Visual regression tool Sauce Visual streamlines UI testing
Thursday, November 30, 2023 by Richard Harris
Sauce Labs, a provider of continuous testing software and quality assurance solutions, announced Sauce Visual, adding native visual regression capabilities to its robust testing platform. Sauce Visual helps QA teams and software engineers catch more bugs with less code, simplify test creation and maintenance, and run visual and functional tests in parallel. In lab ...
Telerik and Kendo UI R3 updates from Progress
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Progress the provider of application development and infrastructure software, recently announced the R3 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, the
most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries and tools for application development. From modernizing legacy projects to building new applications, this new release equips developers with the tool...
Huawei brings HMS Developments to MWC 2022
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 by Richard Harris
At this year's MWC conference in Barcelona, Huawei continued to strengthen its support for developers with the debut of several new developments, including PC versions of HUAWEI Mobile Cloud, AI Search, AppGallery, HUAWEI Assistant·TODAY, and Petal Search enhanced for AR Glasses.
Focusing on its mission to help developers achieve business success, Huawei d...
Metaverse world connects millions for the Expo 2020 Dubai
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 by Richard Harris
Anyone anywhere can experience the magic of Expo 2020 Dubai with friends and family. The World Expo has teamed up with Magnopus to offer an enriching digital experience for millions of on-site and remote visitors from around the world. Expo Dubai Xplorer sets a new standard for accessibility and inclusivity to large events and expands the World Expo’s vision of &l...
Sumo Logic launches new capabilities
Thursday, July 29, 2021 by Richard Harris
Sumo Logic has announced new capabilities that augment analytics-powered use cases and capture the end-user experience as part of its Observability solution. As the requirements for modern application Observability push past the limits of traditional, siloed APM, monitoring, and logging tools, Sumo Logic is continuously investing to address the evolving needs of custome...
Headless web architecture will change the internet
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 by Richard Harris
With the rapid shift to a digital-first world brought on by the pandemic, the pressure put on companies to provide strong digital experiences has only accelerated - from the need for fast-loading, responsive websites and highly accurate personalization to providing consumers with a consistent and seamless experience across channels. Delivering on these demands can be ch...
Error monitoring to drive code ownership in 2021 says Bugsnag
Thursday, January 7, 2021 by Freeman Lightner
The extreme reliance on all things digital as a result of COVID-19 makes application health a key area of focus in 2021. COVID-19 has accelerated the need for a mobile-first strategy, and enterprises are prioritizing the health of their mobile applications to meet customer expectations.
To do so, they are leveraging stability management tools that enable organization...
Continuous delivery will no longer be an acceptable excuse in 2021
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
2021 will see a shift from the speed of delivery of software and applications to prioritizing the quality of the digital experience. Continuous delivery will no longer be an acceptable excuse for low quality. The approach of just release it, and if there are problems, we'll fix it in the next release will be retired. In our digitally dependent world, users will no l...
Report reveals one third users delete apps after getting locked out
Friday, November 20, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
ForgeRock announced the release of volume two of its global report, “The New Normal – Living Life Online.” The study polled 5,000 consumers throughout the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and Singapore to understand consumer preferences when it comes to online experiences, including how they log in and what app features they value most. The report a...
Inseego announces 2nd gen 5G devices
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 by Freeman Lightner
Inseego Corp. is extending its industry leadership with a full line-up of new second-generation 5G devices that leverage the new Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X55 5G modem. Inseego will preview its new 5G portfolio of industrial IoT, fixed wireless access and mobile broadband product lines in private briefings at CES.
Inseego 5G products will also power live demons...
Global study on disconnected consumer experiences
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
MuleSoft has released a new global study that reveals four out of five consumers continue to receive disconnected experiences from organizations. As a result of this continued frustration, consumers are more willing than ever to seek out new service providers that can deliver connected, personalized experiences. Based on the findings from the Customer Experience and the...
Contentstack lands $31.5M in Series A funding
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
Contentstack, the enterprise Digital Experience Platform, has announced $31.5 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners with participation from existing backers Illuminate Ventures and GingerBread Capital. Teddie Wardi, Managing Director at Insight, will join Contentstack's Board of Managers. The capital will be used to scale ...
