In today’s digital world, APIs have become key to connect apps and services, both internally and externally. However, when integrating with external entities like partners and service providers, API security is a major concern for businesses. And from a user’s perspective, traditional authentication approaches in mobile apps or digital channels often deliver a less-than-ideal digital experience.

Company drives effort to reduce $1.1 trillion in failed digital payments. Austin, TX, July 9, 2024 – Testlio, a leading quality management company, today announced that its clients achieve an estimated 5x return on investment (ROI) through its payments testing services. This milestone underscores Testlio’s pivotal role in mitigating the critical issue of failed digital payments, which cost businesses an estimated $1.1 trillion annually.

The email marketing industry is now more powerful than ever. A recent study showed that for every $1 spent on email marketing, marketers make $42—a 4,200% ROI! But for developers, creating a winning email strategy goes beyond catchy subject lines and creative design. It’s about deploying effective Email APIs to automate workflows, personalize outreach, and ultimately, drive exceptional results.

An effective dashboard requires careful design to present data in the best way, and to help more people (users, customers) find insights without feeling overwhelmed. Yellowfin BI comes with a wide variety of chart types as part of its extensive data visualization tools, and while it is tempting to use a lot of eye-catching charts to make a dashboard that looks great, it is important to select the right chart for the right situation.

RAG and Fine-Tuning are two prominent LLM customization approaches. While RAG involves providing external and dynamic resources to trained models, fine-tuning involves further training on specialized datasets, altering the model. Each approach can be used for different use cases. In this blog post, we explain each approach, compare the two and recommend when to use them and which pitfalls to avoid.

Your API documentation is just as important as your API. It defines how easy it is for users to learn, understand, and use your open-source or paid-for product. In this post, DreamFactory highlights eight of the best API documentation examples from well-known tools. You can use these examples for inspiration when creating your API docs. Here are the key takeaways to know about each of these API documentation examples.

As demand for machine learning (ML) grows, rigorous testing and quality assurance are crucial. ML models need quality training data and robust algorithms. Without thorough testing, inaccurate outcomes can occur, especially in sectors like healthcare, finance, and transportation. A 2023 ScienceDirect report found data leakage in 294 academic publications across 17 disciplines, highlighting the need to address this issue in ML-based science.

When you’re ready to automate your manual tests, you might naturally think you need to hire someone with a technical skill set who specializes in automating end-to-end tests. That is, you might think you need to hire a QA engineer. It’s not an unreasonable assumption. But for many startups, it’s the wrong thing to do. QA engineers are quite expensive (in more ways than one), bottleneck release processes with their complex tooling, and can present other types of business risks.

Today, we're looking at MySQL vs MS SQL Server. Relational database management systems (RDBMS) form the backbone of enterprise IT. The main difference between MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server is that MySQL is an open-source RDBMS known for its cross-platform compatibility and cost-effectiveness, while Microsoft SQL Server is a commercial RDBMS primarily designed for the Windows platform, offering advanced features and tight integration with Microsoft technologies.

Financial and operational reporting for NetSuite can be a challenge. As is the case with many ERP systems, NetSuite’s reporting capabilities tend to be somewhat restrictive. It can be difficult to pull information from multiple NetSuite modules into a single, cohesive report. In other instances, information for which there ought to be a fairly straightforward reporting process turns out to be inaccessible.