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How User Interface Testing Can Fit into the CI/CD Pipeline
Testing plays a vital role in the software delivery cycle. UI testing in the continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline helps balance delivery speed and test coverage. So does UI testing really fit into CI/CD at all? And what tests should developers have in place without slowing down their pipelines?
Yes Chef! Progress serves up 2022 partner plaudits
Technology awards are the slightly flaky bonhomie padding that IT vendors roll out every year to sidle up a little closer to some of their key industry partners in a move to ingratiate themselves and, possibly, also impress their own roadmap direction and ideals onto some of the organizations that they work most closely with.
Progress360 2022: day two keynote - lies developers tell themselves
The Computer Weekly DeveloperNetwork team is on the road again and this time it’s Boston, USA for Progress Software’s Progress360 developer event, staged from September 11-14, 2022. This event combines DevReach and ChefConf.
Keynote day #2 was presented by Billy Hollis, regional director at Microsoft under the title: ‘Lies Developers Tell Themselves’.
Progress 360: How Panera Fixed Its Application Validation Gap
Panera Bread’s development team had a problem: Its homegrown solution to deploy applications to its more than 2,000 locations nationwide worked about 85% of the time, creating a significant problem and validation gap for the restaurant chain.
The pandemic brought about a paradigm shift in the way organizations operate. The lines between our professional and personal lives blurred. Work became global and the competition intense. When the pandemic led to thousands being unemployed, many were happy to just have a job. Before the pandemic, working from the office was the norm. Working from home was something one did under extreme circumstances.
Progress360 2022: day one keynote live report
The email came in quite quietly over the weekend, just in advance of the morning keynote the following day… and it read, “So, it’s like a normal developer event – all over again right?”
The truth is, things may never be quite the same in the (possibly) post-pandemic period that we now dive forwards to, but the Computer Weekly DeveloperNetwork team is on the road again and this time its Boston, USA for Progress Software’s Progress360 developer event, staged from September 11-14, 2022.
Privacy in the age of personalization
Personalization today is everything, with most consumers expecting to be recognized and known over the course of each interaction and experience they have with a brand. This has been further accelerated as a result of the pandemic, with most organizations having to shift all of their operations and services online.
How improving the application experience can deliver for business [Q&A]
Spending on cloud services is showing no sign of slowing down, but IT and security leaders are realizing that applications need to have high availability and strong performance in order to be effective.
Application experience management is therefore becoming a key element of enterprise strategy. We spoke to Jason Dover, VP product strategy at Progress, to find out why.
Let’s Talk: Is it possible to build a human-centred business in the era of machine?
All of us are driven by the rising tide of automation to use technology to boost productivity while enhancing existing occupations and establishing new ones.
Cloud technology and DevOps is the core offering for Progress to service their customers
The data connectivity products by the 40-year-old global IT service providing company, Progress provides secure and high-performance connectivity to data in BigData, Cloud Databases, Cloud Applications (SaaS applications), and Cloud Data Warehouses. This enables companies to automate and manage infrastructure and applications both in the cloud and on-premises or in a hybrid environment. Mr. Srikanth Reddy Gujju, Manager, Talent Acquisition – People Team at Progress, share more insights on the same.
Women’s Equality Day: A Day of Reflection for Women in Tech
Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment being adopted into the US constitution, instigating women’s right to vote, Women’s Equality Day has become a marker for how far gender equality has come over the last century. However, particularly in the tech sector, it also provides a day of reflection on what is still left to achieve.
Using a Digital Experience Platform to Adapt to Evolving Customer Expectations
It’s no longer enough for a brand to make just a good first impression – brand reputation depends entirely on customers’ consistent and impactful digital experiences and the intelligence, efficiency and personalisation of their browsing and buying experiences. Digital experience can mean many things, but one thing is clear – its direct correlation to customer loyalty and retail success cannot be underestimated. According to Deloitte, customers who have a positive experience are 140% more likely to spend than those who have a poor experience.
Mentoring Through Challenging Times: When power shifts to employees
Even as the economy slumps, employees are in the drivers’ seats in almost every industry as businesses struggle to hire and maintain supply chains. Dr. Shirley Knowles who joined Progress in Boston MA slightly more than a year ago is the company’s first Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer. Turning inclusion and diversity policies into practice is her responsibility:
Navigating the IT Industry’s Staffing Crisis
India’s IT sector has been steadily growing for years, and it has gained a stronghold in both domestic and global economies. The pandemic was a big accelerator for this growth as it compelled businesses to shift online. As industries globally underwent a rapid digital transformation in the past two years, the Indian IT sector invested more in cloud computing, digital payments technology, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and cybersecurity to create products to meet the evolving needs.
Marketers: the new stewards of culture
As champions of a company brand, marketing leaders are on the front lines of every communication touchpoint. From customers, investors and channel partners, to current and prospective employees, each audience needs a clear picture of who your company is and what it stands for.
Why empathetic leadership is vital for the success of diversity and inclusion initiatives
Empathy is a critical component to creating a positive, successful workplace culture which embraces diversity.
Once seen as a marker of an outstanding leader, empathetic management is now a fundamental expectation. Business leaders must be able to understand the needs of others and to consider their perspectives when making business decisions.
5 Ways the Role of the CIO is Evolving
If we wind back 10-15 years ago, the CIO’s primary responsibility was to select and manage IT solutions. Effectively a glorified IT manager, the typical CIO carried out routine IT tasks, with perhaps some additional work in the areas of security and operations. The classic corporate CIO straddled IT and business but it was definitely a case of ‘keeping the lights on’ - purely an operational role.
Making Progress With Infrastructure As Code
It has been almost two years since infrastructure software maker Progress Software spent $220 million to buy Chef, the open source automation tech vendor Chef that was helping to fuel the “infrastructure as code” trend. The deal enables Progress to push deeper into the DevOps and DevSecOps space with a company that over a dozen years had raised more than $100 million, collected more than 700 customers, and created a business model where more than 95 percent of its revenue was recurring.
Solving for scripts: Why IT should codify its fleet
System administrators perform numerous repetitive tasks daily in a typical IT department. IT teams are always looking for better ways to automate these tasks. Scripting can help—but it can go too far.
What to expect from Progress360 2022
Progress is a flexible company – the organization has been through (arguably) more platform-level developments than most enterprise software businesses, but in the contemporary age of cloud, data science and machine autonomy, that may be no bad thing.