development process!

BigQuery history-based optimizations learn from similar queries to identify and apply additional improvements to the query execution.

Measuring throughput and latency is a critical step in load testing software to ensure application performance and stability. In this article, we’ll discuss essential considerations before beginning performance testing and provide a detailed, step-by-step guide on leveraging production traffic replication in Kubernetes. This approach helps you accurately determine your software’s maximum throughput during performance testing.

In January 2025, the European Union (EU) will begin enforcing a new regulation called the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The DORA regulation mandates sweeping cyber resilience requirements for financial institutions and third-party information and communication technology (ICT) providers. In this blog post, we examine how two core Perforce offerings help financial institutions and their supporting ecosystem of service providers comply with the requirements laid out in the DORA regulation.

If innovation is the ultimate goal in business and technology today, then consider generative AI (gen AI) the vehicle taking us there — and a strong data strategy, the fuel. Despite all its promise of productivity gains and new discoveries, gen AI alone can't do it all. The technology needs a "very ready" data foundation to feed on, something the vast majority of businesses today (78%) do not possess, according to a new report by MIT Technology Review Insights, in partnership with Snowflake.

We are now in the final chapter of Apache Kafka’s multi-year journey to remove Apache ZooKeeper and fully transition to self-managed metadata in KRaft. Many Kafka users and customers are beginning to migrate to KRaft and are eager to understand its performance characteristics in production environments.

Throughout my career in enterprise technology, I've witnessed numerous transformations play out across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. But the shift we're seeing now with data streaming is truly unprecedented. What was once a supportive technology is rapidly becoming the very foundation of modern business in our region.