Blogs
In our blogs we take you into the wonderful world of test data. There is no time for downtime, the development is always going on.
Test data: the silent foundation of software quality
You're ready to deploy. The code is solid, performance benchmarks look great, security scans passed, and every test in your pipeline shows green. Your team...
Event announcement: QX Day 2025
DATPROF is proud to be present as one of the sponsors of the Sogeti QX Day 2025. This years theme, “Raising the Quality Game”, once again underlines the...
How to organize test data across teams
For software testing the most important factor is to have fast and easy access to test data. However, in most organizations it takes a lot of time and effort...
Test data in waterfall and agile teams
We love to talk about Agile, DevOps, and short-cycle development. And with good reason: these strategies help organizations build better software, faster. But...
New release: DATPROF Runtime 4.14
We’re thrilled to unveil a major new capability in DATPROF Runtime 4.14: file masking data masking, starting with support for Parquet files. As organizations...
How I imagine the use of production data for testing started
I think it started somewhere in the 80s as a pragmatic solution: 'to prevent errors in production, development teams started working with copies of production...
Why test data management is a critical success factor in software development
In software development, everything is about balance, especially between speed, cost and quality. We want to deliver software fast. We want it to be...
Using generative AI for test data generation: possibilities and limitations
In this previous blog post, I discussed the concept of generating test data by training AI on production data. While it’s an intriguing technology, it’s...
Part 2: Identifying and reducing the costs of your test data management process
In the first part of this guide, we looked at three often-overlooked cost drivers in test data management: expensive software licenses, compliance-related...
Is AI the best method to generate test data?
At DATPROF, our development team keeps a close eye on new and emerging technologies—always looking for ways to make test data provisioning faster, more...
Test data security – synergizing SAP and non-SAP test data management
This blog about test data security is based on a webinar series that DATPROF and EPI-USE labs made for test managers and their teams. The webinar series is...
Part 1: Identifying and reducing the costs of your test data management process
Investing in better test data management software, ensuring compliance with regulations, and embracing innovation without delay can help you significantly...