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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025: Recap

Hi everyone, my name is Bailey Ahrens, and I’m a marketing intern at Speedscale! I just returned a few days ago from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025. While it was only my second trade show, it felt like a huge step forward in my confidence, skills, and future direction. My first conference (API World) was all about stepping outside my comfort zone. KubeCon was where I started leaning into that confidence and finding my place in the tech community.

What is QA Automation Testing: The ULTIMATE Guide

Quality Assurance (QA) teams must run extensive tests to ensure that a website or application performs as intended before release. However, rather than manually running these tests, which can hinder productivity, modern teams are using QA automation. By automating QA testing workflows, teams can rapidly execute these tests using standardized processes, frameworks, and software. Developers can quickly fix any errors and deliver high-quality code so that product teams can speed up release times.

How To Build An Automation Framework For Api First Testing

As modern applications grow more complex and API-driven, maintaining test stability becomes increasingly challenging. Many QA teams struggle to manage scattered test scripts and inconsistent environments, leading to inefficiency and missed defects. The real solution lies in adopting a structured automation framework that brings order, scalability, and speed to the testing process. In an API-first setup, it helps teams validate functionality continuously and collaboratively.

PHP 8.1 EOL: What You Need to Know

Time’s almost up on PHP 8.1 – do you have an upgrade strategy ready? With PHP 8.1 end of life occurring on December 31, 2025, it is critical to plan your upgrade strategy now. Zend can help. In this video, we provide an expert guidance on how to update PHP, including an incremental upgrade strategy for moving from PHP 8.1 and a look at how to upgrade PHP 8.1 to 8.2 and beyond. For teams unable to upgrade before the deadline, we also go through long term support (LTS) options. Using LTS provides essential security patches and expert support to keep your applications secure and compliant.

Strengthening Your Security: Two-Factor Authentication Now Available on OctoPerf

In today's security-conscious world, relying on a password alone is no longer enough. With 2FA enabled, even if your password is compromised, the attacker would still need access to a second verification method (your authenticator app) to get in. At OctoPerf we're committed to helping you safeguard your valuable test configurations, results, and reports - 2FA is an essential step in that mission.

Oracle's AI momentum and why quality assurance matters more than ever

After attending Oracle AI World, one thing is clear: Oracle is all in on AI. From embedded agents across Fusion Applications to the AI-native Oracle Database and OCI’s massive model-training capabilities, Oracle is positioning itself as the platform where enterprise AI comes to life. The energy was infectious. Every session, demo, and conversation carried a sense of acceleration: faster decisions, faster workflows, faster innovation.

What Is A Test Environment? A Complete Guide For Developers

A test environment is a controlled setting that includes software, hardware, network configuration, test data, and testing tools, where applications can be set up and validated before they are delivered to real users. It can be understood as a safe space for developers and QA engineers to do an assessment of how an application performs under expected real-world usage conditions.