The Everything Else | The One About Procrastination
The Everything Else podcast season 3 is here and now featuring on the blog! A podcast dedicated to exploring the world of the so called soft skills. People often talk about soft skills as the skills of the future, but … what are soft skills…
Quality Sense Podcast: Gev Hovsepyan – Accessibility Testing
Welcome to another episode of the Quality Sense podcast! Today I’ll share with you an exchange I had with Gev Hovsepyan. He’s the Head of Product at mabl with over a decade of experience in Software Product Management, Analysis, and Development for B2B SaaS and…
Human Capital Crisis in the Midst of Digital Transformation: What can IT Companies do About it?
What is the human capital crisis? In this article, we tell you what we are doing at Abstracta to reduce the digital divide and try to stop the human capital crisis in the context of digital transformation. The concept of human capital refers to people’s…
Abstracta in the TOP 10 of “Best Places to Work for Women in Uruguay”
Great Place to Work revealed the results and we are happy to have received this immense recognition. Find out why this ranking is so important for Abstracta, and get to know the companies that join us in this TOP 10. By Vera Babat We are…
Cybersecurity: New Technologies, New Vulnerabilities
Recent historical milestones have brought with them major disruptions at a global level, which have accelerated digital transformation and prompted a rethink of the cybersecurity sector. What is the role of software testing in all this? What is Pentesting? Why is prevention so important? Gustavo…
Does software testing have an endpoint in a project?
A new project is gestated, born, and developed. Why is it important that software testing continues even when the required development is finished? Figure it out in this article, in the voices of Alejandra Viglietti and Alejandro Berardinelli. By Natalie Rodgers By now, we have…
#AbstractaStory In Depth with Matías Reina: “A CEO has to relate strongly with what is happening in society”.
He never dreamed of being the CEO, but he slowly realized all he could accomplish from there on a social level. Part of abstracta from its birth, Matías dreams big. When people think of the role of a CEO, their minds tend to go to…
Mobile Application Testing Strategy, Key to The Success of Digital Payments
The global payments landscape is in the midst of a paradigm shift, and the use of cash is becoming a thing of the past. Empower your mobile application testing strategy by learning about the global situation and what we can do to help you take…
Quality Sense Podcast: Lewis Prescott – Contract Testing
Welcome to another episode of the Quality Sense podcast! Today I will share an interview I had with Lewis Prescott. He is a QA Lead at Cera Care and has worked across testing projects including property management, e-procurement, electronic trading platforms, and government. In different…
Software Testing and AI, Keys to the Future of Digital Accessibility
The advent of disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence is renewing old debates about the implications of technological changes in society. At Abstracta, we have no doubt that the role of software testing is fundamental in order to work towards Digital Accessibility. A panel of experts…
#ScrumFEM is changing the lives of 10 women in Uruguay
Some are mothers and unemployed. Others are also the main breadwinners in their households. They live in different situations but have something in common: their desire to develop combined with the lack of resources to make it possible. 9 of them are now internationally certified…
Virtual Threads: JMeter meets Project Loom
Motivation: OpenJDK 19, to be released in September 2022, will incorporate a new disruptive solution: Virtual Threads, aka Project Loom. We want to learn if it is beneficial to use Virtual Threads in an application like JMeter to improve its performance. We want to experiment…
Partnering, Staffing, or Specific Scope Projects in Software Testing
What are the differences between the different types of modalities we provide? Which one is most appropriate for you? Find it out in this article! By Alejandro Berardinelli In general, we aim to be quality partners with clients. We look for ongoing projects because that…
Quality Sense Podcast: Andy Knight – Test Automation at Scale
Welcome to another episode of the Quality Sense podcast! Today I bring you an interview I had with Andy Knight. Also known as Automation Panda, he describes himself as a software enthusiast, with a specialty in test automation and behavior-driven development. And he is a…