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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO

Last summer, a faulty CrowdStrike software update took down millions of computers, caused billions in damages, and underscored that companies are still not able to manage third-party risks, or respond quickly and efficiently to disruptions. Its worth doing that extra step of diligence because it can save you problems down the road, she says.

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Vibe Coding, Vibe Checking, and Vibe Blogging

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Some of you might have read my recent piece for O’Reilly Radar where I detailed my journey adding AI chat capabilities to Python Tutor , the free visualization tool that’s helped millions of programming students understand how code executes.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

TechCrunch

QA Wolf , a cloud-based platform designed to detect bugs in software, today exited stealth and announced a $20 million funding round led by Inspired Capital with participation from Notation Capital, Operator Partners and Thiel Capital and several angel investors (among them Peter Thiel). Neither, obviously, are very desirable scenarios.

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Generative AI in Data and Quality Assurance (QA): Transforming Processes

Perficient

Generative AI (Gen AI) is transforming the way organizations interact with data and develop high-quality software. Its dynamic capabilities enhance the efficiency of software testing and reduce costs. Saves Cost due to reduction of manual testing efforts. Benefits in QA: Better wider coverage of test scenario and device.

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CIOs are bullish on AI agents. IT employees? Not so much.

CIO

Frontline AI practitioners have likely seen the amount of customization, quality assurance, and maintenance required to make a somewhat functional agentic workflow, Mikhailov says. During testing, the AI began hallucinating data due to inconsistencies in catalog structures, he adds.

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Calculating The Cost of Software Quality in Your Organization

OverOps

The following is a guest post from Herb Krasner, an Advisory Board Member for the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) and industry consultant for 5 decades. Demands of the competitive global economy have placed a strong emphasis on quality across the IT industry, and it shows no signs of going away.

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The early returns on gen AI for software development

CIO

Generative AI is already having an impact on multiple areas of IT, most notably in software development. Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others.