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An Introduction to Biometric Authentication Technologies

What is Biometric Authentication?  The earliest form of biometrics was the use of fingerprints to identify criminals. It was also used to sign contracts as each fingerprint is unique. But over the years, biometrics has been more and more important in technology too. Biometric authentication ensures the highest form of security across products and services….

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Top 10 Test Automation Trends for 2022

Test automation is becoming more important than ever, as companies seek to get to market faster and better serve their customers. Without properly conducting software tests, companies may lose money, clientele, and reputation. For large enterprises, infrastructure failures could add up to nearly $140,000 per hour on the low end and $540,000 per hour on…

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Why Software Release Cycle Frequency Continues to Increase

Within the last year, the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) released a survey sent to 1,337 professionals from primarily technology and software backgrounds regarding a variety of topics related to cloud computing, including identifying trends in software development and releases. We dived in to pull some stats we found interesting and analyzed their implications on software testing and the QA industry….

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BRM Database Testing

An overview on BRM is discussed in our earlier posts and we would recommend beginning from that article for continuity. In this post we will discuss the data stored in the BRM Database, created by performing various BRM GUI and BRM API operations. Given below is the structure of BRM Database:   The BRM Database…

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BRM Server Component Testing

As discussed in our prior articles on BRM GUI testing and BRM API testing, there are a variety of operations and modules to cover when considering testing BRM products. In this post we will discuss in detail the various components of the BRM Server and how they are tested. The below figure showcases the different components in…

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BRM API Testing

In our earlier posts, we went through a brief overview of Oracle BRM Testing, and how BRM UI interface works and is tested in Oracle BRM GUI Testing. In this post, we will be focusing on BRM API testing.  API calls are much faster compared to browser/UI responses and are used to transmit/retrieve data to…

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BRM GUI Testing

As discussed in our overview of Oracle BRM Testing, there are several aspects to testing BRM.  In this post, we’ll be focusing on the Front-End aspect of testing.  Typically, this is the interface that is used internally by the Business Configuration Center to manage the customer accounts, product upgrades, billing information corrections, etc. It is…

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Testing Oracle BRM (Billing & Revenue Management)

Revenue Management is a major component in any business, and especially so for customer centric B2C industries, such as telecommunications. BRM (Business Revenue Management) systems can be used to manage the complete flow of revenue information. 3Qi has been involved in testing BRM components by leveraging our in-house product, Awetest. Awetest is a cloud-based testing tool which…

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Handle AJAX Calls Using Selenium

What is AJAX?  Ajax is a combination of different web development techniques which run in a user’s browser and exchange data with a webserver to update a webpage or parts of a webpage. As the name AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, AJAX uses XMLHttpRequest calls to request data from a server and JavaScript…

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Mobile Automation Test Pyramid And Best Practices

When manual testing becomes cumbersome, the need to switch to automating your test cases becomes clear. A more robust and efficient way of testing an application, we can also include screenshots of the application while automating, which can be used for future reference and validation. Evolution of the traditional and the creation of modern businesses across different…

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What is Continuous Authentication?

  The global Authentication and Identification market is expected to witness significant growth during the forecast period (2018-2023) registering a CAGR of 22.54% and expected to grow into a $52 Billion market by 2023 (Source: Businesswire) As a company who has focused on Automated Testing & DevOps, we have embarked on several project to evaluate various 3rd party…

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Risks of Outsourced Software Testing/QA

Choosing to outsource may seem like the perfect answer in many cases. A low cost, swift solution that can be a convenience, or even spearhead your project. The truth is, outsourcing offers as many risks as it does potential benefits. When it comes to outsourcing for software QA, these benefits and risks will have an even greater impact on…

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Safari Inspect Element & Mobile Device Emulator

Safari’s native development tool is Safari Inspect Element. Unlike the other browsers, Safari Inspect Element is not activated by default. We will be showing step by step instructions on how to activate it. Safari also offers a different feature from the other browsers where the user can view any webpage in a mobile device emulator. For mobile webpage testing purposes,…

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API Testing: Best Practices

  API testing is a growing necessity. An IDC study indicated that, at the beginning of 2016, the API Market was tracking a 56% growth rate on a yearly basis. The size of that market totaled over $333 million. With the surge of publicly available API’s, developers will find their API’s being utilized on an exponentially wider scale. Clearly, ensuring that…

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4 Essential UI Automation Test Types

Automation can be intimidating at first. The analysis paralysis of being presented a resource with as vast of depth as test automation can leave many overwhelmed before they scratch the surface. However, after understanding a few fundamentals, automation becomes a logical solution to many problems QA testers face. First and foremost, the cost savings of automation…

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