Software
PR Newswire | October 04, 2023
Parasoft, a global leading provider of automated software testing solutions, announces new advancements in its Continuous Quality Platform for functional solutions, which include Parasoft Virtualize, SOAtest, CTP, and DTP. The latest releases introduce capabilities including:
GenAI integration for API testing
Comprehensive microservices code coverage
Web accessibility testing
Powerful learning mode for creating and updating virtual assets
These innovations are set to transform the landscape of software testing for enterprise application development and test teams.
Learn more about Parasoft's latest releases at STARWEST.
Visit Parasoft at booth #32 in person or virtually from October 4-5.
Join the power panel discussion, "Winning AI Software Testing Strategies From Industry Leaders," on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. PDT.
Attend Cox Automotive's session, "Drive Down Defects With Service Virtualization & Metrics That Matter," presented by Roya Montazeri, Senior Director for the Technical & QA teams, on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 2:45 p.m. PDT.
Parasoft's new features address the challenges faced by enterprise application development and test teams and their management in ensuring the reliability of their software.
GenAI integration for API testing with Parasoft SOAtest
Automate advanced test case generation based on API definitions while ensuring relevance and accuracy.
Seamlessly integrate GenAI using OpenAI or Azure OpenAI models for efficient test scenario generation.
Comprehensive code coverage and test impact analysis for microservices testing with Parasoft CTP and DTP
Enhance visibility of application coverage across multiple distributed microservices addressing the challenge of end-to-end testing coverage.
Use test impact analysis to identify which end-to-end tests should be executed to validate downstream microservice changes in your AUT.
Ability to reuse existing SOAtest web functional tests for web accessibility testing
Quickly and simply satisfy web accessibility requirements by reusing existing SOAtest web UI tests.
Accelerate compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and integrate accessibility testing into your automation pipeline.
Learning mode for service virtualization in Parasoft Virtualize
Easily create always-up-to-date virtual assets for running regression tests and overcome challenges stemming from live endpoint unavailability or instability.
Dynamically learn runtime traffic for realistic service simulation—ideal for introducing service virtualization to new teams.
With the latest Parasoft Virtualize release, we're looking forward to using learning mode. This new feature will allow us to create service simulations faster, and they'll always be up to date, said a valued Parasoft customer of a leading global financial services company.
About Parasoft
Parasoft helps organizations continuously deliver quality software with its market-proven, integrated suite of automated software testing tools. Supporting the embedded, enterprise, and IoT markets, Parasoft's technologies reduce the time, effort, and cost of delivering secure, reliable, and compliant software by integrating everything from deep code analysis and unit testing to web UI and API testing, plus service virtualization and complete code coverage, into the delivery pipeline. Bringing all this together, Parasoft's award winning reporting and analytics dashboard delivers a centralized view of quality enabling organizations to deliver with confidence and succeed in today's most strategic ecosystems and development initiatives — security, safety-critical, Agile, DevOps, and continuous testing.
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AI Tech
Ironclad Inc | September 11, 2023
Ironclad, the foremost digital contracting platform serving modern legal teams, has launched the beta version of Ironclad Contract AI (CAI), an innovative product set to redefine contract analysis. Also known as Ironclad CAI, this groundbreaking tool empowers users to conduct intricate contract analysis within their contract database through an intuitive chat interface. It introduces AI agents capable of managing complex multistep analyses by dividing tasks into subtasks, executing them, and assessing the outcomes to guide subsequent actions. Notably, Ironclad CAI stands as the sole legal product, providing users with complete transparency into the steps taken to reach a specific conclusion.
Ironclad CEO and co-founder Jason Boehmig commented,
Ironclad Contract AI is a game-changer for contracts, while conventional legal chatbots offer raw results that necessitate further lawyer analysis, CAI can sift through a repository of contracts and perform the reasoning required to answer nearly any contract-related inquiry. It not only provides answers but also reveals the logical path it followed. Unlike most generative AI, CAI is an open book.
[Source: PR Newswire]
Ironclad CAI streamlines contract analysis for organizations, allowing users to describe the contracts they seek or pose questions without the need for filters, advanced keyword logic, or extensive training. Fully integrated with Ironclad's comprehensive analytics platform, Insights, CAI generates charts to visually represent data for relevant queries. Users can pose a wide range of questions, such as:
"Has my contract workload increased recently?"
"What contracts are set for closure this quarter by the sales team?"
"Have we ever agreed to unlimited liability?"
Cai GoGwilt, Ironclad co-founder and Chief Architect, noted,
Contract analysts can spend months on contract review, a crucial yet time-consuming task. CAI can handle routine questions, such as identifying total contract values in a specific jurisdiction, but it can also tackle challenging, creative inquiries in minutes. For instance, our team asked CAI to justify a pay raise, and it not only comprehended the question but delivered a compelling argument based on contract turnaround times, TCV metrics, number of contract terms, and more.
[Source: PR Newswire]
Todd Berman, the CTO of SMS marketing platform Attentive, emphasized the game-changing nature of Rivet's visual programming environment. He highlighted its collaborative nature and visual interface, which he believes allows for the creation of complex AI chains in significantly less time than other environments. According to him, Rivet sets a new standard for prompt tools.
Ironclad also unveiled Rivet, an open-source visual programming environment designed for creating generative AI products. Rivet accelerates product development and offers step-by-step visibility into Ironclad CAI's process and analysis. Developers can collaborate on complex logic chains, test and iterate on products, and observe real-time execution, all within a remote environment. Rivet has garnered praise from early users and is now available to the public.
