For users of ALM or ALM Performance Center Edition, Lab Management allows testers to perform server-side testing in ALM. It also helps them to better manage the lab resources and systems they use for functional and performance testing in ALM. In a new video available on Orasi’s
Read more →In one of my automation engineer positions, I found that we needed to run the exact same tests in multiple different environments. Part of the process (documented here) involved passing parameters from ALM to UFT. In that article, I did not go into detail about how to
Read more →When SAP unveiled SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (S/4HANA) in 2015, the release marked a major leap forward for enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools. With this innovative computing platform, SAP made sweeping enhancements—including the incorporation of big data analytics paired with streamlined, user-friendly workflows—that dramatically accelerate
Read more →By Dennis Hurst As a specialist in application security (AppSec), one of the concerns I frequently hear from organizational stakeholders seeking to better secure their applications is, “How do we go about it?” Increasingly, corporate decision makers recognize that they should apply AppSec best practices to their
Read more →By Dennis Hurst In mid-September 2017, when Equifax announced a massive data breach had compromised nearly 150 million consumer records, criticism for the debacle was rapid and substantial. The news media and security experts immediately condemned Equifax for the breach, stating that an organization trusted by consumers
Read more →LoadRunner and Performance Center environments include machines known as Load Generators, “LG” for short. Frequently we are contacted by users with issues that turn out to be related to disk space. Here are a few best practices to avoid running out of disk space on an LG.
Read more →The most recent release of CRM platform Salesforce included two different user interfaces—Salesforce Classic (essentially an update of the existing interface) and Lightning, which Salesforce.com bills as a completely new “user experience.” More than a GUI, Lightning represents a sweeping reinvention of the prior interface. Its functionality
Read more →Discussions regarding the importance of software security are nothing new. However, given the escalation in both the number and intensity of cyberattacks, and the fact that even decade-old vulnerabilities are still being exploited, the importance of security has never been greater. For application developers, the stakes are
Read more →For organizations using and customizing Salesforce, performance testing can be very difficult—and frustrating. In addition to not having any control over third-party app servers and their loads, organizations must meet restrictions imposed by Salesforce to reduce the impact on other customers. Performance test plans also require advance
Read more →In his blog post, Application Security: Can we Achieve it?, Dennis Hurst outlines why application security is so important. Many of the problem drivers and the impacts to the organization are laid plain. Hurst also lays out a few “broad strokes” to begin approaching a resolution. In
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