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I have a friend, Mick, who is heavily into guitars. He's just written an interesting article on Windows Audio Editing Software. Check it out.

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Contributed by Shyamolima Mutsuddi Software testing is the technical process used to recognize the correctness, completeness,security, and quality of developed computer software. Software testing is executed to display quality-related information about a tested product. Software testing is a vital part of software quality assurance. Some of the common quality attributes of a product a

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Contributed by Charles CarterA Service Level Agreement's primary goal is to establish and manage expectations of customers, thus reducing confusion while defining acceptable service.Below is an example of a Service Level Agreement. Simply replace the bracket information with your information.SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTBETWEEN'Company PBX Department'&'Internal Customers'Terms in this document:PBX is a

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Contributed by V. B. Velasco JrThe term "software engineer" has got to be among the most highly abused job titles in the corporate high-tech world. It's also one of the most popular.And why not? After all, it sounds a lot more impressive than just "computer programmer," and it looks better on one's business card. Unfortunately, it's often inaccurate. Engineering is, after all, the application of

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Contributed by Tony PattonOne of the messier aspects of delivering Web applications to the Internet is comprehensive testing to ensure a consistent user experience with different browsers. Given the wealth of browsers and versions along with operating systems, this is easier said than done. Here's a look at various avenues for proper application testing. Who will use it?A key ingredient when

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eBay, iTunes, PayPal -- these are just a few of the places that most of us enter our credit card and personal information every day. Since the Internet became an integral part of each of our lives, the treat of identity theft is a daily reality for all but the most paranoid of Internet users.While we assume that the sites listed above are secure, how many of us have in fact checked to see to what

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What started as a simple website development has taken a large pie of market share. Let me start with the literal meaning of website development - starting from the baseline, Offshore + Web + Site + Development in simple terms means developing, coding for your website and making web page available on the web and later offshoring your website services. Or you can say, website development means

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Contributed by Sug SahadevanIn backroom IT offices of the application development process, software testing -- specifically of the automated type -- is gaining newfound respect and momentum. Fuelled by widespread business expeditions into the Internet economy, testing has surfaced not only as a critical IT issue, but also as an even more critical business issue. This is true both in the private

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Contributed by Mark TrellisSystems that work well during development, deployed on a small scale, can fail to meet performance goals when the deployment is scaled up to support real levels of use.An apposite example of this comes from a major blue chip company that recently outsourced the development of an innovative high technology platform. Though development was behind schedule, this was deemed

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Contributed by Roy UptonMore and more companies these days are using automated testing tools for accuracy and precision. Testing is really important to make sure their software is working well before it goes into use. In this day and age, you have to guarantee that the applications that have been created for online use by the general public work perfectly.However, automated software tests can be

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Contributed by Mikhail PortnovThe profession of software testing emerged in the early nineties when personal computers became more popular as they became more affordable. The fast-growing population of PC users created new opportunities for software companies as well as strong competition for the consumers business.The new generation of software users quite naturally expected their applications

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Contributed by Umair KhanMany organizations are interested in building web applications for their business but are unaware of the various steps that are needed to build a compelling web application. In this article I will attempt to put together the various pieces of the puzzle. Application development involves several distinct efforts that need to come together to build a compelling end product.

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Contributed by Grosha N FabiolaRunning software testing projects is far more difficult than people outside of the software testing arena seem to realize. It is not uncommon for senior management, project management and development teams to adversely pressurize the test team to cut corners in order to meet delivery deadlines. Yes, everyone wants to release a quality product, on time and on budget.

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Contributed by Debajyoti BasuIEEE standards are most accepted in the software testing industry. However, it is not mandatory that all software testing processes have to follow the standard. Software testing has many different phases but we cover the test planning, test specification, and test reporting phase in this article.The test plan is the most important phase in the software testing process

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IntroductionAs technology advances in leaps and bounds today, much attention is paid by companies, especially IT organizations, to safeguard security. In spite of the advancement, security continues to be a vulnerable area in most organizations. This paper throws light on the important aspects of in-house controls, testing security controls, identifying penetration points, assessing security and

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Contributed by Tim KlemmerEver ask yourself the following question as you're standing in the aisle at CompUSA or Best Buy: how well will this piece of software work with my other programs? Probably not. There is a high expectation that whatever piece of software you buy will work acceptably on your computer and won't infringe on other programs. Games, word processors, spreadsheets, music players

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Every software development company focuses on developing quality software. The only way to track the software quality is evaluating it at every stage of its development. It requires some kind of metrics, which is obtained through effective testing methods. Each stage of software testing is effectively monitored for the software QA.1. Software measurements are used for:2. Deriving basis for

