Gartner reports that more than 80% of companies will use live production data for nonproduction purposes. This can include BI, QA, Development, and Testing. Clearly we all know by now the problems with moving production data around to non-production and non-secure environments. I mean really, how many times do we have to read about data theft? The problem here lies in the fact that these systems need data. So why do we just copy production data? I’ll tell you, it’s just darn too easy to get what you want and for the most part intentions to not leak information are usually good.
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Grid-Tools brings objects to synthetic data generation
Developing an application to meet business needs relies not only on technology but also on the ability to test the technology used. In a recent study, Gartner identified key reasons why projects fail. Within the top 5 reasons it was recognized that “Too many project changes resulted in an overly complex system that was hard to test.” Likewise, Gartner also recognized a “hit list” of the most common problems associated with the increased risk of failures in SOA projects included “no proof of concept and no stress tests”.
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