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An Enterprise Guide to PCI DSS Compliance Requirements

If your company handles customer payment information, it’s critical for you to understand PCI DSS compliance requirements. A single breach can result in substantial financial penalties and damage your brand's reputation. In my experience working with enterprise customers, I’ve seen firsthand how non-production environments often become a blind spot for compliance efforts.

Katalon Product Roundup - November 2025

November brings expanded on-premise flexibility, deeper analytics customization, and smoother cross-platform automation. TestOps adds on-prem Jira and GitHub integrations, and custom chart creation for faster insights. Studio introduces new MCP Server tools that automate test object management end-to-end. TestCloud simplifies mobile app version handling with dynamic applications and now supports secure live testing on private environments.

What's the strategic role of Studio in the larger platform?

Studio is the foundation of the entire Katalon platform. Every product, from TrueTest to TestCloud, relies on Studio’s automation capabilities. Because all tests are ultimately Studio tests, it serves as the core engine enabling faster testing and powering execution, reporting, and CI/CD integration across the platform. — Alex Martins, VP of Strategy at Katalon Follow Katalon for more insights in our series!

Continuous Quality Signals: Connecting Jira, Zephyr and BugSnag for Risk-Based Testing

Engineering teams want to understand the real health of their applications – not just what was planned or what was tested, but what is actually happening in production. The challenge is that these signals live in different systems, each optimized for a specific part of the delivery lifecycle. Test execution data, issue tracking, and production monitoring each describe a different aspect of system behavior. On their own, they answer narrow questions about validation, delivery, or stability.

How a 'Safe' D365 Update Paralysed a Tier-1 Hospital

Every business running Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) relies on the promise of “Evergreen Updates,” which provide seamless, continuous improvement with zero disruption. For a major hospital which was already stretched thin by rising costs and patient loads, the latest update was supposed to be a lifeline, delivering new financial automation features.

Accelerating the API SDLC with SmartBear MCP Server and Swagger MCP Tools

Note: The SmartBear MCP Server is under active development and features may change. Check our GitHub repository for the latest updates and compatibility information. At SmartBear, we show how our MCP Server enables a secure and intelligent bridge between SmartBear platform data and AI-powered development workflows.

NeoLoad in 2026: Building on 2025's innovations

After a year of breakthrough innovation in 2025, Tricentis NeoLoad is headed into 2026 with even bigger goals: more intelligence, more automation, and more speed for performance testing at scale. In the coming year, NeoLoad will continue to provide the advanced foundational features to support effective performance engineering practices as well as intelligent workflows that enable quality and performance teams to work more efficiently than ever before.

5 Key Practices to Manage and Maintain Perforce IPLM

Your Perforce IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) software is a critical asset that benefits from regular management and maintenance. However, managing IPLM can be complex. The scale of deployments can range from a single server to twenty or thirty instances across the globe. An IPLM environment includes a variety of services, such as PI Server, PI Web, PI Cache, Neo4j, Redis, and MongoDB, each with its own set of configurations and log files.

The Top 5 Developer Time Sinks: How to Improve Developer Productivity | Webinar Clip

Want your developers to get back to what they do best: application development? We have a solution to the barriers hindering developer productivity. Take a look at the top 5 time sinks — including meetings and environment setup — in this snippet from our recent webinar From Waiting to Innovating: Reclaim 40% of Developer Time Overnight. Find out how to improve your team’s developer experience.