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Contributed by Amy Nutt Disaster can strike at any moment within your business, which is why you should have a good (http://www.fusepoint.com) disaster recovery plan in place. Without a good plan in place, then it is fair to say that your staff will be running around, wondering what to do next. That is not a situation you want to find yourself in. You want business to continue as usual while

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Contributed by RTG Marketing Need for Testing Web Applications: Superior web experience is the key to success on the World Wide Web. Web applications have to support many online user interactions daily. All foresighted corporations should invest in performance engineering of their web applications. Process Overview: Any performance testing process should ensure repeatability, consistently

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Contributed by: Yogesh Narayan Singh1. Introduction: It is a widely known fact that 80% of performance problems are a direct result of poor performance, such as server configuration, resource contention. Assuming you have tuned your servers and followed the guidelines for your database server, application server, and web server, most of your performance problems can be addressed by tuning the

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Contributed by Debajyoti BasuIEEE standards are most accepted in the software testing industry. However, it is not mandatory that all software testing processes have to follow the standard. Software testing has many different phases but we cover the test planning, test specification, and test reporting phase in this article.The test plan is the most important phase in the software testing process

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Loadrunner and Quicktest Pro Highly Efficient Mercury Interactive Solutions for Load and Stress Testing Contributed by Groshan Fabiola Today's highly competitive business climate and very demanding markets require organizations to permanently look for ways to improve performance in order to achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. By reducing the time and costs of business process management

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Contributed by Paul JenkinsAs the owner of a small online business, you may not have the requisite funds or resources to start and operate a full-fledged customer support center, but you need not worry too much because what you can still do is opt for an IT help desk software system. Such software systems are certainly your best bet because they will automate all of your existing customer support

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Contributed by Craig Kohler Quality Assurance (or QA) jobs (even in the a single industry like IT) can be more varied in scope and focus than many people realize. The task of a QA expert is not necessarily just to ensure that a product or service being provided is of a high quality, but also to assure the customers of that fact (so it can also be considered part public-relations job

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Contributed by Tom MillichampSince the millennium bug there has been an explosion in test automation. The expansion of automated tools from vendors such as Mercury Interactive, IBM Rational, Segue and others has really delivered automated testing into the heart of just about every major organisation in the western world. And this can be seen to continue with new development methodologies such as

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Contributed by KismetWhat are video game testing jobs, I hear you ask? Well, it is not for everybody. Most people would think that game tester jobs would be a very glamorous job playing all the latest games and having a lot of fun. The reality is that it can be much more involved than you first expect. For example, you have to test and re-test the same level of one game over and over again until

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contributed by Danna HendersonNot every software testing project can or should be automated. Before your department accepts a new test automation project, you should establish a process by which projects are reviewed and either accepted or rejected. This can be done with a simple Test Automation Acceptance Checklist.Repeatable Test Cases with Static DataThe true cost benefit of test automation

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contributed by Jakob Nielsen It takes 39 hours to usability test a website the first time you try. This time estimate includes planning the test, defining test tasks, recruiting test users, conducting a test with five users, analyzing the results, and writing the report. With experience, Web user tests can be completed in two work days.In a recent project at the Technical University of Denmark,

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Contributed by Marcus Tettmar Perhaps the most obvious reason for automating software is to speed up a process and remove mundane, repetitive manual tasks. Software automation therefore saves time and resources, which equates to cost savings. Examples of this abound. But in this article I'd like to talk about some other good reasons for automating software, beyond the obvious benefits of

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Exposing systems to the internet increases the risk thatsecurity weaknesses in those systems will be leveragedto compromise the system or the underlying data. It istherefore necessary to examine the actual business risksthis brings, understand the basic difficulties in implementing"secure systems", and adequately test internet applicationsfor security, as well as functionality and load

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I was involved with a project in Australia for one of the major banks. The whole project was a fiasco. One marketing guy wrote a one-page "wouldn't it be nice if..." proposal. Bank management liked the idea and allocated $10 million to the project. A project manager was assigned. He didn't have a lot of experience, but got permission to hire a company which I will call MT (not their real initials

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Infoworld reported in April 2008 that many companies are reluctant to devote adequate resources to the testing phase of a project, even though almost 90% of those same companies realised that poor testing ultimately cost the company money.I've been programming for 45 years, and have been involved in formal software testing projects since 1988 when I worked on a NASA project. In Australia, I

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contributed by Umair Khan; edited by Doug AndersonYou just finished building your company's website. You have tested it yourself and had other company employees test it. The website now goes live. A few weeks later you start getting emails from irate customers who complain that they are unable to place their orders because certain steps in the "Buy Now" process give errors. You quickly fix the

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contributed by Jerry Ruban; edited by Doug Anderson1. What is the purpose of the testing?Software testing is the process used to help identify theCorrectness, Completeness,Security, andQualityof the developed computer software.Software Testing is the process of executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors.2. What is quality assurance?Software QA involves the entire software

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