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Z-Wave Open Sourced for Smart Home Applications Interested in adding network-connected thermostats, refrigerators, lighting, or security devices in your home? A portion of the most widely deployed wireless communications protocol in home automation has become available as open source, which may mean broadening availability of smart home technology. |
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Agile Demands a Holistic View of Testing and Automation Is your team struggling to transform your traditional testing methods, techniques, and tools in the context of an agile culture? The accountability for the right level of quality delivered at the right time belongs to the collective team. It's important to make decisions together about what value means. |
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Why Most Testers Hit a Developmental Wall With automation, continuous integration, agile, and a slew of other testing innovations, the field has evolved into something new. However, one of the major issues that many testers are running into is that while the occupation itself is expanding, their own personal growth isn’t keeping pace. |
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What the Internet of Things Desperately Needs Is Standards IoT is the latest trend that’s producing new connected devices that change how we interact with our environment. We’ve barely scratched the surface of what IoT can achieve, but before we can really hit our stride in this industry, all the different players needs to agree on a standard. |
