The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The Fortnite developer is extending the offer to quality assurance (QA) testers, as well as other “eligible” contract-based employees. In the memo, the company writes it will “offer full-time at-will employment to eligible US-based contingent workers,” and that “many of those offers will be effective April 4th, 2022.”

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GeekWire

AUGUST 26, 2020

Salesforce is cutting jobs after reporting record earnings, creating “shocked disbelief” inside the company, one newly laid-off Seattle employee tells GeekWire. The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation at many large companies, fueling new demand for technology including data analytics and visualization.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 3, 2023

Quality-assurance workers at Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax Media voted on Tuesday to form a union with the Communications Workers of America. QA workers at the company cited concerns such as low pay, mandatory overtime (a.k.a. (ZeniMax Studios Image). video game industry, as well as the first-ever U.S. union at Microsoft. “In

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Salesforce is working on adding two new prompt engineering features to its Einstein 1 platform to speed up the development of generative AI applications in the enterprise, a top executive of the company said. The features are expected to be released in the next few days, Cheng said, without giving an exact date.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The company’s new union agreement, described as the first of its kind to focus on AI, was announced at an event in Washington, D.C. president of the Communications Workers of America, which struck an earlier agreement with Microsoft related to its acquistions of game companies Activision-Blizzard and ZeniMax.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2023

Even internally, finance companies such as Discover , have focused on building IT and tech training platforms to upskill workers to help meet the rapidly growing need for talent. But you’ll also find demand for quality assurance, DevOps, technical support, and software sales engineers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

One common resolution to this challenge is for companies to seek outside support to ensure success. Rapid talent aggregation One of the most challenging aspects of software engineering in today’s environment is assembling quality talent. This can be costly for organizations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

How does a company approach data integration and management when in the throes of an M&A? This is especially true for quality assurance (QA) testing of companies’ applications. This is especially true for quality assurance (QA) testing of companies’ applications.

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GeekWire

JULY 7, 2020

The company says it will give users the option to enable or decline the hands-free “wake word” feature when they launch the updated app, in addition to allowing them to turn the feature on or off in the Alexa app settings.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

The key to success in the software development lifecycle is the quality assurance (QA) and verification process, Ramakrishnan says. The software development teams at Momnt, including both engineering and QA professionals, use GitHub Copilot to support development of the company’s lending platform, among other tools. “We

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Spearline Testing

JANUARY 28, 2021

Terrible audio quality is something that businesses constantly fail to notice as a threat to the company. One may think a poor phone call may be a harmless, everyday problem but in reality, terrible audio quality can seriously impact customer relationships with your agents and cause a massive loss in revenue for businesses.

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Forrester IT

JANUARY 9, 2017

I recently had the chance to spend some time with some senior technology leaders in Sydney discussing the need for quality when delivering digital business outcomes. With the growing need for speed, many businesses sacrifice quality for speed. QA needs to focus on customer needs.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Wokelo uses AI to produce detailed, multi-page due-diligence reports in a matter of minutes — including an overview of the subject company, insights from news coverage, a funding summary, list of recent product launches, and industry landscape, backed up by extensive citations. ” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The news: Karat , a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, raised a $110 million Series C round at a $1.1 It’s the latest Seattle tech company this year to reach a $1 billion valuation, or “unicorn” status, following Amperity , Highspot , Zenoti , Outreach , and Rec Room.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2021

Work will begin there within weeks on motors that will power the first of the all-electric Alice commuter aircraft being assembled by MagniX’s sister company, Eviation, which itself has moved into a new manufacturing plant in Arlington, Wash. Eviation is hiring mechanics , engineers and quality assurance and project managers.

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Spearline Testing

AUGUST 12, 2022

Thus resulting in them feeling valued and staying with a company for longer. Diversity in Companies We understand that diverse companies perform better. If employees are excluded from the table then how can a company succeed? However, we cannot be diverse if we do not treat people equally. New to Spearline?

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A resounding call for a potential strike against ten major video game companies. This move follows the failure of these companies to meet the members’ demands, mirroring the ongoing strike action within the film and television industry. Their response? LevelUpMyContract #SagAftraMembers , the future of games is in our hands!

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Belgian e-bike maker Cowboy has delivered on its promise to help riders avoid pollution on their commutes with a new air quality navigation feature in the company’s latest iOS and Android apps. The company then subjects its air quality measurements to a quality assurance process before reporting to ensure accuracy.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For a company that was aggressively hiring as recently as August , Bungie’s sudden reversal has become appropriately controversial. Over the course of 2023 to date, dozens of game developers and related companies from all over the world have laid off an estimated total of 6,400 employees, per VideoGameLayoffs.com.

