BI and analytics are both umbrella terms referring to a type of data insight software. Many providers use them interchangeably, but some use them in conjunction, claiming to offer both business intelligence and business analytics. This of course makes us wonder: what’s the difference?
Unless you live under an actual rock and haven’t hauled yourself into modern times, I’m sure you know – and most likely use – JavaScript. You know, the versatile and dynamic programming language that powers the web and beyond. From client-side scripting to server-side computing, and even robotics, JavaScript is everywhere. However, like any good craftsperson, a JavaScript developer knows that their work is only done once it’s been tested.
Constituent services can be supercharged through government agencies’ IT modernization and digitization efforts. To achieve success on these initiatives, a strategic and calculated approach to testing is needed. In their recent Tech Spotlight on IT Modernization, Federal Computer Week (FCW) spoke with Dr. Grigori Melnik, Chief Strategy Officer at Tricentis, about how the implementation of automated testing can expedite the IT modernization process while ensuring confidence in the outcomes.
Sometimes, you find yourself searching for bugs without any specific purpose or direction. This occurs when your QA team lacks the proper mindset and strategy for exploratory testing. Without clear guidance or goals, your test coverage will be inadequate, and you'll have less productive use of your time. In his book Exploratory Software Testing: Tips, Tricks, Tours, and Techniques to Guide Test Design, James Whittaker provides a practical solution to help you level up your exploratory testing.
Five years ago, Qlik paved the way in powering our analytics platform with AI, with the introduction of natural language processing and generation. Our augmented analytics capabilities, which now also include fully interactive search, chat, and multi-language support, enabled a generative AI experience before it was cool. Today marks the next step in our AI journey with the launch of a new suite of OpenAI connectors to deliver a ChatGPT experience in Qlik Cloud.
The world is continuously amazed by ChatGPT and its applications. Every day multiple people post the applications of ChatGPT in their respective industries ranging from marketing, copywriting, sales, operations, and more. While we thought about ChatGPT for software testing, we have a mixed bag of opinions. We do not doubt its benefits to the software testing community and at the same time, we are aware of the dangers of blindly accepting every output by the software.
