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A Foray Into Cloud-Based Software Testing
Modern Software Development entails many challenges e.g. rapidly changing business scenario, rising complexity, shorter time to market, ensuring agility without compromising on the quality. Agile methodology for Modern Software Development includes many practices such as automated source code analysis for reviewing the architecture / design / code review, frequent build...
Tags: Software, Software Testing, Patni Computer Systems Inc., Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
White papers 2008-11-24
"New Software Testing Quadrant" - A Tool to Help Choose the Right Testing Partner
With globalization sweeping through the financial services industry at an unprecedented rate, companies in the finance sector are especially impacted due to deluge of legislative initiatives designed to protect consumers, reduce financial risk, minimize operational risk and preserve company integrity. The expanded complexity and distribution of today's systems brings a...
Tags: Software, Financial, Software Testing, Tool, Thinksoft Global Services, Globalization, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Personal Finance, Strategy, Management, Finance, Software/Web Development
White papers 2009-07-01
Software Testing and Software Development Lifecycles
This paper outlines a number of commonly used software development lifecycle models, with particular emphasis on the testing activities involved in each model. Irrespective of the lifecycle model used for software development, software has to be tested. Efficiency and quality are best served by testing software as early in the...
Tags: Software, Software Testing, IPL Information Processing, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management
White papers 1997-06-19
Developer Webcast: Overview of VSTE for Software Testers
Visual Studio Team Edition for Testers includes a suite of test tools that are integrated closely with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Team Edition for Testers lets the developer to create, manage, edit, and run tests, and also obtain and store test results. Several test types, including unit, Web, load, and...
Tags: Software, Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Software Testing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
Webcasts
Improve Code Quality With Unit Testing in Visual Studio Team Edition
Many Agile development methodologies require testing source code early and often. Because inefficient software testing methods result in code that is not tested often, it is critical to adopt a testing strategy that is both as automated as possible and also lets developers author tests easily and quickly. Visual Studio...
Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Software Testing, Jupitermedia Corp., Visual Studio Team Edition, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
White papers 2006-07-28
Software Testing With Visual Studio Team System
Adequate testing of software projects is critical to ensuring high quality. The attendee of this learn how the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System product family can be used to test the distributed application from end-to-end, through all stages of the application lifecycle, starting with the earliest development and reaching into...
Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Software Testing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
Webcasts 2008-10-18
March Madness and Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers
March is a unique period of time for university students in the United States. During this time, many students will be busy studying for and writing final exams for their winter quarter. This case study illustrates how the Windows Live Development team was able to design, build and deliver a...
Tags: Software, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Software Testing, Microsoft Development Tools, Team Management, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
Case studies 2007-06-14
MSDN Webcast: Load Testing With Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers (Level 300)
Performance testing is an important step in developing Web applications to ensure that they are ready for deployment. The attendee of this webcast will learn how to test for performance problems in the applications using the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers. The presenter will show how...
Tags: Software, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Team, Webcast, Performance, Software Testing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Performance Management, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Webcasts 2007-03-16
OpenSTA 1.4.4 (Windows)
OpenSTA is a distributed software testing architecture designed around CORBA, it was originally developed to be commercial software by CYRANO. The current toolset has the capability of performing scripted HTTP and HTTPS heavy load tests with performance measurements from Win32 platforms. However, the architectural design means it could be capable...
Tags: Software Testing, Microsoft Windows, Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA, Corba, Software Development, Software/Web Development
Software downloads 2007-11-04

Additional Resources

Integrating Automated Tools Into a Secure Software Development Process
Automated security tools are often used in software development, from static source code analysis tools to penetration testing tools. Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons, many development organizations fail to get the maximum benefit from the tools. Worse, the way that many organizations use security tools may actually hamper...
Tags: Software, Penetration Testing, Tool, KRvW Associates, Productivity, Software Development, Software/Web Development
White papers 2007-05-01
Service-Oriented Architecture Testing Design and Practices
Testing is an indispensable part of software development, and the testing techniques must keep always evolving to address the new behaviors of software applications. The procedural and object-oriented paradigms have been driving the software development for a long time. A new paradigm is been progressively explored: the service-oriented. This new...
Tags: SOA, Object-oriented, Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Development Tools, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Management
White papers 2006-01-25
Squeeze more out of the construction phase of application development
Theworld of software development is changing. Software development tools and frameworks are promising toimprove speed of development. New agile development techniques are changing howwe approach the development process. Whether your organization has adopted newtools, new methodologies, or is just looking at what's going on in the market,you've got to account...
Tags: application development, Robert L. Bogue, software, software development
Technical articles 2006-03-13
Understanding the pros and cons of the Waterfall Model of software development
Say the words "waterfall development" to mostpeople and chances are they're going to be thinking of a bunch of condos underNiagara Falls. Imagine their surprise, then, when you tell them that waterfalldevelopment is actually a software development model which involves a phasedprogression of activities leading to the release of a...
Tags: software, Contributor Melonfire, analysis, software development
Technical articles 2006-09-22
When QA testing fails, the help desk suffers
Contrary to what some managers like to think, the Help Desk is not an island. A smart help desk manager doesnt or shouldnt sit around idly waiting for the Software Development teams to release new or upgraded applications. If your team is expected to support users of an...
Tags: call-center, Customer Relations, help desk, QA, software development, team, Uncategorized
Blog posts 2006-11-08
The top 4 things project managers do to reduce software quality
The top 4 things project managers do to reduce software qualityarticle rootWhat have we learned?The downloadable version of this article is available here:http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10878-5991783.htmlHave you had to contend with a project manager who overreached their authority as described in the article? What was the result? What did you learn and more...
Tags: application development, it management, Mark W. Kaelin, project management, quality, robert bogue, software, team
Discussion threads 2005-12-12
10 reasons why use cases are indispensable to your software development project
Well-written use case narratives (or simply "use cases") offer the analysis, development, and testing teams an invaluable guidebook. A use case different from a UML use case diagram is a formalized story that describes how someone procedurally interacts with an existing or proposed system and they should be part of...
Tags: Software, Team, Software Development, Use Case, Analysis, Analysis Team, Joe Goss
Blog posts 2007-11-08
The Business Case for Outsourcing Software Testing to a Separate Vendor
This LogiGear white paper explains how using a specialized software testing vendor that's not connected to the development team can help software manufacturers accelerate time-to-market for an application while enhancing its overall quality and value to customers. Many firms now outsource their QA testing projects to separate testing firms because:...
Tags: Business Case, Software, Software Testing, Outsourcing, LogiGear, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2006-09-21
Software diagnosis and treatment with InCert Software
Software is but one part of your IT infrastructure, but it's the most critical one when it causes downtime. When your software malfunctions, your business—and career—may suffer. InCert, a software testing company, might have the answer.Especially now that the Y2K crisis has run its course, IT managers are well versed...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Incert Software, Examiner, Mary Ann Fitzharris, InCert Software Corp., software
Technical articles 2000-02-09
Software Development Best Practices
This paper focuses on Software Development Best Practices. As opposed to a check-off list, it will examine how an organization can improve its testing best practices by integrating testing into the development life-cycle. It will also provide guidelines on creating Test Strategies and Test Plans. Testing is an ongoing process...
Tags: Software, RCG Information Technology, Software Development, Development Tools, Software/Web Development
White papers 2005-05-01
Sotware Testing Courses
I am MBA professional having specialization in Information Technology(2004). Before that I have completed B.sc Engineering in Electronic and Comm. Right now i am working in indian based s/w company but i want to do software testing courses . so, please guide me.You can join the ACM for about $100....
Tags: software
Q&A 2006-05-08
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