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Spearline Testing

JANUARY 7, 2021

Spearline monitors critical business telecommunications services on a global level, which is why Palmer said the organization is uniquely positioned to present data that highlights how the pandemic made business communications companies faster at making adjustments.

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GeekWire

JULY 11, 2023

billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as a federal judge sided with the company in a legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission. The ongoing suit alleged that the company fostered a “pervasive ‘frat boy’ workplace culture” where female employees were subjected to “constant sexual harassment.”

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2021

But one thing’s for sure: Hyundai Motor Group’s designers are pushing the look of the company’s new vehicles in really daring ways, and the Staria is the latest example. Now if the company could only get a handle on quality assurance.

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Spearline Testing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Spearline provides quality assurance tools for business communication services, allowing you to proactively manage your inbound and outbound voice, SMS and Fax services. Spearline is a technology company that proactively tests toll and toll-free numbers for connectivity and audio quality globally.

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2021

“We are aware some players may be experiencing disconnects with their new Xbox Wireless Controllers and our teams are actively working on a solution to be included in a future update,” a company spokesperson tells The Verge. There’s a Windows Update you can download.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

To gain a better understanding of how companies are putting AI to practical use, consultancy Deloitte surveyed 2,620 global business leaders, across 13 countries, as part of its Fueling the AI Transformation report. And with the rise of generative AI, artificial intelligence use cases in the enterprise will only expand.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But companies that stay are rewarded with a lower cost of living for their workers and a stable employee base in a region with a less hectic pace of living than larger cities, said Shade Needham at the meeting. The company is located in Moscow, Idaho, adjacent to the Washington border. Parrots photo). Ignite Northwest Photo).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

As companies vie for talented tech workers to meet skills gaps in their organizations, the demand for certain tech roles has increased. There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2022

There is an additional key requirement: company strategists expect to receive clear evidence from the system to back up any actions advised. This includes ensuring any analytical conclusions are not only built on extensive data, but also run through a rigorous quality assurance process. Respecting limits. Eliminating complexity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

You understand this, so to limit this individual’s time on the “people” side of IT, you assign QA to the quality assurance team, as well as to the business analyst and end user involved in the project. I first encountered this personality type during my first IT project management job at a software company.

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2021

“I work for a tour company,” Wada explained as he waited in the morning sunshine. Amazon operates more than a dozen Amazon Fresh grocery stores across the country, but the Bellevue store is the first one to use the shopping surveillance system that was pioneered at the company’s Amazon Go convenience stores.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2023

Today, state-owned Svevia is the country’s largest company in the operation and maintenance of roads and bridges, and manages over 50% of the road network yet, just like in the construction industry, it’s been relatively late to digitization. It’s important to get access to data in order to digitize an entire company,” she says.

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Spearline Testing

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When an agent is unable to connect to a customer or the call quality is poor, it can lead to missed calls and unhappy customers, potentially resulting in churn and a damaged reputation for your company. The testing process is simple: Agents can start the test by clicking on a link in an auto-generated email invite from IT support.

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Spearline Testing

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Global coverage Spearline’s robust in-country testing infrastructure enables companies to ensure that their callers are receiving the right IVR options and localisation messages regardless of where they are calling from. Transcriptions are presented in English on a complete map illustrating the point at which each IVR prompt was present.

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Spearline Testing

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Telecommunications companies soon adjusted for capacity and improved resilience to provide a more stable environment for the millions who suddenly found themselves working from home. ” Doing so enables telcos to maintain high audio quality with bandwidth fluctuations, and for PSTN traffic. Hayes noted two additional observations.

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Spearline Testing

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Poor audio quality is something that will forever be overlooked by businesses as a threat to the company. One may think a poor phone call may be a harmless, everyday problem but in reality, terrible audio quality can seriously impact customer relationships with your agents and cause a massive loss in revenue for businesses.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2024

These include security and data privacy concerns, low-quality data, reputational risks, and immature technology, to name a few. While we are waiting for a bright future, an alternative source of productivity improvement is available to any company. We are talking about quality-driven software delivery methodology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Many companies are struggling to get wayward projects on track due to a combination of these and other factors. Depending on the root of the issues, budgets, quality assurance, or other aspects of a project may need to be revisited and adjusted. The key is that the root cause holds the answer to resolving off-track projects.

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