Kendo UI Web development toolkit lands from Progress
Friday, September 27, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
Progress, the provider of application development and digital experience technologies, has announced the latest release of Progress Kendo UI, the most complete UI toolkit for web development. The release includes a series of new components for Angular, React and jQuery, as well as major enhancements for some of its most popular existing components. &...
Sam Hinkie to keynote at Cleo Connect 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019 by Christian Hargrave
If you want to really understand how to create value through digital disruption, these two execs have proven formulas and are lined up to share their keys to success.
Cleo is pleased to announce that Sam Hinkie, former president and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team, and Charles Araujo, principal analyst at Intellyx and author of several techn...
Enterprise grade low code platform arrives from Kony
Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Richard Harris
Kony Inc has a lot to talk about these days. Along with recently being named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for AD&D Professionals, Q1 2019, they also sent notice to us that they launched Kony Quantum, a new brand with enhanced capabilities for its next-generation low-code app development platform that aims to deliver rich digita...
National Geographic just updated their app
Monday, January 14, 2019 by Richard Harris
National Geographic just launched a new mobile app that is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store to customers in the U.S. and Canada. Compatible with both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, the app provides users with a personalized digital experience that includes access to the National Geographic magazine archives, an immense photo library, digi...
Digital Automation Intelligence Suite from Eggplant gets updated
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 by Richard Harris
Eggplant has announced the latest enhancements to its Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) Suite. They say these new capabilities further extend the level of intelligent automation and insight into the customer experience by assisting with the modeling and automation of complex systems, diagnosing problems identified in test and automating usability testing.
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CA's AIOps platform launches
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 by Richard Harris
CA Technologies marked a major milestone in the company’s autonomous strategy with the availability of CA Digital Experience Insights now combined with the power of CA Operational Intelligence and CA Automic Service Orchestration. The AIOps-driven platform is designed to enable IT teams to automate and eliminate key tasks and make self-healing applications a reali...
Developing apps for the cloud to fuel faster releases
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 by David Jones
Businesses are moving faster than ever to deliver new software updates to their users, in order to ensure that their products and services are always aligned with expectations and continuously delivering top-notch customer experiences. They have to move quickly because that’s what customers expect, thanks to companies like Amazon, who reportedly delivers new updat...
KaiOS talks smart feature phones and app developers
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by Richard Harris
KaiOS is a Linux-based mobile operating system built on a fork of Firefox OS that first appeared in 2017 and was developed by KaiOS Technologies Inc. in San Diego. We recently chatted with Tim Metz, Marketing Director at KaiOS Technologies, about KaiOS' emerging operating system for smart feature phones. We discuss why these devices are becoming relevant again, what...
AI test automation capabilities released for Eggplant suite
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 by Christian Hargrave
Eggplant announced the latest enhancements to its Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) Suite. The advancements support Eggplant’s mission "to use AI, machine learning, and analytics to optimize the digital experience, allowing teams to keep up with the pace of DevOps, and improve time to market and customer satisfaction."The latest product releases will enable Eggplant...
What if we never had to look at code to make an app
Monday, May 7, 2018 by Richard Harris
I find it humorous and a little dissatisfying that programming is sometimes defined as; “the action or process of writing computer programs ”, as if we are just sitting down to write a short story!So here is my definition of programming. Programming is a complex set of engineered problem-solving ideas from the widespread neural network of the brain, that gets translated...
Hard truths about wireless carriers from J.D. Power
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 by Richard Harris
Wireless devices have become like an appendage for most people. Getting the right service plan at a good price with the right device is essential. Wireless carriers are engaged in a fierce battle for the money and loyalty of consumers. Network quality is most important, but it’s not the only part of the equation that matters. Carriers that get all stages of the process ...
DevOps security gets a boost from CA Technologies
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
CA Technologies announced new enhancements to CA’s DevOps portfolio that deliver on the promise of faster software development and delivery. New releases in the Continuous Delivery portfolio and CA Digital Experience Monitoring accelerate and automate development and release, improve testing, and provide unprecedented visibility into digital experiences.“As companies in...
