We talk a lot about the importance of quality products. But what does the word "quality" really mean? Is it a subjective or objective trait? And how can anyone strive to achieve high quality without first understanding what that term actually entails? Over the next few weeks, we invite you to join us as we explore the meaning of the word "quality," and try to understand the role it plays in our everyday lives. In this post, Michael Giller gives his take on what the word "quality" means to him as a sales engineer at SmartBear.

Who better to tell you about a product than a developer who works on it every day? I don't know either! So, in order to make sure soapUI users are benefiting from all of its functions, I asked Erik Yverling, a developer for soapUI and loadUI, for one tip that he would give to users. His answer, which you can watch below, highlights a "hidden gem" within the product.

Here at SmartBear, we tend to be a pretty tough crowd to impress ... okay not really. But still, we must admit that we were in complete awe when we heard about Emil Johansson, who has spent the last seven years tracing and documenting the more than 900 characters from JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings series. Seriously, how did we not hear about this five years ago? So that got us thinking: what other creative projects and tips have we missed recently?

Your company is ready to upgrade its custom applications from 32-bit to 64-bit. (Finally.) Here’s 10 tips to help you make the transition as painless as possible.