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Anthony Walton

Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions

Five questions you need to ask to avoid payment system failures and delayed launches

If you’re on the Board of Directors in an organisation which handles payments, I suspect you will have broken out into a cold sweat at the thought of a systems failure. Alternatively, you may have been in a meeting where a project has overrun (again) or needs more money to achieve completion. These are all unwanted events. The result is huge reduc...

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Anthony Walton

Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions

10 things a CEO should know about testing payments before it goes wrong

We were talking in the office recently about the pressure CEOs face when things go wrong. If a payment system falls over, and it hits the headlines, it can have a devastating impact on the business. As a results, we thought it would be useful to list the top ten things that CEOs need to know about payment testing – and here they are: Software tes...

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Anthony Walton

Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions

Old habits die hard, which is why payment innovation can fail

Sport, business. Is there a similarity? Before you flick on to the next article, this isn’t about positive mental attitude and a testosterone fuelled winner’s mentality. I want to share my thoughts on why habitual behaviour, good and bad, can lead companies either into a downward spiral or a slow trajectory towards improved performance. The world ...

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Anthony Walton

Anthony Walton CEO at Iliad Solutions

Hope is not a test strategy and how to get testing right

I’ve seen it too many times. Development projects in testing can end up in a tangled mess when the required thinking is not employed up front. I rarely see people putting in place plans which they believe will fail. People aren’t irresponsible. But you can see that the approach is one that will lead to problems. The consequences are much greater...

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