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FCC post-mortem on AT&T outage uncovers similar QA issues to those that plagued CrowdStrike

Network World

A February AT&T network outage that lasted 12 hours and affected all of its mobile network users was due to a misconfiguration that occurred during a “routine night maintenance” that failed to meet required quality assurance (QA) policies before it was deployed, according to a US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) post-mortem report.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

But you’ll also find demand for quality assurance, DevOps, technical support, and software sales engineers. Knowledge areas especially vital to the consumer products industry include e-commerce, digital marketing, supply chain management, and mobile app development.

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Inside CIOs’ response to the CrowdStrike outage — and the lessons they learned

CIO Business Intelligence

Angelic Gibson, CIO, AvidXchange AvidXchange Gibson says CIOs must communicate openly and often, as well as show confidence in the playbook and provide reassurance, ensure they have redundancy, and be prepared to mobilize resources so IT can act quickly. Roman echoed that, saying, “We’re all human beings. We all make mistakes.

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO Business Intelligence

This role requires the ability to build web and mobile applications with a focus on user experience, functionality, and usability. The job requires coding, designing, and building applications, websites, or mobile apps, working with multiple programming languages such as C#, C++, HTML, Java, Microsoft.NET, and SQL Server.

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The Dominican Republic, Ghana & Guatemala join the Spearline network

Spearline Testing

We are delighted to let you know that you can now test your mobile numbers in the Dominican Republic, Ghana, and Guatemala across the countries’ major mobile networks – bringing Spearline’s global coverage to 79 countries. Welcome The Dominican Republic, Ghana & Guatemala to the Spearline network! New to Spearline?

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Seattle startup QA Wolf raises $36M to help companies spot bugs in software code

GeekWire

Founded in 2019, QA Wolf aims to automate and accelerate how companies maintain quality assurance with their various web and mobile apps. The startup will use the fresh cash to expand into native mobile testing.

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4 Important Technology Investments for Every Contact Center

CIO Business Intelligence

Customers — who may be in life-or-death situations — can create their own tickets via mobile or get on the IVR and receive a link to create a ticket via text. Quality assurance: None of the above technology investments can be fully realized without a simultaneous investment in quality assurance (QA).