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QA performance metrics are essential for eliminating inefficient strategies and improving internal processes. They also enable managers to track the progress of their QA team over time and make data driven decisions about future projects.

Both Agile and DevOps teams feel the pressure to quickly release products to market without sacrificing product quality. Fortunately, cloud based test automation tools enable IT teams to tackle these challenges successfully. In fact, many companies have streamlined QA processes, improved product security, accelerated information sharing and reduced cost - all with cloud based load testing tools.

With 31 billion IoT devices on the market today, it’s safe to say that the Internet of Things isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. From manufacturing and transportation to daily consumer life, IoT devices have integrated so seamlessly within our business and personal lives that it’s hard to imagine life without this technology.

In this expert series, we have consolidated the details of what is new in the latest OS versions and have also included first-hand QA perspectives for these updates, to help QA engineers enhance their testing strategies.

If anything is certain these days, it’s the ever-changing digital landscape of retail. From in-person stores to eCommerce, businesses must offer an omni-channel experience in order to survive in today’s economy. And every consumer touchpoint relies on technology for delivery, be it a seamless frontend user experience online or a secure backend of transaction data to process and approve.

Your employee retention rate is as important in QA because it can significantly impact the quality, effectiveness and speed of your software quality assurance efforts. So, how do you approach retaining your QA employees? Or is the importance of staff retention not even on your radar?

These days, a news story on a cyberattack is as common as the weather report. To defend against these potential attacks, companies have created products and software applications designed to secure their data. But can these security products and applications provide full protection against these threats?

It’s standard practice for companies to monitor APIs during production to ensure that the live API endpoints are up, functioning quickly and returning expected information to the user. That way, testing teams know whenever something breaks down and can fix any issue before users notice any discrepancy. But what if consumers find issues related to the API issue before you do? And what if the problem is more serious than slowness?

Companies are completing their testing solutions and facilitating load testing in cloud-based applications. You need to set up a comprehensive testing infrastructure to run the tests under different load levels.