Outsourced Software QA & Testing: Upcoming Trends
According to Gartner's 'Market Trends: Application Development, Worldwide, 2008-2013' report, the global software testing market equals $13 billion and the global market size of outsourced QA & Testing services is around $6.1 billion.
Implementing a Risk-Based Approach to Static Testing
Static Testing is a well-known and beneficial concept within the testing space, but tightened budgets and looming deadlines can hinder the benefits. Here are few suggestions on how taking a risk-based approach to static testing can help realize the benefits.
Performance Testing of Trading Applications
As trading has become electronic, trading applications need to be reliable and effective; emphasizing more on the speed of delivery with peaks and troughs in demand.
Testing Approach for Reg NMS Compliance
The new Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) has brought in major changes in the structure of the equities markets in the USA. As the original NMS framework dates back almost three decades, it is obvious that the old framework cannot fit into the intricate trading systems of the present era.
Fuzzing and Product Security
Finally, some real data on the usage of fuzzing is emerging. Who is using fuzzing? How do people see fuzzing being used in the product security process? Forrester has included questions regarding use of fuzzing in to their questionnaire that they send to key industry CIOs, CSOs and CISOs. Security companies such as Cigital are publishing their findings. I have talked with these organizations and will be discussing my findings in this blog and the upcoming webinar.
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Why Outsource Testing?
Fuzzing and Product Security
Testing Approach for Reg NMS Compliance
Performance Testing of Trading Applications
Implementing a Risk-Based Approach to Static Testing
Outsourced Software QA & Testing: Upcoming Trends