Cloud based mobile application testing (July 2012)
Kalyan Rao Konda, Senior Vice President – Global delivery, Cigniti

Abstract“The explosion of devices and apps is creating a strain on testing organizations. A plethora of challenges exist: gestures, geolocation, motion, and how to realistically conduct load tests to name a few. Many will rely on manual tests and a prayer.” – Gartner

Conference Plenary at STeP-IN SUMMIT 2010 (February 2010)

Abhik Biswas, Vice President, Prakat Solutions

The buzzwords we hear at every industry event are – Cloud, Virtualization and SaaS. What are each of these technologies? How do these impact the various parts of the application lifecycle – architecture, development and testing?

Conference Plenary at STeP-IN SUMMIT 2012 (February 2012)
Madhuri TP, Asst. Vice President and Delivery Support - Performance Engineering projects, Polaris Software Lab Ltd.

In the current industry scenario, any application, web-based or otherwise is expected to cater to the needs of a varied customer base which in turn means support for a large number of platforms on a large number of devices. Each additional supported platform adds a layer of complexity to the QA of any software developed. You can draw similar parallels to web browser compatibility, and drill down into compatibility with popular plugins. Or to make the example apply to server based software, take compatibility with different operating systems or virtualization software, libraries, and concurrently running services.

Conference Plenary at STeP-IN SUMMIT 2012 (February 2012)
Jayasudha Pujari, Architect -Testing Competency, Alliance Global Services, Hyderabad

This presentation talks about the various challenges which business applications are undergoing in terms of load, stress and the importance of testing for peak performance which can be done in-house or with latest cloud based approach. This presentation will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages for each approach. A real life case study for a large retailer is discussed in detail for both the approaches.