October 2011 Archives

Characteristics of the Top-Viewed YouTube Videos and How You Can Create Your Own

by Fusion Alliance News

Did you know that 48 billion hours of video is uploaded each minute to YouTube? Or that YouTube receives 3 billion views per day around the world? These statistics suggest that there is great business value to be gained by …

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From the Top: How Do You Find Bugs?

by Fusion Alliance News

“All right, stop! Collaborate and listen…” – Vanilla Ice, American rapper and software development guru In his blog, Kevin Burke weighed in on a topic that has kicked around the testing community for years: what methods are best for finding …

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Security by Obscurity – Planning for the Spotlight

by Fusion Alliance News

With the PlayStation Network suffering yet another high-profile attack, companies should be reviewing their vulnerability to attack. The vulnerability of an application, site, or service to attack is partly based on its visibility – which is why Microsoft has to …

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Making Good Use of Tools on Hand

by Fusion Alliance News

This week, one of my tests required me to take a very large security design matrix from Excel and compare it to an application’s security tables. The design matrix had over 50,000 cells that needed to be compared (roles * functions). With …

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Defining Usability – A Key Factor in the Success of Your Website or Application

by Fusion Alliance News

Wikipedia defines usability as “The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.” For the purpose of this blog, “product” is your …

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