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Praval Technologies
A data intelligence chatbot: query enterprise databases in plain language
Enterprise databases already hold the answers to most business-critical questions. The barrier is access: SQL proficiency, schema knowledge and business rules. A conversational layer removes it without removing the governance.
4 min readData ScienceAI/MLRead the post→Praval Technologies
AI-powered invoice processing and reconciliation
Invoices arrive in enormous variety: multi-page, table-heavy, image-laden, with page breaks slicing line items mid-row. Traditional methods force a choice between accuracy and scale. A hybrid pipeline refuses it.
3 min readData ScienceInvoiceRead the post→Praval Technologies
UI automation and AI automation: an evolution, not a replacement
Script-based automation is controllable, transparent and brittle. AI automation is adaptive and opaque. The organisations doing this well are not choosing between them; they run one as the foundation and layer the other on top.
2 min readTest AutomationAIRead the post→Praval Technologies
Sustainable quality engineering: making quality cheaper to maintain tomorrow
A team hits 80% automation coverage in year one, then spends year two fixing broken scripts instead of adding value. That is not a tooling problem. Sustainable quality engineering is the operating model that stops it happening.
2 min readQuality EngineeringTest AutomationRead the post→Praval Technologies
Where AI testing tools still fail, and why judgement still matters
AI generates tests faster than any team can write them. What it does not do is tell you which tests mattered, notice what the requirement failed to say, or carry accountability for a release decision. Those remain human work.
3 min readAIQuality EngineeringRead the post→Praval Technologies
Building a complete QA ecosystem with license-free tools
A startup needing serious test coverage without enterprise licences built the whole pyramid on open-source tooling: UI, mobile, API, performance, security, data validation and containerised environments, in eight phases.
2 min readTest AutomationOpen SourceRead the post→Praval Technologies
Digital transformation plus product engineering equals digital acceleration
Transformation means solving business problems in a more digitally optimised, future-ready way with the tools available at the time. The tools change; the concept doesn't. Six shifts that define where it has landed.
2 min readDigital EngineeringModernizationRead the post→Praval Technologies
Repointing Power BI reports with the REST API
Repointing a report through Power BI Desktop creates a new report object: new ID, dead URL, broken dashboard tiles and lost subscriptions. The Rebind Report endpoint preserves all of it in about thirty seconds.
3 min readPower BIData AnalyticsRead the post→Praval Technologies
Transforming logistics operations with data-driven decisions
Warehouses either overburdened or underused, docking delays disrupting schedules, and equipment failing without warning. Three questions worth answering before buying anything.
1 min readData AnalyticsLogisticsRead the post→Praval Technologies
Salesforce in manufacturing: connecting the factory to the customer
Manufacturers face complex supply chains, fluctuating demand and rising competition. Manufacturing Cloud connects sales agreements, operations and service into one view, and the value is in the connection, not the module.
1 min readSalesforceManufacturingRead the post→Praval Technologies
Choosing the right AI chatbot for your business
The market is crowded and most comparisons are feature checklists. What actually decides the outcome is where the bot gets its knowledge, what it is allowed to do, and who owns it after launch.
2 min readAIChatbotsRead the post→Praval Technologies
Five ways to use an intranet for internal communication
Most organisations put more effort into external communication than internal. The imbalance is expensive: internal communication quality shows up directly in production processes and quality of work.
2 min readIntranetSharePointRead the post→Praval Technologies
An overview of Bicep: automating Azure resource deployment
ARM templates are JSON files that are difficult to read, write and maintain. Bicep is a domain-specific language that compiles to ARM, with a syntax built for humans rather than parsers.
2 min readAzureInfrastructure as CodeRead the post→
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