Last week, headlines made a racket about 900 million Android smart phones and tablets that were declared to be at risk for recently discovered vulnerabilities, christened ‘QuadRooter’. Four vulnerabilities are said to be affecting Android devices built using Qualcomm chipsets. A processor in a Smartphone comprises primarily of the central [...]
The Startup buzz is gaining grounds and it has transformed the way enterprises strategize and operate. Startups are known to leverage various technologies that boost cost effectiveness, efficiency and time to market. For instance, thanks to the Open source platforms, today Startups have access to the best Big Data [...]
Aimed at providing a better test coverage, test data management helps deal efficiently with edge cases. Test data management techniques have several possible approaches, depending on the scenario at hand. While there is no one particular approach, a few are mentioned below. 1. Manual Test data generation Manual test data creation [...]
During his tenure as Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Raghuram Rajan (now the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India) delivered a controversial paper that addressed certain issues in the financial sector and introduced the term ‘tail risks’ and its impact on the banking sector. These and [...]
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia’s national statistical agency, recently experienced a Census server fail, and the incident set the internet on fire. The Australian census is the largest collection of statistical information on Australia’s population. “Every five years, the ABS counts every person in every household, as well [...]
Cloud Services, as the experts say, are here to take enterprises from the Industrial era to the era of Information Accessibility. What could be the most apparent instances of operating in a Cloud-based environment? Updating your Mobile Applications on the go Mailing / accessing some work documents outside your office premises Updating your [...]
The Great Recession had darkened the global economy in the first half of 1900s, which took a while to recover. The last decade has witnessed some phenomenal changes in the financial domain across the globe and has created remarkable opportunities not just for the strong economies of the world, [...]
Today, we are witnessing a phenomenal surge in E-commerce sites and start-up ventures with some vibrant and offbeat ideas. What is everyone trying to achieve? Is it only commercial success? Guess not, the definition of success for enterprises today is no more confined to monetary gains. The secret spell for [...]
Typically, a vast volume of data and information is used to run projects. For applications under test, a substantial amount of data is required to carry out tests, more so for testing techniques such as Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence partitioning. Volume (lots of Test Data!) is an additional testing [...]
When it comes to establishing a benchmark statement for customer satisfaction, Walt Disney’s popular quote resonates well. “Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends”. Consistent feedback and working beyond the realms of this feedback marks success for every business venture. [...]
