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Why 57% of Banking Digital Programmes Fail and Here's How to Avoid It

Banking transformation is one of the highest-stakes projects many financial institutions undertake. Whether you are replacing or upgrading core banking systems, launching new digital channels or shifting to cloud-native operations, the risks are many – and the failure rate remains alarmingly high. Recent industry studies suggest more than 55% of banks cite legacy core banking limitations as holding back their digital goals.

55% of ERP projects exceed budgets. Here's how to avoid it.

The growth in the ERP SAAS space has seen a 17% increase in the last year projected to increase to $62 billion in 2028. Customers prefer to take the enterprise route to manage their business. The hassles of maintaining custom applications, adapting to change at pace to meet the competitive edge and flexibility to provide their customers the best experience are some of the driving factors.

Top 7 Selenium Alternatives for Test Automation

You’re searching for “Selenium alternatives” because, while Selenium is a popular open-source test automation tool, it has certain limitations. Its slow execution speed can be problematic when dealing with large test suites or complex applications. The basic reporting and analytics features make finding problems and testing results difficult. It also lacks a mobile app testing focus — an essential feature for most organizations.

Rest Assured API Testing: Guide for Business Owners & DevOps

Imagine pushing a new release, only to have a crucial API endpoint break in production — leading to a service outage and angry customers. According to one recent survey, API failures account for more than 35% of production incidents in microservices environments. Reliable API testing is not optional anymore.

How to use the clear() method in Selenium WebDriver with Python?

When writing automated tests with Selenium WebDriver and Python, one common task is dealing with input fields that already contain text. Whether you're working with a login form, a search bar, or a multi-step checkout flow, starting with a clean field helps ensure consistency every time your test runs. The clear() method in Selenium offers a direct way to remove any existing text inside a form field before you input new data.

What You Need To Know About Root Cause Analysis

You know that frustrating moment when something goes wrong at work, and everyone immediately rushes to quick fixes without truly understanding the root of the problem? This is where root cause analysis (RCA) comes in to help. Let me guide you through everything you need to know about this effective problem-solving method that can transform how you address challenges in your organization.

Data Masking for Oracle Tutorial with Perforce Delphix

Discover how to accelerate secure application development with Perforce Delphix's powerful data masking for Oracle. Watch our demo to see how you can protect sensitive information in large, complex Oracle environments while ensuring compliance with regulations like LGPD and GDPR. In this video, Delphix Sales Engineer Ilker Taskaya demonstrates how to: This solution is essential for large enterprises in regulated industries looking to secure data, accelerate cloud migrations, and enable faster innovation without compromising on compliance or security.

Should I automate tests for applications that have been around for a while?

For long-lived applications the decision to automate depends on how often they change and how often tests must be re-run. If releases are regular and you need repeated validations, automate the repeatable checks to gain speed and consistency. If the app rarely changes and tests run once in a while, manual can be enough. Choose based on release cadence, rerun frequency, and ROI. — Alex Martins, VP of Strategy at Katalon.

Why AI-native Testing Redefines Quality? Next Steps for QA Leaders

When you think about test automation, what image comes to mind? For many QA leaders, automation still means running the same scripts every night, chasing down false-positives, and fighting maintenance debt. That model served us well for a while, but it was always limited: automation only runs what humans script. The next era is about AI-powered testing. AI-powered testing doesn’t just execute predefined tasks; it generates coverage dynamically, adapting as your application evolves.

A Developer'S Guide To API Mocking: Benefits, Tools, And Tips

APIs are most commonly and widely used in modern applications. To build the complete application frontend, backend, and databases are required, and to make proper communication, the APIs are required. But what happens when the backend isn’t ready or third-party APIs are unstable?. This is the point at which the use of API mocking comes in. By using the API mocking, developers can build, test, and debug their applications or products faster without waiting for real APIs to be live.