In addition to Ironclad CAI and Rivet, Ironclad announced several AI enhancements, updates, and upcoming releases aimed at streamlining contract uploads and data extraction:
- Import contracts via email: Contracts forwarded to a designated email address are automatically tagged, indexed, and stored in the repository using Ironclad's AI-powered Smart Import.
- Extract data from legacy contracts: Users can tag and extract metadata from previously uploaded contracts without Smart Import.
- Identify metadata discrepancies: Ironclad AI detects discrepancies between metadata and contract text, eliminating the need for manual tracking and comparison.
Ironclad places a strong emphasis on responsible AI use with a security framework that focuses on data governance, advanced user access management, and data encryption to protect privacy and security.
About Ironclad:
Ironclad is the premier contract lifecycle management platform for forward-thinking companies, facilitating billions of contracts annually. Notable innovators like L'Oréal, Salesforce, OpenAI, and others rely on Ironclad to streamline contract collaboration, accelerate contract processes while ensuring compliance, and transform contracts into vital sources of operational intelligence. It accommodates diverse contract workflows, from sales agreements and HR contracts to complex NDAs. In April, Ironclad earned a place on Forbes AI 50 2023 and was recognized as a Top Company to Bet Your Career On by Business Insider in 2023.
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AI Applications
Planview | September 13, 2023
Planview, a leader in portfolio and value stream management, unveiled Planview Copilot, an advanced generative AI assistant, at its annual flagship customer event, Planview Accelerate. This innovative AI tool leverages comprehensive data sets to provide operational insights across portfolio management, value stream management, and agile planning and delivery, offering a conversational interface for data-driven strategic decision-making.
Razat Gaurav, CEO of Planview, expressed his views on the potential of digital transformation initiatives. He emphasized that as organizations undertake an increasing number of these initiatives and utilize a wide range of tools to implement them, there is a significant opportunity to rethink how intelligent decisions can be made to expedite business results. He introduced Planview Copilot, which harnesses all pertinent data across project and product initiatives and delivers insights, decision support, and actions through a straightforward, conversational interface. He further highlighted this as a crucial progression in their journey from being a system of record to evolving into a system of insights for digital transformations.
Planview Copilot gains access to a vast ecosystem of operational data, including exclusive strategy-to-delivery data, broader data from team tools, and an organization's historical initiative data. By integrating these data sources with Planview’s Flow Methodology and Agile Principles, Planview Copilot offers guidance and solutions throughout the strategy-to-execution journey.
Richard Sonnenblick, Chief Data Scientist at Planview, stated that the future of connected work is built on a profound and insightful comprehension of how their customers deliver services, launch products, and successfully implement their strategies. He emphasized that this understanding is rooted in customer data. He explained that they utilize AI and machine learning techniques to analyze each customer's current and historical operational data in order to predict task completion, provide early warnings about tasks that may need course correction, and identify discrepancies between strategic objectives and ongoing activities. Also, he further added that through Planview Copilot, generative AI serves as the cherry on top, providing a user-friendly, conversational access point to these advanced AI and ML insights.
Planview Copilot simplifies complex data insights using natural language processing, making them accessible to individuals and teams. It serves as an early warning system, alerting organizations to potential issues before they become costly or risky. This AI assistant is designed to empower executive leaders, portfolio managers, and teams by providing clear insights and recommendations.
Dr. Mik Kersten, Planview CTO and Founder of The Flow Framework, emphasized,
The launch of Planview Copilot marks the start of a step-function improvement in turning established organizations into digital innovators.
[Source: Business Wire]
This announcement follows Planview’s recent launch of Digital Products Insights, a convergence of portfolio management, agile planning, and value stream management powered by AI sentiment analysis.
Planview Copilot is set to be available in Q4 2023, will reinforce Planview's commitment to proactive, data-driven decision-making for connected work.
About Planview
Planview, a software development company based in Austin, Texas, is on a mission to shape the future of connected work. The company is dedicated to helping organizations accelerate the achievement of their most important goals. Its platform, which underpins business and digital transformations for over 4,500 customers globally, including 59 Fortune 100 companies, is designed to accelerate the achievement of goals.
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General AI
PR Newswire | October 31, 2023
Springbrook Software, the leader in cutting-edge ERP platforms for local government agencies, has released a new modern AI-powered customer service solution: HelpDesk AI. The Springbrook HelpDesk AI empowers customers with lightning-fast access to vital product information, expediting their requests. This dynamic solution provides access to an extensive knowledge library covering all Springbrook Enterprise ERP modules, spanning Finance, HR, Payroll, Utility Billing, Payment Solutions, Tax Collection, Reporting, and Advanced Capital Budgeting.
Springbrook's HelpDesk AI harnesses ChatGPT technology and taps into Springbrook's immense product content library, packed with terabytes of video and textual resources.
We are committed to providing our customers with the most advanced and easy to use solutions to address their everyday needs. Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in customer service takes us one step further in making our customer's works easier. Our new HelpDesk AI continually evolves through each customer interaction, fine-tuning its content delivery. Expect more groundbreaking technology like this across our Cirrus cloud-based finance ERP platform, says Robert Bonavito, Springbrook CEO.
Springbrook's HelpDesk AI boasts adaptive learning capabilities, expertly guiding customers to the right content using a series of questions and prompts. Backed by thousands of hours of customer service interactions, this solution is primed to handle virtually any request for training, guidance, or product details.
About Springbrook Software
Springbrook Software is the country's leading cloud-based finance and administration software provider designing solutions specifically for small to medium sized local government agencies. Over 2800 cities, towns and districts from coast to coast use our suite of modern, high-performance solutions to manage their finances, HR, payroll, utility billing, reporting and collect citizen payments. Springbrook is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with regional presence in over 40 states, and seven countries internationally. www.springbrooksoftware.com
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