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Your Test Data Service is Outdated – Here’s Why (And What to Do About It)
Outdated test data practices continue to hold back organizations, creating bottlenecks in delivery and compromising software quality.
Jan 31, 2025 · 3 minAll articles by James Walker
Showing 1–3Has Splitting Into ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ Loops Sent DevOps to the Dark Ages?
The pressure on software delivery leaders is palpable. Innovation is the competitive currency in decelerating markets, while legislation such as DORA and fines for poor business resilience reflect the regulatory scrutiny of software’s role in infrastructure and lives. Continuous improvement in enterprise software delivery is not a ‘nice-to-have’; its alternative is stagnation, negative risk and […]
Software Quality is the Heartbeat of the Best Organizations
JPMorgan recently announced it was hiring 2,000 engineers, despite the gloom in global economic markets. Is this not an odd risk for an organization to take, given the demand for (and cost of) software developers today? What’s happened? JPMorgan’s hiring drive is no mystery. Virtually every company in the world is leveraging software, with many […]