AppDynamics unveils the next gen business iQ
Monday, October 23, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
AppDynamics, a Cisco company and the leader in application intelligence, has announced new machine learning capabilities, and all new IoT network visibility, and vision for the next generation Business iQ, giving CIOs a bold new future with one platform to drive the business through the complexity of the digital economy.Every enterprise is deploying more and more softwa...
RAD platform by WaveMaker udpates
Monday, September 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
WaveMaker, Inc. has announced its latest software upgrade, WaveMaker 9. 55 percent of visitors spend less than 15 seconds on a website, user-experience-driven engagement becomes extremely crucial. That’s why the WaveMaker 9 upgrade focuses on a simplified and friendly first-time user experience.The upgrade comes with video tutorials and tool run-throughs that onboard fe...
PagerDuty expands into APAC regions along with new Australia IT report
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
PagerDuty, a provider of digital operations management, has announced the launch of its local team in Sydney, Australia. The global expansion will help the company further grow its presence in the Asia-Pacific region and address the increasing need for digital operations management software. The company also announced the appointment of David Wall, former head of APAC s...
SpotX has released support for DigiTrust in its Direct AdOS
Tuesday, July 4, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Video ad serving platform, SpotX, has released support for DigiTrust in its Direct AdOS, used by broadcasters and digital media owners. By providing publishers with a means of selling their inventory with similar audience recognition capability as Facebook and Google, SpotX publishers will increase yield and decrease data leakage from their browser-based properties. The...
Explaining what AIOps is and why it matters to developers
Monday, March 13, 2017 by Richard Harris
We recently spoke with Phil Tee, CEO of Moogsoft to learn more Algorithmic Intelligence, (the “AI” in AIOps). What is AIOps you say? It's a new category defined by Gartner research that is an evolution of what the industry previously referred to as ITOA (IT Operations and Analytics).It seems we have reached a point where data science and algorithms are being successfull...
KiwiTech announces a partnership with Blingby
Friday, March 10, 2017 by Richard Harris
Imagine watching a YouTube video and moving your cursor above a person’s jacket. From that simple action, a drop-down appears with information on the jacket, through which a user can click through to purchase. Or what if PM Justin Trudeau is giving a presentation in front of the 4 Seasons in Montreal, move your cursor to the hotel and information on room rentals, ...
Hersch Games opens up about EyeCons
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 by Richard Harris
EyeCons is a new platform that enables brands, businesses, events and venues to promote themselves and their affiliated sponsors through an interactive digital experience that gives users the opportunity to win offline prizes as they play. The platform enables brands to identify unique content and prize opportunities customized for each player while on the backend,...
Mobile Advertising Has Never Been About the Consumer Until Now
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 by Wally Nguyen
The rise of mobile advertising is nothing short of a revolution. Thanks to the innovation of various software and platforms that fall under the umbrella of “adtech,” brands and app developers have been able to stake their claim across every touch point of our digital lives. What’s more, this closing of the gap between brands and customers has primarily been billed ...
Your App is Your Greatest Brand Ambassador
Saturday, March 19, 2016 by Christopher P. Willis
As the mobile experience rapidly evolves, brands are folding apps into broader digital strategies including the web, in-car experiences, TVs and wearables. Companies that want to compete in this new "digital experience" paradigm are creating omni-channel strategies that manage customer expectations and create user experiences that reflect their brand. Mistakes at a...
Online Performance Is as Important as InGame Performance for the Super Bowl
Friday, February 5, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The biggest sports day of the year will also be a huge day for companies who have an investment in the big game. We visited with Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, to discuss how digital performance management is particularly important during “spikey” events such as the Super Bowl, where digital performance can make or break a brand.He also provides insights into SOASTA’s Sup...
Developers Need to Embrace Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 by Aaron Rudger
Artificial Intelligence – Developers must embrace the technology, but how?Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making waves. From robots that manage your home life, a la Amazon’s Echo, to smartphones that understand our every word, AI technology is making huge technological leaps – and fast. This year alone, Qualcomm has announced the Zeroth platform, the company’s firs...
