January 2011 Archives

Why You Shouldn’t Monitor Everything

by Fusion Alliance News

It’s 4:30AM and the server admin’s pager goes off.  The message: “Server such-n-such couldn’t contact its time server.” Later that morning, the same admin logs in and checks email.  There are 376 new “alters” from the monitoring application.  After a …

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Calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) of Test Automation

by Fusion Alliance News

Guest-blogging for Mike is a member of his testing team, Josh Ward. Many of our existing customers and some potential new customers come to Fusion Alliance wanting to know more about test automation and if it’s right for their business.  …

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Stop Testing!

by Fusion Alliance News

Guest-blogging for Mike is a member of his testing team, Bobby Washington. Such words should never be spoken by a true testing professional, should they? Especially when it’s all too common for the time allocated for test design and test …

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Writing with SMEs, Part 2: Setting SMEs up for Success

by Denise Dilworth

No matter how knowledgeable the SME, or how passionate she is about her topic, when it comes to writing about it, she’s going to need help. Setting your SMEs up for successful web writing is critical to the overall success …

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Writing with SMEs, Part 1: You want me to WHAT?

by Denise Dilworth

So you’re thinking about inviting (read: “requiring”) your subject matter experts to write your digital content. It’s a perfectly logical choice. They are, after all, the people who know the most about what your company does. But don’t expect them …

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