MARCH 2018CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM6MARCH - 19 - 2018AUTOMATION TESTING SPECIALEditorialTesting: Acceleration through Automation Joe PhillipManaging Editoreditor@cioapplications.comJoe PhillipWith the increasing number of mobile devices, smart appliances, business applications, and the accompanying development environments, "digital testing" has become necessary for disruptive product innovation today. Unlike the legacy testing strategies, which can be long and costly, digital testing takes a modernized approach. It assesses customer experience capabilities as well as ensures the functionality of each and every application by applying the developments in quality, cost, and agility, all with the capability to cope up with the rising digital complexity. This accelerates the speed of digital transformation and reduces time-to-market lifecycles.In consonance with this rapidly advancing digitization, QA organizations/testers are focusing on agile software development, coupled with DevOps' Continuous Delivery (CD) and Continuous Testing (CT) practices that transform companies' competitive advantage as well as their readiness to respond to customer demands. They bring the right mix of software testing competency and QA capabilities, aligned with technology and practice revolutions in the form of an integrated test delivery platform which encompasses channel and tool agnostic test automation framework, a structured mobile testing strategy, and proper crowd testing. Companies are now complementing test automation metrics with data from manual testing, exploratory testing, user acceptance testing, and testing in real-world customer environments to form a comprehensive view about quality of the product. This requires software testers to track, quantify, and optimize processes at new levels as they see themselves not only as members of the testing team, but collaborators with overall project team, and takes a broad view of their role. According to the latest report from Technavio analysts, the global software testing market will grow to $55.3 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of more than 14 percent over the forecast period. To exploit this market, companies are increasingly developing well-designed and futuristic testing solutions and services. In this edition of CIO Applications, we are featuring a list of vendors in the automation testing space, who are leading the pack with innovative solutions.Copyright © 2018 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Volume 03 - 06Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIO ApplicationsVisit www.cioapplications.com *Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffManaging EditorJoe PhillipGraphics & ArtJohn ConnorDeclan ColeAR RamjithAssistant Managing EditorRohit Chowdhary Senior WritersClara MathewRoyce D'SouzaLeah JaneEditorial StaffBen JacksonDaniel HolmesEzra BenjaminJames SmithNaomi DaleSagaya ChristurajSalesGeorge Thomasgeorge@cioapplications.com510-757-1040ValleyMedia, Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.330.5174 Mailing Address:
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