The next time you come across some top-secret information regarding stock tips, you might want to second-guess yourself if you plan on doing a little insider wheeling and dealing. New software at the Securities and Exchange Commission has led regulators to recently break up an insider-trading ring.

There’s a thin line between success and failure in the modern economy. Lately, that difference is increasingly tied to technology and a company’s willingness (and ability) to adopt it. The most obvious example today is that of mobile applications.

It is a well-accepted fact that bringing end-user focus into a product is very important to its overall success. Testers have always been viewed as end-user advocates in product teams. What is becoming more important is to engage end-users in the product development cycle in every possible way.