OLTP is a transaction-centric data processing that follows a three-tier architecture. Every day, businesses worldwide perform millions of financial transactions. This fact brings to mind client-facing personnel such as bank tellers and supermarket cashiers tapping away on keyboards and at cash registers, and with good reason. According to ACI Worldwide, a payment systems company, there was a 42.2% growth in global real-time transaction volumes in 2023, amounting to 266.2 billion transactions.

IT security professionals need to recognize the critical importance of securing data pipelines in a data-driven corporate environment.

This blog post is designed as a guide to illuminate the critical importance of software testing plans—a cornerstone in ensuring the delivery of reliable and high-quality software products as we described in a previous post when we described the process of creating a complete Test Plan. For QA professionals and testers, as well as for those developers that are getting initiated on a journey into the world of testing, this post serves as a reaffirmation of our principles.

Django is a “batteries-included” framework. It has a wide array of built-in features that handle common web development tasks: URL routing, template engine, object-relational mapping (ORM), and database schema migrations. This makes it highly efficient for rapid development, allowing developers to focus on building their applications' unique aspects without reinventing basic functionalities.

You can use the new comprehensive search bar in Kong Konnect to quickly retrieve the information you need across Konnect entities so you can focus on taking action. Operating through a platform search API, the new search bar’s query syntax offers advanced and precise search capabilities and is designed to cater to a wide range of search requirements, enabling you to find the information you need across different areas of the product with ease and speed.

QA engineers and developers constantly worry that new updates will hinder the functionality of their applications. Regression testing tools prevent this and ensure that applications run smoothly after a code update. Most QA teams use automated regression testing software to save time and money while speeding up the release cycle. However, these benefits only apply when you use a web testing tool that suits your use cases.

Now that we have set up our API, integrated it with Kong, and connected Stripe with Moesif, we have the infrastructure to begin billing for API usage. Now, we will move into configuring Moesif with the pricing, metering, and access control/governance pieces of the API monetization journey. Let’s kick things off by setting up the prices we want to charge for API usage in Moesif.

We've just rolled out new trigger controls and enhanced YAML syntax so you can initiate your builds with unmatched precision.

Unlocking the power of AI within SAP for your team requires overcoming a significant hurdle: data accessibility. SAP data’s complexity, spread across various modules, creates silos of information that your team might struggle to understand and utilize effectively. Inaccessible or misaligned SAP data will hinder your AI system’s ability to learn and deliver valuable results specific to your organization.

Since Snowflake’s Dynamic Tables went into preview, we have worked with hundreds of customers to understand the challenges they faced producing high-quality data quickly and at scale. The No. 1 pain point: Data pipelines are becoming increasingly complex. This rising complexity is a result of myriad factors.